League Play-Off

Raven Gradski Stadio
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Raven Sloga's Tase Atanasov started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Miravci's Svetozar Naceski got a good chance for a goal in the 4th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Špëtim Nestorov's late challenge caught a Miravci's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Špëtim Nestorov helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Miravci booed when Raven Sloga was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Špëtim Nestorov didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 6th minute, David Utkov left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Miravci fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. A collision led to Miravci getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. David Utkov hit a great ball. 12 minutes into the match, Svetozar Naceski notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Raven Sloga's Neven Zlatanovski. Neven Zlatanovski was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Sima Nedzipi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Dragi Božinov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dragi Božinov was a little too slow when Tase Atanasov got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 18th minute. The score was now 1-2. A collision led to Miravci getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Burim Petkovski hit a great ball. When Sima Nedzipi came up free with the goalie in the 22nd minute, the Raven Sloga 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 Sima Nedzipi couldn't finish the play. Neven Zlatanovski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from David Utkov in the 26th minute of play. If Tase Atanasov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Tase Atanasov came up free with the goalie in the 32nd minute, the Raven Sloga 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 Tase Atanasov couldn't finish the play. Ace Janev kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. In the 42nd match minute, Miravci was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Burim Petkovski to maneuver through the defense. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Tase Atanasov in the 44th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Dragi Božinov saved Miravci from getting behind. Tase Atanasov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 48th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and David Utkov made a kick off. Sima Nedzipi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Tase Atanasov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dragi Božinov having to interfere. Sima Nedzipi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Dragi Božinov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Branslav Danevski during the 64th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 64th minute, Branslav Danevski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 66th match minute, Miravci was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Burim Petkovski to maneuver through the defense. Neven Zlatanovski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from David Utkov, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. When Tase Atanasov came up free with the goalie in the 71st minute, the Raven Sloga 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 Tase Atanasov couldn't finish the play. In the 75th minute, David Utkov got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Sima Nedzipi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dragi Božinov having to interfere. With a little luck, Raven Sloga's Neven Zlatanovski got control of the ball when Svetozar Naceski tried to sneak it across the goal line. Svetozar Naceski 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. Svetozar Naceski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 95th minute, David Utkov got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Miravci eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.