League Play-Off

Raven Gradski Stadio
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Radoje Kitanov kicked off to start the match. Sima Nedzipi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Milko Andreevski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 8thth minute of the game Radoje Kitanov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Raven Sloga's Neven Zlatanovski was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. oLd sChooL's Milko Andreevski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tase Atanasov in the 9th minute of play. Maksim Turundziev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Neven Zlatanovski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Neven Zlatanovski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Radoje Kitanov, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Sima Nedzipi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Milko Andreevski having to interfere. In the 17th minute, Sima Nedzipi ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Milko Andreevski was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. In the 23rd minute, Radoje Kitanov made a precise shot to the right of Neven Zlatanovski. Raven Sloga's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. Sima Nedzipi blasted a shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Milko Andreevski having to make a save. When the match had gone on for 26 minutes, Tase Atanasov took a quick shot and it went in 2-1 without a chance for Milko Andreevski to make any attempt to save it. Milko Andreevski made a fantastic save in the 31st minute, when Sima Nedzipi sent off a good shot on target. In the 34th minute, Sima Nedzipi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Raven Sloga fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. The supporters of oLd sChooL booed when Raven Sloga was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Argjend Slavevski didn't get a good kick on the ball. Avram Petan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Neven Zlatanovski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Neven Zlatanovski didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Avram Petan went, in the 45th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-2.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Tase Atanasov was the one to do the kick off. 53 minutes into the match, Raven Sloga's goal looked a bit too open when Radoje Kitanov came free, but Neven Zlatanovski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Avram Petan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Neven Zlatanovski 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 Avram Petan during the 58th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Neven Zlatanovski stood somewhat misplaced when Radoje Kitanov came free in front of goal and shot 3-3 to the left of him in the 61 minute. In the 65th minute of the match Ognjeslav Novkovski shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Neven Zlatanovski showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Sima Nedzipi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Milko Andreevski having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Radoje Kitanov in the 86th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Neven Zlatanovski prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Avram Petan received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Neven Zlatanovski came out and tried to block the shot, but Avram Petan slotted it home off the left post making it 3-4 in the 92nd minute. After a rather tough play, Raven Sloga's Zamir Dimitrijevski got a free kick in the 96th minute. The Raven Sloga supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching oLd sChooL's performance. The match ended with a win for oLd sChooL.