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Match Report
Knjaževac
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000,
Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Nenad Mratinković kicked off to start the match. In the 10th minute, Barnaba Awizo 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. Ljuba Nikolić received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Laza Vučićević tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 13 played minutes OFK Kucura got a freekick which was hit by Živomir Vukajlović. Radoš Bingulac made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nenad Mratinković in the 15th minute of play. Laza Vučićević didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ljuba Nikolić went, in the 23rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. The supporters of OFK Kucura booed when Knjaževac was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ivan Galić didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 28thth minute of the game Ljuba Nikolić who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Knjaževac's Laza Vučićević was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 30 played minutes OFK Kucura got a freekick which was hit by Nemanja Radinović. Radoš Bingulac showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pavle Vranković in the 32nd minute of the match. Ljuba Nikolić charged in rather forcefully in the 33rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ljuba Nikolić the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Radoš Bingulac made an important save on a dangerous shot by Kostadin Memić in the 42nd minute. Ljuba Nikolić fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 48th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Laza Vučićević having to interfere. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.
The wind increased when Ljuba Nikolić made the kick off in the second half. OFK Kucura were awarded a corner in the 54th minute after Knjaževac's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Stelios Karagiannopoulos took the corner. The corner led OFK Kucura's Stelios Karagiannopoulos to fire away a dangerous shot which Laza Vučićević despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Laza Vučićević showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ljuba Nikolić in the 62nd minute of the match. In the 63rd minute, Ljuba Nikolić 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. After 64 played minutes Knjaževac got a freekick which was hit by Pavle Vranković. Ljuba Nikolić did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-2 to the left of a surprised Laza Vučićević 71 minutes into the match. After having played for 76 minutes, Ljuba Nikolić managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. OFK Kucura's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ljuba Nikolić was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. A sloppy throw-in by Ilija Đuretić in the 81st minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by OFK Kucura's Uglješa Rašović. Ljuba Nikolić received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Laza Vučićević tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ljuba Nikolić sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Uglješa Rašović received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Laza Vučićević tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 95th minute, Barnaba Awizo fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Laza Vučićević, passed just outside the right post. The Knjaževac fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. OFK Kucura were clearly better and deserved to take the win.
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