League Play-Off

Ilinden Stadion
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Ilinden's Mihail Stanič 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. In the 4th of the match, Mihail Stanič tried to place the ball in the upper right corner, but Mario Marinkovski got in the way and made a wonderful save. Ilinden's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Vegim Jovanov in the 6th minute. The corner led Ilinden's Zvonimir Novev to fire away a dangerous shot which Mario Marinkovski despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Delčevo Partizan's zone, Mihail Stanič stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mario Marinkovski came out of the goal and Mihail Stanič tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Stole Velkovski kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. Svetozar Dimitrov kicked a quick shot right in front of the goal in the 10thth minute. Though ot was a great shot Delčevo Partizan's keeper Mario Marinkovski was sill able to block leaving the score board unchanged. Slobodan Zahariev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Milorad Davkovski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Slobodan Zahariev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cvetko Mihailovski in the 14th minute of the match. 16 minutes into the match, Ilinden's goal looked a bit too open when Cvetko Mihailovski came free, but Slobodan Zahariev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the Ilinden defense, Cvetko Mihailovski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Slobodan Zahariev. The Ilinden fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Slobodan Zahariev should have stopped the shot. Milorad Davkovski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a defensive mix-up in Ilinden's zone, Milorad Davkovski stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Slobodan Zahariev came out of the goal and Milorad Davkovski tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Bledar Nastev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mario Marinkovski having to interfere. If Milorad Davkovski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 32nd minute Cvetko Mihailovski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Slobodan Zahariev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 37th match minute, Ilinden was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vegim Jovanov to maneuver through the defense. After recieving a nice pass, Delčevo Partizan's Angel Kostov tried to score from far away in the 38th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Angel Kostov took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 40th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Slobodan Zahariev. Ilinden's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. If Cvetko Mihailovski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a little luck, Delčevo Partizan's Mario Marinkovski got control of the ball when Svetozar Dimitrov tried to sneak it across the goal line. After the first half Delčevo Partizan were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Cvetko Mihailovski made a kick off. Mario Marinkovski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Svetozar Dimitrov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cvetko Mihailovski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cvetko Mihailovski blasted a shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Slobodan Zahariev having to make a save. In the 62nd minute of the match Angel Kostov shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Slobodan Zahariev showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Slobodan Zahariev made a fantastic save in the 67th minute, when Milorad Davkovski sent off a good shot on target. Slobodan Ziberi's late challenge caught a Delčevo Partizan's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Slobodan Ziberi helped the player get up and apologised. Milorad Davkovski might have been able to make a better finish in the 70th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Slobodan Zahariev. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Milorad Davkovski ran back to his position shaking his head. Mario Marinkovski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mihail Stanič, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 78th minute, Cvetko Mihailovski made a precise shot to the right of Slobodan Zahariev. Ilinden's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Milorad Davkovski in the 91st minute of play forced Ilinden's goalkeeper Slobodan Zahariev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Delčevo Partizan's Mario Marinkovski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Svetozar Dimitrov in the 94th minute of play. Svetozar Dimitrov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 95th minute. Mario Marinkovski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mihail Stanič's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Mario Marinkovski read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 98th minute of play. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Delčevo Partizan walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.