League Play-Off

Ljutomer Park
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Đevat Satler made the kick off which started today's match. 4 minutes into the match, Rogaška's goal looked a bit too open when Rastko Renko came free, but Stevan Šeme reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 6th match minute, Ljutomer was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edvin Hočevar to maneuver through the defense. Žiga Sket showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jovan Osojnik, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. A collision led to Ljutomer getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Hasan Pustotnik hit a great ball. After having played for 23 minutes, Rastko Renko managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ljutomer's supporters crossed their fingers, but Rastko Renko was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Jovan Osojnik sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Žiga Sket showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jovan Osojnik in the 30th minute of the match. A collision led to Ljutomer getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Edvin Hočevar hit a great ball. Rastko Renko sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Rogaška's Jovan Osojnik got a good chance for a goal in the 37th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Jovan Osojnik in the 43rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Žiga Sket prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zija Šibila in the 44th minute of play forced Ljutomer's goalkeeper Žiga Sket to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 45th minute, Zija Šibila 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. In the 47th minute Jovan Osojnik shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Žiga Sket saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Jovan Osojnik made a kick off. Zija Šibila could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 52nd minute of the match, but Žiga Sket made a huge save. In the 53rd minute, Gusti Korbar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ljutomer's Adi Matijaš got a good chance for a goal in the 54th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Đevat Satler's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Stevan Šeme was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. In the 58th match minute, Rogaška was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Elsadet Oplotnik to maneuver through the defense. 60 minutes into the match, Rogaška's goal looked a bit too open when Đevat Satler came free, but Stevan Šeme reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Edvin Hočevar's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Stevan Šeme was relentless in the 61st minute of the game. Martin Škrgić kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. Zija Šibila could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 65th minute of the match, but Žiga Sket made a huge save. Zija Šibila scored 0-1 in the 68th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Žiga Sket, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Gusti Korbar was shown his second yellow card after 73 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. After a rather tough play, Rogaška's Gusti Korbar got a free kick in the 74th minute. Zija Šibila recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 80th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 83rd minute, Jovan Osojnik hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 85th minute the ball was on its way in behind Ljutomer's goalkeeper Žiga Sket, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Žiga Sket made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zija Šibila in the 91st minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Zija Šibila got free with Žiga Sket in the 92nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The Rogaška supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Rogaška would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.