League

Island Park
Spectators: 8121 (Terracing: 6093, Seating: 1867, VIP seats: 161) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Fado Vesović made the kick off which started today's match. Tobias Abecia made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Damjan Topić in the 4th minute of play. Damjan Topić received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Tobias Abecia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. RED HAWK's Budo Miljanić shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 10th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Simon Pejović but with some difficulty. Tobias Abecia took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Damjan Topić, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Budislav Đalac in the 13th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tobias Abecia saved RED HAWK from getting behind. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Budislav Đalac in the 18th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tobias Abecia saved RED HAWK from getting behind. 19 minutes in the game Balša Petović did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Peđa Milević. Ranko Rakonjac hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. After 22 played minutes, RED HAWK's Dragoljub Memedović shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Simon Pejović came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in RED HAWK reached it. Tobias Abecia made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Damjan Topić in the 24th minute of play. 27 minutes into the match, RED HAWK's goal looked a bit too open when Damjan Topić came free, but Tobias Abecia reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Zrinko Bogićević could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 29th minute of the match, but Simon Pejović made a huge save. RED HAWK's Fado Vesović got a good chance for a goal in the 32nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Stanford le's Budislav Đalac managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Ranko Rakonjac in the 34 minute of the game. Damjan Topić sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Stanford le's Simon Pejović proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 43rd minute of the match, managed to save Stanford le from getting a goal against them. Zrinko Bogićević charged in rather forcefully in the 44th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Zrinko Bogićević the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The RED HAWK players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Stanford le were winning 0-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Damjan Topić made a kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 52nd minute, Damjan Topić managed to get in a good position for a shot. Stanford le's supporters rose to their feet, but Damjan Topić was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tobias Abecia breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After some fancy dribbling in the 55th minute, Zrinko Bogićević managed to get in a good position for a shot. RED HAWK's supporters rose to their feet, but Zrinko Bogićević was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Simon Pejović breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Simon Pejović made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zrinko Bogićević in the 60th minute of play. If Damjan Topić had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Stanford le's Simon Pejović played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fado Vesović in the 81st minute of play. A collision led to RED HAWK getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Grujo Đokaj hit a great ball. With 88 minutes on the clock, Mijailo Punišić commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. After 88 played minutes Stanford le got a freekick which was hit by Mijailo Punišić. In the 92nd minute the ball was on its way in behind RED HAWK's goalkeeper Tobias Abecia, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 93rd minute, Dragoljub Memedović hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Vojislav Dedaj got free with Tobias Abecia in the 97th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Stanford le's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.