League

Samsung Arena
Spectators: 10670 (Terracing: 8000, Seating: 2500, VIP seats: 170) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Sultan-Mehmet Khan got the match started through his kick off. Tristan Valdivia showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sultan-Mehmet Khan, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. With a little luck, ✩ Pep Team ✩'s Spase Kastrati got control of the ball when Željko Andreev tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, F.C. Struga's Iljo Hristijanski got a free kick in the 13th minute. In the 14th minute, Jiang Nan Song 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. 16 minutes into the match, ✩ Pep Team ✩'s Sultan-Mehmet Khan sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Tristan Valdivia narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Jiang Nan Song's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Tristan Valdivia read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 20th minute of play. ✩ Pep Team ✩'s Spase Kastrati proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 22nd minute of the match, managed to save ✩ Pep Team ✩ from getting a goal against them. After 23 minutes of play F.C. Struga's Iljo Hristijanski was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. After a rather tough play, F.C. Struga's Iljo Hristijanski got a free kick in the 23rd minute. In the 24th minute, Sultan-Mehmet Khan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ✩ Pep Team ✩ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 27th match minute, F.C. Struga was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leontie Pejovič to maneuver through the defense. If Sultan-Mehmet Khan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sultan-Mehmet Khan in the 32nd minute of play forced F.C. Struga's goalkeeper Tristan Valdivia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tristan Valdivia took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sultan-Mehmet Khan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sultan-Mehmet Khan's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Tristan Valdivia read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 35th minute of play. In the 39th minute Sultan-Mehmet Khan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tristan Valdivia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 41 minutes of play, ✩ Pep Team ✩'s Sultan-Mehmet Khan made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tristan Valdivia was left in no man's land by his defense there! Željko Andreev kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. In the 45th minute of the match ✩ Pep Team ✩ got a corner. F.C. Struga's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Jiang Nan Song ran over to the corner to take the kick. Spase Kastrati made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Apostol Serafimovski in the 47th minute of play. After the first half ✩ Pep Team ✩ were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Apostol Serafimovski to make the kick off. In the 51st minute, Apostol Serafimovski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A throw-in in the 62nd minute of the game was made by Leontie Pejovič with Apostol Serafimovski as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Spase Kastrati showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Apostol Serafimovski in the 64th minute of the match. Sultan-Mehmet Khan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 65th minute of the match, but Tristan Valdivia made a huge save. In the 67th minute of the match, Sultan-Mehmet Khan tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Tristan Valdivia saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. If Sultan-Mehmet Khan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 70th minute, Sultan-Mehmet Khan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ✩ Pep Team ✩ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. After 78 minutes, Leontie Pejovič mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the F.C. Struga and the ✩ Pep Team ✩ players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 78th match minute, F.C. Struga was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leontie Pejovič to maneuver through the defense. 80 minutes into the match, F.C. Struga's goal looked a bit too open when Sultan-Mehmet Khan came free, but Tristan Valdivia reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sultan-Mehmet Khan received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Tristan Valdivia came out and tried to block the shot, but Sultan-Mehmet Khan slotted it home off the left post making it 0-5 in the 83rd minute. When the match had been going on for 87 minutes, ✩ Pep Team ✩'s Sultan-Mehmet Khan got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Tristan Valdivia. In the 90th minute, Sultan-Mehmet Khan made a precise shot to the right of Tristan Valdivia. F.C. Struga's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-7. In the 94th minute Sultan-Mehmet Khan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tristan Valdivia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Sultan-Mehmet Khan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched ✩ Pep Team ✩ eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.