Lopate
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27,
Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Alek Avramovski started the match with the kick off. Nace Rusevski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Apostol Popov having to interfere. Destan Siljanov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Lurtim Živkovski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Slobodan Saliu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 23rd minute, Alek Avramovski made a precise shot to the right of Lurtim Živkovski. Lopate's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Apostol Popov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Slobodan Saliu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 30 minutes of play, Leskoec's Destan Siljanov made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lurtim Živkovski was left in no man's land by his defense there! Leskoec's Apostol Popov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 38th minute of the match, managed to save Leskoec from getting a goal against them. When Nikanor Bojkovič fell near the penalty area in the 39th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Leskoec's protests and gave Nikanor Bojkovič a yellow card for diving instead. Nace Rusevski could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 41st minute of the match, but Apostol Popov made a huge save. When Milo Gligorovski fell near the penalty area in the 43rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Lopate's protests and gave Milo Gligorovski a yellow card for diving instead. Apostol Popov made a fantastic save in the 46th minute, when Nace Rusevski sent off a good shot on target.
When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Slobodan Saliu made a kick off. In the 51st minute Nace Rusevski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Apostol Popov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nace Rusevski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Apostol Popov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Destan Siljanov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 57th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When Žare Trifunovski fell near the penalty area in the 58th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Leskoec's protests and gave Žare Trifunovski a yellow card for diving instead. In the 58th minute, Žare Trifunovski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nace Rusevski in the 59th minute of play forced Leskoec's goalkeeper Apostol Popov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Apostol Popov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nace Rusevski in the 61st minute of the match. 63 minutes into the match, Leskoec's goal looked a bit too open when Slobodan Saliu came free, but Apostol Popov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 64th minute the ball was on its way in behind Leskoec's goalkeeper Apostol Popov, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Slobodan Saliu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Apostol Popov having to interfere. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 68th minute of the game. One of Leskoec:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Lopate:s goal. The audience was convinced that Mihajlo Bizi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Apostol Popov was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. 72 minutes into the match, Leskoec's goal looked a bit too open when Slobodan Saliu came free, but Apostol Popov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Alek Avramovski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Lurtim Živkovski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Slobodan Saliu took the ball and in the 78 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Apostol Popov. Apostol Popov 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. Leskoec's Alek Avramovski got a good chance for a goal in the 82nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After having played for 83 minutes, Slobodan Saliu managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Lopate's supporters crossed their fingers, but Slobodan Saliu was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Alek Avramovski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nace Rusevski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Apostol Popov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Slobodan Saliu in the 96th minute of play. In the 97th minute, Slobodan Saliu left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Lopate fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-2. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.
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