League Play-Off

Sveti Nikole Stadion
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Gevgelija Pobeda's Jeton Sarev 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. Vegim Rugova made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Venko Sarev in the 6th minute of play. Jeton Sarev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vladimir Trajcevski having to interfere. Gevgelija Pobeda's Vegim Rugova played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luan Mitkovski in the 12th minute of play. Venko Sarev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Vegim Rugova tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Sveti Nikole's Radoje Mitanov got a free kick in the 21st minute. 22 minutes into the game, Samoil Mijatovič was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Gevgelija Pobeda's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Sveti Nikole the free kick. The supporters of Sveti Nikole booed when Gevgelija Pobeda was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 22 match minutes in a wonderful position. Samoil Mijatovič didn't get a good kick on the ball. Venko Sarev recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 25th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The supporters of Sveti Nikole booed when Gevgelija Pobeda was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Burim Danevski didn't get a good kick on the ball. After recieving a nice pass, Sveti Nikole's Rodoljub Zafirski tried to score from far away in the 28th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Luan Mitkovski did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-0 to the left of a surprised Vegim Rugova 31 minutes into the match. If Luan Mitkovski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 45th minute, Venko Sarev got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 48 minutes into the match, Venko Sarev dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Vegim Rugova, 3-0. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

The wind increased when Venko Sarev made the kick off in the second half. The audience thought a goal was coming when Zlatan Halili got free with Vladimir Trajcevski in the 55th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 58 minutes into the match, Sveti Nikole's Luan Mitkovski sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Vegim Rugova narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Zlatan Halili was extremely unlucky when he, in the 60th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Milan Hodza hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. 68 minutes into the match, Gevgelija Pobeda's goal looked a bit too open when Luan Mitkovski came free, but Vegim Rugova reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Zlatan Halili who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 72ndth minute tested the skills of Vladimir Trajcevski when he managed to save the team from getting behind. After 72 played minutes Sveti Nikole got a freekick which was hit by Vase Caneski. Jeton Sarev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vladimir Trajcevski having to interfere. In the 77th minute, Jeton Sarev got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 80 minutes into the match, Sveti Nikole's goal looked a bit too open when Jeton Sarev came free, but Vladimir Trajcevski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 84th minute Jeton Sarev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vladimir Trajcevski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 88th minute the ball was on its way in behind Gevgelija Pobeda's goalkeeper Vegim Rugova, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 89th minute Luan Mitkovski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vegim Rugova saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. During the 90th minute of the match Samoil Mijatovič completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Samoil Mijatovič a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. After 91 played minutes Gevgelija Pobeda got a freekick which was hit by Samoil Mijatovič. Luan Mitkovski 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. A collision led to Gevgelija Pobeda getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Burim Danevski hit a great ball.