League

Marakana
Spectators: 8468 (Terracing: 6352, Seating: 1947, VIP seats: 169) Zungilibab's Aleko Mitovski started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 3rdth minute of the game Zhivko Tekerlekov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Zungilibab's Zlatko Pipkov was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Цървена звезда were awarded a corner in the 5th minute after Zungilibab's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Neno Partalin took the corner. The corner ended in Arso Yadkov almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Zungilibab's Zlatko Pipkov did a great save. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Samuil Bibin in the 8th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Zapryan Sachanski prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Zapryan Sachanski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aleko Mitovski in the 11th minute of the match. Zlatko Pipkov made a fantastic save in the 14th minute, when Rostislav Shtonov sent off a good shot on target. Zapryan Sachanski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hayyam Dizdar in the 16th minute of the match. 29 minutes into the game, Samuil Bibin cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Zapryan Sachanski was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. With 46 minutes on the clock, Sevdalin Lenov commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. After 45 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Цървена звезда! The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

In the 56th minute of the match Zungilibab got a corner. Цървена звезда's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Samuil Bibin ran over to the corner to take the kick. Zlatko Pipkov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rostislav Shtonov in the 63rd minute of the match. Ryan Van Lancker hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. Zapryan Sachanski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Samuil Bibin in the 69th minute of the match. If Rostislav Shtonov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hayyam Dizdar in the 77th minute of play forced Цървена звезда's goalkeeper Zapryan Sachanski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 86 played minutes Цървена звезда got a freekick which was hit by Rostislav Shtonov. The crowd rose to their feet as Aleko Mitovski kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Zapryan Sachanski. That made the score 2-2 in the 87 minute of play. Цървена звезда succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though Zungilibab had controlled the match.