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Granitovac
Spectators: 8138 (Terracing: 6954, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 184) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Geraldo Fernandez took the kick off in the first half of the match. Rene Pio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hajdar Tofkić in the 5th minute of play. FK Granit's Rene Pio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hristo Stoichkov in the 13th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hajdar Tofkić in the 17th minute of play forced FK Granit's goalkeeper Rene Pio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, FK Granit's Valentin Cebo got a free kick in the 19th minute. When the match clock showed 20 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Hajdar Tofkić sped through FK Granit's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Rene Pio. A collision led to FK Granit getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Geraldo Fernandez hit a great ball. Rene Pio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hajdar Tofkić in the 25th minute of the match. Ismael Cebrian showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Geraldo Fernandez in the 26th minute of the match. 27 minutes into the match, FC Smotančeri's goalkeeper Ismael Cebrian had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Bayan Velkov. 30 minutes into the match, FK Granit's goal looked a bit too open when Nihad Jakovljević came free, but Rene Pio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rene Pio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hajdar Tofkić, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. Rene Pio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hajdar Tofkić in the 32nd minute of the match. In the 39th minute Hajdar Tofkić shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rene Pio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Hajdar Tofkić made a kick off. After 52 minutes of play, FC Smotančeri's Nihad Jakovljević made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rene Pio was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, FC Smotančeri's Hajdar Tofkić got a free kick in the 56th minute. 60 minutes into the match, FC Smotančeri's Hajdar Tofkić sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Rene Pio narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Rene Pio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nihad Jakovljević in the 61st minute of play. After 66th play minutes Hajdar Tofkić shot 1-4, a short shot which went by Rene Pio and just under the crossbar into goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 71st minute, Geraldo Fernandez managed to get in a good position for a shot. FK Granit's supporters rose to their feet, but Geraldo Fernandez was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ismael Cebrian breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Hristo Stoichkov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rene Pio having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Petar Svraka got free with Rene Pio in the 77th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Geraldo Fernandez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ismael Cebrian having to interfere. Rene Pio didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Hajdar Tofkić went, in the 83rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-5 was the resulting score. Rene Pio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hajdar Tofkić, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. FC Smotančeri walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.