League Play-Off

Čojle Gradski Stadio
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Čojle Rabotnički's Maksim Davidovski started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After some careless play in the Brusnik defense, Savo Hristov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Branimir Aleksovski. The Brusnik fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Branimir Aleksovski should have stopped the shot. In the 11th minute, Brusnik's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Maksim Davidovski fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. The supporters of Čojle Rabotnički booed when Brusnik was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 12 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dalibor Jovevski didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Maksim Davidovski came up free with the goalie in the 14th minute, the Čojle Rabotnički 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 Maksim Davidovski couldn't finish the play. Arton Bojkovič received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Branimir Aleksovski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Špend Cukovski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rangel Dejanov in the 17th minute of play. If Savo Hristov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a defensive mix-up in Čojle Rabotnički's zone, Rangel Dejanov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Špend Cukovski came out of the goal and Rangel Dejanov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Rangel Dejanov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Špend Cukovski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 38 played minutes Brusnik got a freekick which was hit by Stojan Gocevski. The supporters of Čojle Rabotnički booed when Brusnik was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 41 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ognjeslav Kuzmanovski didn't get a good kick on the ball. Grozdan Mirkovski might have been able to make a better finish in the 45th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Špend Cukovski. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Grozdan Mirkovski ran back to his position shaking his head. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The wind increased when Rangel Dejanov made the kick off in the second half. Špend Cukovski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Grozdan Mirkovski, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. If Rangel Dejanov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a defensive mix-up in Brusnik's zone, Savo Hristov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Branimir Aleksovski came out of the goal and Savo Hristov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 57th minute of the game. One of Brusnik:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Čojle Rabotnički:s goal. The referee gave Čojle Rabotnički a penalty, 59 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Bogoljub Čangovski, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Brusnik's Branimir Aleksovski. 2-0. In the 62nd minute, Ljuben Gičevski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Brusnik's Dalibor Jovevski got his second yellow card of the match in the 65th minute. The referee ordered Dalibor Jovevski off the ground. The supporters of Čojle Rabotnički booed when Brusnik was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dalibor Jovevski didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 70th minute, Dalibor Nikiforov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Branimir Aleksovski was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. When Maksim Davidovski came up free with the goalie in the 73rd minute, the Čojle Rabotnički 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 Maksim Davidovski couldn't finish the play. After 75 minutes of play, Čojle Rabotnički's Savo Hristov made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Branimir Aleksovski was left in no man's land by his defense there! Brusnik's Branimir Aleksovski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Maksim Davidovski in the 81st minute of play. Savo Hristov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Branimir Aleksovski having to interfere. Savo Hristov struck a weak shot in the 90th minute. Branimir Aleksovski didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Čojle Rabotnički. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maksim Davidovski in the 92nd minute of play forced Brusnik's goalkeeper Branimir Aleksovski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Maksim Davidovski might have been able to make a better finish in the 94th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Branimir Aleksovski. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Maksim Davidovski ran back to his position shaking his head. 97 minutes into the match, Čojle Rabotnički's goalkeeper Špend Cukovski had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Grozdan Mirkovski. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Čojle Rabotnički fully deserved thier win.