League Play-Off

Arilevo Gradski Stad
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Gavril Ristanoski made the kick off which started today's match. Barjet Rrustemi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Kire Nastevski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gjermo Sloga's Kire Nastevski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gavril Ristanoski in the 8th minute of play. In the 10th minute Teut Stefanovski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jakov Serafimovski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Arilevo's zone, Dranuš Fidanovski stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jakov Serafimovski came out of the goal and Dranuš Fidanovski tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After having played for 21 minutes, Barjet Rrustemi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Arilevo's supporters crossed their fingers, but Barjet Rrustemi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Allmir Ivanovski during the 31st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 31 played minutes Arilevo got a freekick which was hit by Allmir Ivanovski. In the 34th minute Diljan Mladenovič suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. In the 36th minute, Allmir Ivanovski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After recieving a nice pass, Gjermo Sloga's Radoje Jovčevski tried to score from far away in the 37th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Marko Frašeri kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. Radoje Jovčevski took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 42nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Jakov Serafimovski. Arilevo's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

The wind increased when Dranuš Fidanovski made the kick off in the second half. Barjet Rrustemi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kire Nastevski having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dranuš Fidanovski got free with Jakov Serafimovski in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Dranuš Fidanovski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Jakov Serafimovski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 76th minute, Nikifor Bocevski managed to get in a good position for a shot. Gjermo Sloga's supporters rose to their feet, but Nikifor Bocevski was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jakov Serafimovski breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. With a little luck, Arilevo's Jakov Serafimovski got control of the ball when Dranuš Fidanovski tried to sneak it across the goal line. Gjermo Sloga's Dranuš Fidanovski got a good chance for a goal in the 86th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Teut Stefanovski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jakov Serafimovski having to interfere. When Bledar Ognenovski fell near the penalty area in the 88th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Arilevo's protests and gave Bledar Ognenovski a yellow card for diving instead. Bledar Ognenovski hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Arilevo's zone, Dranuš Fidanovski stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jakov Serafimovski came out of the goal and Dranuš Fidanovski tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play.