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Topalite
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Nesho Glogov started the match with the kick off. After 3 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for FC GRANIT! After a rather tough play, Listec's Nesho Glogov got a free kick in the 7th minute. Tomislav Apostolov charged in rather forcefully in the 8th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Tomislav Apostolov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 8th minute, Tomislav Apostolov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Svetlin Kulaksúzov came free with the goalkeeper in the 11th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Vladko Iliev could save by the left post. Trendafil Dankin's late challenge caught a FC GRANIT's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Trendafil Dankin helped the player get up and apologised. Vladko Iliev was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 14th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Zapryan Tzerovski. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Nesho Glogov in the 18th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Yoan Chotov prevented the ball from getting in the gole. A collision led to FC GRANIT getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Adam Yochkolovski hit a great ball. Valkan Vasilevski scored 0-2 in the 21st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Yoan Chotov, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 25th minute Nesho Glogov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yoan Chotov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Valkan Vasilevski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Nesho Glogov 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. Valkan Vasilevski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Yoan Chotov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Svetlozar Rumeev received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Vladko Iliev came out and tried to block the shot, but Svetlozar Rumeev slotted it home off the left post making it 1-2 in the 42nd minute. If Valkan Vasilevski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Svetlozar Rumeev to strike the kick off in the second half. Svetlozar Rumeev's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Vladko Iliev read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 56th minute of play. In the 58th match minute, Listec was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tzeno Dobrikov to maneuver through the defense. Zapryan Tzerovski was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 58th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. With an all-out effort, Listec's Yoan Chotov threw himself towards the right post 61 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Nesho Glogov, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Valkan Vasilevski's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Yoan Chotov read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 67th minute of play. Nesho Glogov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Svetlozar Rumeev's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vladko Iliev was relentless in the 78th minute of the game. In the 81st minute of the match Zapryan Tzerovski sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Vladko Iliev skillfully saved the ball. When Svetlin Kulaksúzov came up free with the goalie in the 89th minute, the FC GRANIT fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Svetlin Kulaksúzov couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Svetlozar Rumeev in the 93rd minute of play forced Listec's goalkeeper Vladko Iliev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Valkan Vasilevski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The FC GRANIT fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Listec were clearly better and deserved to take the win.