League Play-Off

Podmol
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Naum Lefkovski got the match started through his kick off. Jovica Kostadinov took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 8th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Bledar Alii. Podmol Rabotnički's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 11 minutes into the match, Podmol Rabotnički's goal looked a bit too open when Vlatko Boja came free, but Bledar Alii reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Orce Lozanov charged in rather forcefully in the 14th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Orce Lozanov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. If Milo Gecaj had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Milo Gecaj fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mihajlo Dalov having to interfere. If Milo Gecaj had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 29 minutes into the match, Brusnik's goal looked a bit too open when Naum Lefkovski came free, but Mihajlo Dalov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 30th minute, Milo Gecaj left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Podmol Rabotnički fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Žarko Zdravkovski's late challenge caught a Brusnik's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Žarko Zdravkovski helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Podmol Rabotnički getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Žarko Zdravkovski hit a great ball. Zoran Gilevski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bledar Alii having to interfere. In the 44th minute, Naum Lefkovski fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Zoran Gilevski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bledar Alii having to interfere. Zoran Gilevski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 48th minute. Bledar Alii tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 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 1-0.

After a rather tough play, Podmol Rabotnički's Žarko Zdravkovski got a free kick in the 56th minute. With a little luck, Podmol Rabotnički's Bledar Alii got control of the ball when Zoran Gilevski tried to sneak it across the goal line. 61 minutes into the match, Podmol Rabotnički's Milo Gecaj sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Mihajlo Dalov narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Mihajlo Dalov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Naum Lefkovski, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. Mihajlo Dalov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Milo Gecaj in the 71st minute of play. When the match had gone on for 75 minutes, Milo Gecaj put it in 2-1 from a short distance just to the right of Mihajlo Dalov. When Vlatko Boja came up free with the goalie in the 82nd minute, the Brusnik 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 Vlatko Boja couldn't finish the play. Zoran Gilevski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Vlatko Boja was in a good position and ended up with the ball after Brusnik's free kick, but he didn't get a good hit on the ball and blazed it high and to the right of the goal.