League Play-Off

Dulica Stadion
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Luljet Andonovski could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 7th minute of the match, but Jakim Vasilev made a huge save. A collision led to Radišani Napredok getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Dranuš Kokanov hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in Dulica's zone, Anastas Dončev stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Božidar Kralev came out of the goal and Anastas Dončev tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 12th minute Anastas Dončev suffered a foot injury and had to be helped off the field. Darko Ristevski charged in rather forcefully in the 12th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Darko Ristevski the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 15th minute, Dulica's Aleksandar Novakovski dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. After some careless play in the Dulica defense, Natanail Panev kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Božidar Kralev. The Dulica fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Božidar Kralev should have stopped the shot. Edit Iliev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Božidar Kralev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Natanail Panev might have been able to make a better finish in the 24th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Božidar Kralev. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Natanail Panev ran back to his position shaking his head. After a rather tough play, Radišani Napredok's Edit Iliev got a free kick in the 25th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Radišani Napredok's zone, Luljet Andonovski stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jakim Vasilev came out of the goal and Luljet Andonovski tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Luljet Andonovski recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 30th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The supporters of Radišani Napredok booed when Dulica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luljet Andonovski didn't get a good kick on the ball. During the 36th minute of the match Edit Iliev completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Edit Iliev a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. After a rather tough play, Radišani Napredok's Edit Iliev got a free kick in the 37th minute. 41 minutes into the match, Radišani Napredok's goal looked a bit too open when Aleksandar Novakovski came free, but Jakim Vasilev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 42nd minute of the match, Luljet Andonovski got a very nice opportunity to score, but Jakim Vasilev was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Natanail Panev was the one to do the kick off. In the 52ndth minute of the game Aleksandar Novakovski who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Radišani Napredok's Jakim Vasilev was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 54th minute the ball was on its way in behind Radišani Napredok's goalkeeper Jakim Vasilev, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 62nd minute Luljet Andonovski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jakim Vasilev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dulica were awarded a corner in the 64th minute after Radišani Napredok's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Darko Ristevski took the corner. After taking down the ball on Dulica's corner Darko Ristevski fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Jakim Vasilev quite easily take care of the ball. Aleksandar Novakovski's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jakim Vasilev read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 68th minute of play. Jakim Vasilev didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Luljet Andonovski went, in the 69th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. If Luljet Andonovski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 74th minute Aleksandar Novakovski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jakim Vasilev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pandil Filovski charged in rather forcefully in the 81st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Pandil Filovski the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 81st minute, Pandil Filovski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Luljet Andonovski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Dranuš Kokanov hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. In the 89th minute Luljet Andonovski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jakim Vasilev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 91stth minute of the game Luljet Andonovski who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Radišani Napredok's Jakim Vasilev was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Dulica were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Radišani Napredok for a fine match.