League Play-Off

Pojate
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Andrija Ignjatović kicked off to start the match. Vladislav Radojčić fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 2nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Spasoje Stojanoski having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Nenad Đogatović's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Spasoje Stojanoski was relentless in the 6th minute of the game. After a defensive mix-up in Žabalj FK's zone, Andrija Ignjatović stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mihajlo Gurić came out of the goal and Andrija Ignjatović tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, Žabalj FK's Stevan Zorić got a free kick in the 13th minute. Vladislav Radojčić fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Spasoje Stojanoski having to interfere. If Nenad Đogatović had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Mihajlo Gurić showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andrija Ignjatović, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. After recieving a nice pass, Žabalj FK's Adam Josifljević tried to score from far away in the 31st minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. In the 34th minute Nastas Čelić shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Spasoje Stojanoski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vladislav Radojčić took the ball and in the 36 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Spasoje Stojanoski. Spasoje Stojanoski dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nenad Đogatović in the 38th minute of play forced Pojate FK's goalkeeper Spasoje Stojanoski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 40th minute of the match Žabalj FK got a corner. Pojate FK's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Adam Josifljević ran over to the corner to take the kick. Željko Kostić hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. 43 minutes into the match, Žabalj FK's Adam Josifljević broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Vladislav Radojčić stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Mihajlo Gurić showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sergej Ćetković in the 54th minute of the match. 55 minutes into the match, Pojate FK's goal looked a bit too open when Vladislav Radojčić came free, but Spasoje Stojanoski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 57 minutes into the match, Žabalj FK's Vladislav Radojčić sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Spasoje Stojanoski narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Uroš Pajić charged in rather forcefully in the 58th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Uroš Pajić the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Pojate FK getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Uroš Pajić hit a great ball. Srba Sokić kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. Mihajlo Gurić showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sergej Ćetković, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. In the 67th minute, Sergej Ćetković ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mihajlo Gurić was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. Nenad Đogatović blasted a shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Spasoje Stojanoski having to make a save. Mihajlo Gurić showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andrija Ignjatović, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. In the 85th minute Andrija Ignjatović shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mihajlo Gurić saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Spasoje Stojanoski made a fantastic save in the 93rd minute, when Nenad Đogatović sent off a good shot on target. When Damir Santrač fell near the penalty area in the 96th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Pojate FK's protests and gave Damir Santrač a yellow card for diving instead. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 96th minute of the game. One of Pojate FK:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Žabalj FK:s goal. 1-3 came through a penalty shot after 99 played minutes, when Žabalj FK:s Adam Josifljević calmly waited for Pojate FK:s goalkeeper to move before he rolled in the ball by the right post. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Žabalj FK eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.