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Arena Pregrada
Spectators: 9174 (Terracing: 6945, Seating: 2129, VIP seats: 100) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Jadran Dominković made the kick off which started today's match. Držimir Baletić blasted a shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Natko Stiplošek having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jadran Dominković in the 8th minute of play forced Nk Pregrada's goalkeeper Natko Stiplošek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 9 minutes Nk Pregrada's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Jadran Dominković who took care of the corner kick. The goalkeeper smacked the ball away after a great corner, but Zrinko Bešić advanced and headed the ball into goal, 0-1 in the 9th minute. 12 minutes into the match, Nk Pregrada's goal looked a bit too open when Jadran Dominković came free, but Natko Stiplošek reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 0-2 became the score in the 14th minute when Jadran Dominković elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. In the 20thth minute of the game Jadran Dominković who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Nk Pregrada's Natko Stiplošek was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Natko Stiplošek didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Držimir Baletić went, in the 26th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. After some careless play in the Nk Pregrada defense, Jadran Dominković kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Natko Stiplošek. The Nk Pregrada fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Natko Stiplošek should have stopped the shot. 36 minutes into the game, Apriano Juniors's Jadran Dominković nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Natko Stiplošek made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-5. Natko Stiplošek took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Držimir Baletić, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Natko Stiplošek made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jadran Dominković in the 42nd minute of play. The supporters of Nk Pregrada booed when Apriano Juniors was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 47 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ognjen Lalić didn't get a good kick on the ball.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Vanja Basarić to make the kick off. After 62 minutes of play, Apriano Juniors's Držimir Baletić made it 0-7 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Natko Stiplošek was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 68thth minute of the game Jadran Dominković who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Nk Pregrada's Natko Stiplošek was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Držimir Baletić in the 72ndth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Natko Stiplošek, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. 73 minutes into the match, Držimir Baletić had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Natko Stiplošek. Nk Pregrada's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Držimir Baletić was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-8. Lovro Galinec hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. After 80 minutes of play, Apriano Juniors's Držimir Baletić made it 0-9 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Natko Stiplošek was left in no man's land by his defense there! Nk Pregrada's Natko Stiplošek proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 90th minute of the match, managed to save Nk Pregrada from getting a goal against them. Držimir Baletić scored 0-10 in the 90th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Natko Stiplošek, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Natko Stiplošek didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Apriano Juniors's Držimir Baletić shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-11 in the ordered_time% minute. Apriano Juniors's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.