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Spectators: 7010 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 2000, VIP seats: 10) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Csaba Gerebics got the match started through his kick off. Frank de Carvalho's late challenge caught a Ljubanci's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Frank de Carvalho helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, NK BOROVO's Frank de Carvalho got a free kick in the 3rd minute. In the 4th minute, Sandro Zarco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 5 minutes, Csaba Gerebics managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ljubanci's supporters crossed their fingers, but Csaba Gerebics was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Ljubanci's Carlisle Bonham played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fabio Ayala in the 9th minute of play. NK BOROVO's Francisco Lledias played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Csaba Gerebics in the 20th minute of play. After some careless play in the NK BOROVO defense, Aldo Castellani kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Francisco Lledias. The NK BOROVO fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Francisco Lledias should have stopped the shot. After a rather tough play, Ljubanci's Maksim Zdravev got a free kick in the 25th minute. In the 30th minute, Ljuben Lefkovski made a precise shot to the right of Francisco Lledias. NK BOROVO's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Aldo Castellani sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. When Maksim Zdravev fell near the penalty area in the 36th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Ljubanci's protests and gave Maksim Zdravev a yellow card for diving instead. In the 36th minute, Maksim Zdravev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 41st minute, 程振明 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. Csaba Gerebics received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Francisco Lledias tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 46 minutes into the match, Ljubanci's goal looked a bit too open when Igor Stojkovič came free, but Carlisle Bonham reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The NK BOROVO players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Ljubanci were winning 0-2.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Igor Stojkovič was the one to do the kick off. After a rather tough play, Ljubanci's Simon Bardhi got a free kick in the 50th minute. After 51 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Ljubanci! In the 53rd minute NK BOROVO were awarded a corner. Fabio Ayala went to the cornerflag to take it. NK BOROVO's Fabio Ayala was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Carlisle Bonham in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 56th minute Vasile Pisculescu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carlisle Bonham saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 58 minutes into the game, one of Ljubanci:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Ljubanci:s Carlisle Bonham showed great skill when he stopped Fabio Ayala:s penalty. Carlisle Bonham showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fabio Ayala in the 64th minute of the match. Ljubanci's Carlisle Bonham played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Igor Stojkovič in the 65th minute of play. Aldo Castellani fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Francisco Lledias having to interfere. Simon Bardhi kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. Carlisle Bonham showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 程振明, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. In the 76th minute, Aldo Castellani 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. In the 81st minute, Simon Bardhi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Carlisle Bonham made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Igor Stojkovič in the 82nd minute of play. After a rather tough play, Ljubanci's Bilge Uğurcan got a free kick in the 83rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sandro Zarco in the 91st minute of play forced Ljubanci's goalkeeper Carlisle Bonham to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.