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Match Report
Veles
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27,
Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Makedon Dončevski kicked off to start the match. 6 minutes into the match, Veles's goal looked a bit too open when Zvonko Cukovski came free, but Ace Veseli reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Raven Pobeda booed when Veles was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dobrica Fotev didn't get a good kick on the ball. Veljan Rajkovski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cane Ilič , who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. Makedon Dončevski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Adam Ristanoski might have been able to make a better finish in the 15th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ace Veseli. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Adam Ristanoski ran back to his position shaking his head. Ace Veseli made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adam Ristanoski in the 17th minute of play. 21 minutes into the match, Makedon Dončevski had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ace Veseli. Veles's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Makedon Dončevski was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Mitre Daskalov kicked well hit freekick during the 24th minute of the match. Dobrica Fotev's late challenge caught a Raven Pobeda's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dobrica Fotev helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Veles getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Dobrica Fotev hit a great ball. Adam Ristanoski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Ace Veseli tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 47 minutes into the match, Veles's goal looked a bit too open when Adam Ristanoski came free, but Ace Veseli reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.
Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Cane Ilič to make the kick off. Ace Veseli came out of the goal in the 53rd minute to try and stop a shot by Raven Pobeda's Adam Ristanoski. But to his dismay, Adam Ristanoski quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. If Boško Srebrov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cane Ilič in the 67th minute of play forced Raven Pobeda's goalkeeper Veljan Rajkovski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 72nd minute, Veles's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Adam Ristanoski fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. A collision led to Veles getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Vuk Petrov hit a great ball. Ivica Carevski's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ace Veseli read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 75th minute of play. Cane Ilič took the ball and in the 79 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Veljan Rajkovski. Veljan Rajkovski dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. Cane Ilič 's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Veljan Rajkovski read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 84th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Raven Pobeda's Makedon Krstev got a free kick in the 86th minute. Makedon Dončevski hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. Boško Srebrov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of Veles booed when Raven Pobeda was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. Makedon Krstev didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Boško Srebrov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Veljan Rajkovski was relentless in the 95th minute of the game. The Veles supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Raven Pobeda's performance. The match ended with a win for Raven Pobeda.
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