League Play-Off

Pirava Gradski Stadi
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Venko Kikerkov took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 6 minutes of play, Pirava Sloga's Miladin Simovski made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Bojan Petan was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 10thth minute of the game Rajko Trifunov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Pirava Sloga's Slobodan Vasilev was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A collision led to Ostrilci Partizan getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Januz Fakaj hit a great ball. In the 17th minute, Gligor Bogdanov 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. Rajko Trifunov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Slobodan Vasilev having to interfere. When Venko Kikerkov came up free with the goalie in the 22nd minute, the Ostrilci Partizan 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 Venko Kikerkov couldn't finish the play. If Rajko Trifunov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Venko Kikerkov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Venko Kikerkov in the 30th minute of play forced Pirava Sloga's goalkeeper Slobodan Vasilev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ostrilci Partizan's Venko Kikerkov got a good chance for a goal in the 34th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Venko Kikerkov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Slobodan Vasilev having to interfere. 45 minutes into the match, Pirava Sloga's goal looked a bit too open when Rajko Trifunov came free, but Slobodan Vasilev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 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.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Miladin Simovski was the one to do the kick off. In the 56th minute of the match Toni Stefanovski sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Slobodan Vasilev skillfully saved the ball. If Miladin Simovski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 61 minutes into the game, Pirava Sloga's Gligor Bogdanov nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Bojan Petan made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. Miladin Simovski blasted a shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Bojan Petan having to make a save. 68 minutes into the game, Dragan Samoilovski was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Pirava Sloga's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ostrilci Partizan the free kick. 67 minutes into the game, one of Pirava Sloga:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The goalkeeper, Slobodan Vasilev, was totally fooled by Ostrilci Partizan's Jonče Gligorovski, who 69 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. After 74 minutes, Rajko Trifunov made it 2-2 with a short kick to the right side. Pirava Sloga's Slobodan Vasilev tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Rajko Trifunov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Slobodan Vasilev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 82 minutes into the match, Pirava Sloga's goalkeeper Slobodan Vasilev had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Rajko Trifunov. Bojan Petan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Miladin Simovski, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.