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BETONAC
Spectators: 7973 (Terracing: 5981, Seating: 1834, VIP seats: 158) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Joško Pešorda got the match started through his kick off. In the 14th minute, Vlado Stančić hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Duško Smalcelj showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Radimir Džamonja in the 18th minute of the match. After 21 minutes of play, NK Shpaolin's Damir Novačić made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Duško Smalcelj was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 25th minute, Damir Novačić ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Duško Smalcelj was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Duško Smalcelj took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joško Pešorda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 32 minutes into the match, vakfikebir's goalkeeper Duško Smalcelj had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Damir Novačić. Damir Novačić received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Duško Smalcelj tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 37th minute of the match, Damir Novačić got a very nice opportunity to score, but Duško Smalcelj was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Through an outstanding action, after 38 minutes, Duško Smalcelj successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 42nd minute, Veljko Remenarić ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Adolf Nađ was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Duško Smalcelj made an important save on a dangerous shot by Damir Novačić in the 47th minute. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Veljko Remenarić to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Vlado Stančić hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 56 minutes into the match, vakfikebir's goal looked a bit too open when Joško Pešorda came free, but Duško Smalcelj reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Duško Smalcelj showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joško Pešorda in the 65th minute of the match. 66 minutes into the game, Neven Puljiz was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. NK Shpaolin's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave vakfikebir the free kick. Duško Smalcelj took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Radimir Džamonja, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Joško Pešorda had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Damir Novačić fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Duško Smalcelj having to interfere. If Vlado Stančić had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 85 minutes of play, NK Shpaolin's Joško Pešorda made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Duško Smalcelj was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 89th minute, Veljko Remenarić got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Adolf Nađ made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Veljko Remenarić in the 95th minute of play. vakfikebir's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.