League Play-Off

Cerkno
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Lev Mihić got the match started through his kick off. In the 6thth minute of the game Antiša Rejc who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but StrazaTeam's Ismail Papež was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Cerkno ND's Salih Naprudnik played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aljaž Bovcon in the 8th minute of play. After 16 minutes, Pašan Laban mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the StrazaTeam and the Cerkno ND players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to StrazaTeam getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Pašan Laban hit a great ball. Srečo Porčić fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ismail Papež having to interfere. Ismail Papež showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Antiša Rejc in the 21st minute of the match. Ćazim Kovič kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. Srečo Porčić sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 27th minute, Suljo Vrbinc hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A hard shot 30 in the game by Srečo Porčić from a close distance when the talented Ismail Papež managed to make a qualified save. StrazaTeam's players were relieved. Lev Mihić blasted a shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Salih Naprudnik having to make a save. If Lev Mihić had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Džemil Harih sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, StrazaTeam's Suljo Vrbinc got a free kick in the 44th minute. After 48 minutes StrazaTeam's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Brankec Pikelj who took care of the corner kick. Cerkno ND's Brankec Pikelj was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Ismail Papež in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Antiša Rejc was the one to do the kick off. In the 57th minute, Džemil Harih hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Suljo Vrbinc hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. In the 67th minute, Antiša Rejc 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. Irfan Jusić charged in rather forcefully in the 74th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Irfan Jusić the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Ismail Papež didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Srečo Porčić went, in the 76th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Ismail Papež took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Antiša Rejc, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 87th minute Srečo Porčić shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ismail Papež saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Aljaž Bovcon fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Salih Naprudnik having to interfere. 92 minutes into the match, Antiša Rejc had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ismail Papež. StrazaTeam's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Antiša Rejc was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. After some fancy dribbling in the 97th minute, Lev Mihić managed to get in a good position for a shot. StrazaTeam's supporters rose to their feet, but Lev Mihić was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Salih Naprudnik breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. For all the effort they put into the match, the StrazaTeam players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Cerkno ND.