League Play-Off

Gama Arena
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Minas Markomichalis kicked off to start the match. When the match clock showed 5 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Konrad Pavlovič sped through FC Koper's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Cveto Novinec. 16 minutes into the game, Žak Berger was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. NK Ciganski Kralji's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FC Koper the free kick. After a rather tough play, NK Ciganski Kralji's Žak Berger got a free kick in the 16th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Konrad Pavlovič in the 20th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Cveto Novinec prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Konrad Pavlovič in the 22nd minute of play forced FC Koper's goalkeeper Cveto Novinec to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 22 played minutes FC Koper got a freekick which was hit by Minas Markomichalis. Žak Berger struck a weak shot in the 23rd minute. Cveto Novinec didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for NK Ciganski Kralji. After a rather tough play, FC Koper's Ekaitz Sirvent got a free kick in the 27th minute. After having played for 28 minutes, Žak Berger managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. NK Ciganski Kralji's supporters crossed their fingers, but Žak Berger was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Žak Berger hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. Leo Ljubec made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Minas Markomichalis in the 35th minute of play. Leo Ljubec came out of the goal in the 36th minute to try and stop a shot by FC Koper's Minas Markomichalis. But to his dismay, Minas Markomichalis quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. In the 41st minute, Manos Labrou ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Leo Ljubec was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-2. Cveto Novinec showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Konrad Pavlovič, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. 49 minutes had been played when some careless play by FC Koper's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Fikret Junuzović was slow to take the kick. During this time NK Ciganski Kralji's players had a chance to rest. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-2.

The wind increased when Žak Berger made the kick off in the second half. Leo Ljubec made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Minas Markomichalis in the 53rd minute of play. In the 54th minute, Manos Labrou hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the match had gone on for 55 minutes, Žak Berger put it in 3-3 from a short distance just to the right of Cveto Novinec. Leo Ljubec showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wasyl Okropny in the 58th minute of the match. 61 minutes into the match, FC Koper's goalkeeper Cveto Novinec had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Žak Berger. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ekaitz Sirvent during the 63rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Ekaitz Sirvent hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. Fikret Junuzović, 64 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Žak Berger could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 65th minute of the match, but Cveto Novinec made a huge save. In the 72nd minute, Eren Vezir hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Fikret Junuzović took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 73rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Cveto Novinec. FC Koper's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Žak Berger in the 76thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Cveto Novinec, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Sandi Kundih in the 81st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Cveto Novinec saved FC Koper from getting behind. 83 minutes into the match, NK Ciganski Kralji's goal looked a bit too open when Wasyl Okropny came free, but Leo Ljubec reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With his leg Cveto Novinec managed to avoid a goal in the 84thth minute, when NK Ciganski Kralji's Žak Berger fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Dimitar Kozel hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. In the 96th minute Žak Berger shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cveto Novinec saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.