League Play-Off

Belče Gradski Stadio
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Zdravko Hajdaraga started the match with the kick off. In the 5th minute, Dzemail Angelov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of FC PATRIOT booed when Young Boys was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dzemail Angelov didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 8th minute, Dzemail Angelov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Arsenij Jankovski was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 9th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Živko Ismaili. When Zvonimir Zaharievski fell near the penalty area in the 12th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FC PATRIOT's protests and gave Zvonimir Zaharievski a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to FC PATRIOT getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Zvonimir Zaharievski hit a great ball. Zvonimir Zaharievski hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. Paulo José Guimarães received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Joakim Lukič tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. FC PATRIOT's Joakim Lukič played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Paulo José Guimarães in the 22nd minute of play. Ramazan Ilmen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Joakim Lukič having to interfere. A collision led to FC PATRIOT getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Sreten Petan hit a great ball. 39 minutes into the match, Paulo José Guimarães notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of FC PATRIOT's Joakim Lukič. Joakim Lukič was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Paulo José Guimarães sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Young Boys's Arsenij Jankovski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 45th minute of the match, managed to save Young Boys from getting a goal against them. In the 47th minute, Radovan Jovanovski reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Arsenij Jankovski. The goal made the score 1-3. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-3.

The wind increased when Emil Utkov made the kick off in the second half. Bledar Ristanovski hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. 56 minutes into the game, Paulo José Guimarães recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Joakim Lukič. Paulo José Guimarães showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-4. Joakim Lukič stood somewhat misplaced when Zdravko Hajdaraga came free in front of goal and shot 1-6 to the left of him in the 68 minute. Zdravko Hajdaragas short, quick shot in the 72ndth minute got Joakim Lukič to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Emil Utkov kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. With his leg Joakim Lukič managed to avoid a goal in the 81stth minute, when Young Boys's Zdravko Hajdaraga fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Zdravko Hajdaraga scored 1-7 in the 82nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Joakim Lukič, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Robert Živkovski's late challenge caught a FC PATRIOT's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Robert Živkovski helped the player get up and apologised. In the 86th match minute, Young Boys was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Robert Živkovski to maneuver through the defense. Joakim Lukič showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paulo José Guimarães in the 89th minute of the match. After some careless play in the FC PATRIOT defense, Ramazan Ilmen kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Joakim Lukič. The FC PATRIOT fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Joakim Lukič should have stopped the shot. A collision led to FC PATRIOT getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Vegim Mirkovski hit a great ball. When the match was over Young Boys could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than FC PATRIOT throughout the match.