League Play-Off

Slp City Ground
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Nikita Ristani took the kick off in the first half of the match. If Risto Selmani had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Risto Selmani in the 10th minute of play forced Kosevica's goalkeeper Antonio Stamenov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lefter Kostovski charged in rather forcefully in the 11th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Lefter Kostovski the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Kosevica's Lefter Kostovski got a free kick in the 11th minute. After a rather tough play, Elovec FC's Barjet Arsov got a free kick in the 14th minute. Trpe Idrizi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Antonio Stamenov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Elovec FC's Risto Selmani got a good chance for a goal in the 20th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 22nd minute, Risto Selmani 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. 25 minutes into the game, Trpe Idrizi was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Elovec FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Kosevica the free kick. Trpe Idrizi kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. Kosevica's Antonio Stamenov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 28th minute of the match, managed to save Kosevica from getting a goal against them. When the match clock showed 36 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Marko Pandilov sped through Elovec FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Srečko Ziberi. Antonio Stamenov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Trpe Idrizi in the 40th minute. Trpe Idrizi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Antonio Stamenov having to interfere. After having played for 47 minutes, Pavle Dimitrov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Elovec FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Pavle Dimitrov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal.

The wind increased when Risto Selmani made the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Kosevica's goalkeeper Antonio Stamenov, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 54 minutes had been played when some careless play by Kosevica's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Barjet Arsov was slow to take the kick. During this time Elovec FC's players had a chance to rest. Barjet Arsov made a great header on Elovec FC's corner, it was just that Kosevica's Antonio Stamenov managed to reach the ball for a save. The supporters of Elovec FC booed when Kosevica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marko Pandilov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Elovec FC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 67th minute, when Marko Pandilov scored to the left of an out of position Srečko Ziberi, making the score, 0-2. Živko Dimitrovski charged in rather forcefully in the 70th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Živko Dimitrovski the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Elovec FC booed when Kosevica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Živko Dimitrovski didn't get a good kick on the ball. 72 minutes into the game, Branslav Dedejski was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Kosevica's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Elovec FC the free kick. After recieving a nice pass, Elovec FC's Barjet Arsov tried to score from far away in the 73rd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Trpe Idrizi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 77 minutes, Nove Mijatovič mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Kosevica and the Elovec FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 77th match minute, Kosevica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nove Mijatovič to maneuver through the defense. In the 80th minute, Dalin Ignatovski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Nove Mijatovič came up free with the goalie in the 83rd minute, the Kosevica 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 Nove Mijatovič couldn't finish the play. Nikita Ristani received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Srečko Ziberi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ordan Kralevski hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. Nikita Ristani received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Srečko Ziberi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 94 minutes, Nikita Ristani managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Kosevica's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nikita Ristani was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. With a little luck, Elovec FC's Srečko Ziberi got control of the ball when Marko Pandilov tried to sneak it across the goal line. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Kosevica had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.