League Play-Off

Lešnica Stadion
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Doksim Babunski took the kick off in the first half of the match. Srečko Bardulla received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Matej Andreevski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 12 minutes, Srečko Bardulla managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Lešnica Napredok's supporters crossed their fingers, but Srečko Bardulla was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Srečko Bardulla fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Matej Andreevski having to interfere. The referee felt a red card was in order, 26 minutes into the game, when Boško Smilevski put in a rough tackle. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 25th minute of the game. One of Lešnica Napredok:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Radišani:s goal. After 30 minutes of play, Lešnica Napredok's Radovan Nuhiji made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Matej Andreevski was left in no man's land by his defense there! Radovan Nuhiji sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Stanko Manojlovski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stamen Maznov in the 36th minute of the match. 39 minutes into the game, Doksim Babunski cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Stanko Manojlovski was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Stamen Maznov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Stanko Manojlovski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Doksim Babunski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Radovan Nuhiji to make the kick off. Razmo Siljanov hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Doksim Babunski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Stanko Manojlovski was relentless in the 56th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Doksim Babunski in the 75th minute of play forced Lešnica Napredok's goalkeeper Stanko Manojlovski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lešnica Napredok's Stanko Manojlovski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 77th minute of the match, managed to save Lešnica Napredok from getting a goal against them. In the 78th minute, Lešnica Napredok's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Stamen Maznov fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. If Lurtim Sazdanovski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Radovan Nuhiji sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The Radišani players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.