League Play-Off

Berovo
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dame Jordanovski made the kick off and thus started the match. Dranuš Lekovski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 5th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nikodim Pandilov having to interfere. If Dame Jordanovski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Lirian Leontievski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Nikodim Pandilov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dranuš Lekovski struck a weak shot in the 12th minute. Nikodim Pandilov didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Berovo Napredok. Pavle Avramovski was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 13th minute. Berovo Napredok's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Pavle Avramovski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Dame Jordanovski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Stevan Nedzipi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Pavle Avramovski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Pavle Avramovski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nikodim Pandilov having to interfere. After 25 minutes, Bora Sofronieski mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Čojle and the Berovo Napredok players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 26th minute, Bora Sofronieski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 32nd minute, Dame Jordanovski ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Stevan Nedzipi was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Vuk Bundev in the 37th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Stevan Nedzipi prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Stevan Nedzipi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vuk Bundev, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. Dame Jordanovski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Stevan Nedzipi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Vuk Bundev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stevan Nedzipi having to interfere.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Dranuš Lekovski was the one to do the kick off. Stevan Nedzipi was a little too slow when Dame Jordanovski got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 62nd minute. The score was now 0-2. Berovo Napredok's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Dame Jordanovski 75 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 0-3. After having played for 81 minutes, Dame Jordanovski managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Čojle's supporters crossed their fingers, but Dame Jordanovski was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Nikodim Pandilov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dranuš Lekovski in the 83rd minute of play. In the 88th minute Dranuš Lekovski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nikodim Pandilov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pavle Avramovski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Dranuš Lekovski took the ball and in the 94 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Nikodim Pandilov. Nikodim Pandilov dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-3. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Čojle eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.