League

Maracana
Spectators: 9309 (Terracing: 8109, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 200) Duško Turnšek started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 2nd match minute, Joga Bonito was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gordan Biček to maneuver through the defense. When Gordan Biček was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 4 minutes had been played. Gordan Biček hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. After 7 played minutes Joga Bonito got a freekick which was hit by Argio Mrak. In the 8th minute of the match László Tar sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Đuro Kaloper skillfully saved the ball. After 8 played minutes Joga Bonito got a freekick which was hit by Mario Dular. Đuro Kaloper showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Venancio Abalos in the 14th minute of the match. Antoni Zdrojewski recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 16th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 23rd minute, Zlatko Goričan made a precise shot to the right of Đuro Kaloper. Joga Bonito's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. In the 26th match minute, Joga Bonito was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gvido Križman to maneuver through the defense. After 30 minutes, Zlatko Goričan made it 0-2 with a short kick to the right side. Joga Bonito's Đuro Kaloper tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 39th minute, Venancio Abalos ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Đuro Kaloper was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. In a very dangerous position, a player in Joga Bonito fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 47th minute. Penalty! In the 49th minute there was a penalty for HIT Gorica. Duško Turnšek stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Đuro Kaloper. 0-6. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-6 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Baldomir Mandelc made a kick off. Joga Bonito's Đuro Kaloper played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Antoni Zdrojewski in the 54th minute of play. Đuro Kaloper came out of the goal in the 56th minute to try and stop a shot by HIT Gorica's Duško Turnšek. But to his dismay, Duško Turnšek quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-7. HIT Gorica's Istok Šabotić was substituted for Duško Turnšek. In the 61st match minute, Joga Bonito was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mario Dular to maneuver through the defense. Antoni Zdrojewski recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 63rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 65th minute the ball was on its way in behind Joga Bonito's goalkeeper Đuro Kaloper, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The crowd rose to their feet as Venancio Abalos kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Đuro Kaloper. That made the score 0-8 in the 66 minute of play. HIT Gorica's Quentin Willmott was substituted for Constantino Eguntsenti. HIT Gorica's Richard Koštomaj was substituted for László Tar. 71 minutes into the match, Joga Bonito's goal looked a bit too open when Zlatko Goričan came free, but Đuro Kaloper reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Đuro Kaloper didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when HIT Gorica's Istok Šabotić shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-9 in the ordered_time% minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 77th minute, Zlatko Goričan managed to get in a good position for a shot. HIT Gorica's supporters rose to their feet, but Zlatko Goričan was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Đuro Kaloper breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Venancio Abalos in the 80th minute of play forced Joga Bonito's goalkeeper Đuro Kaloper to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zvezdan Drobnjaković kicked well hit freekick during the 80th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Antoni Zdrojewski got free with Đuro Kaloper in the 83rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 86th minute Antoni Zdrojewski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Đuro Kaloper saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the Joga Bonito defense, Istok Šabotić kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Đuro Kaloper. The Joga Bonito fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Đuro Kaloper should have stopped the shot. 92 minutes into the match, Istok Šabotić had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Đuro Kaloper. Joga Bonito's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Istok Šabotić was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-11. After 99 played minutes HIT Gorica got a freekick which was hit by Antoni Zdrojewski. When the final whistle sounded HIT Gorica left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Joga Bonito.