League Play-Off

Lozanovo Gradski Sta
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Radovan Mironovski kicked off to start the match. After 4 minutes, Razmo Deljanovski mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Lozanovo Napredok and the Dren Partizan players grew even worse after the yellow card. Razmo Deljanovski hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. Doksim Lazevski was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 5th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Blagoja Srbinoski's late challenge caught a Lozanovo Napredok's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Blagoja Srbinoski helped the player get up and apologised. Blagoja Srbinoski hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. When Radovan Mironovski came up free with the goalie in the 26th minute, the Lozanovo Napredok fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Radovan Mironovski couldn't finish the play. Dren Partizan's Allmir Mirkovski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 29th minute of the match, managed to save Dren Partizan from getting a goal against them. If Taško Jakimovski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of Dren Partizan booed when Lozanovo Napredok was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sime Efremov didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 40th minute of the match Mijalko Blaževski shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Nino Nikiforovski showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, Lozanovo Napredok's Agron Nikodimovski got a free kick in the 45th minute. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Allmir Mirkovski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gazmir Pandiloski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 62nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Dren Partizan's goalkeeper Allmir Mirkovski, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Deljan Fotijevski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Deljan Fotijevski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 80th minute the ball was on its way in behind Lozanovo Napredok's goalkeeper Nino Nikiforovski, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. With a little luck, Lozanovo Napredok's Nino Nikiforovski got control of the ball when Taško Jakimovski tried to sneak it across the goal line. Deljan Fotijevski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nino Nikiforovski having to interfere. Gazmir Pandiloski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Allmir Mirkovski having to interfere. The supporters of Lozanovo Napredok booed when Dren Partizan was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Janaki Gušev didn't get a good kick on the ball. Taško Jakimovski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Nino Nikiforovski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 95th match minute, Lozanovo Napredok was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Razmo Deljanovski to maneuver through the defense. If Taško Jakimovski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 97th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.