Official Cup

Red Bull Arena
Spectators: 186 (Terracing: 140, Seating: 43, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ile Manojlovski started the match with the kick off. 3 minutes into the match, Ile Manojlovski had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Goce Ignatovski. SAN DIEGO's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ile Manojlovski was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Red Bull Club's Bojan Daev got a good chance for a goal in the 7th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Goce Ignatovski was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Ile Manojlovski showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-0 in the 9 minute of play. SAN DIEGO's Pero Stefanovič got a good chance for a goal in the 12th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Ice Stefanov's late challenge caught a Red Bull Club's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ice Stefanov helped the player get up and apologised. In the 20th match minute, SAN DIEGO was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zoran Georgiev to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of SAN DIEGO booed when Red Bull Club was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nace Bardhi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Red Bull Club's attack was well implemented in the 33rd minute, but when Atanas Živkov was about to shoot he didn't get a good hit on the ball and it hit the crossbar and flew over. Goal Kick. In the 35th minute, Ile Manojlovski 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 a rather tough play, Red Bull Club's Nace Bardhi got a free kick in the 36th minute. In the 38th minute, Paskal Tasev left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The SAN DIEGO fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. In the 43rd minute, Menduh Georgievski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Af the end of the first half the score was 5-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Paskal Tasev made the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Ile Manojlovski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Goce Ignatovski was relentless in the 51st minute of the game. Robert Manevski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paskal Tasev, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. Goce Ignatovski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ile Manojlovski in the 58th minute of play. Goce Ignatovski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Atanas Živkov in the 65th minute of the match. Goce Ignatovski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ile Manojlovski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 72 played minutes Red Bull Club got a freekick which was hit by Angel Lazarevski. Robert Manevski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paskal Tasev in the 74th minute of play. Kitan Kikerkovski took the ball and in the 82 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Robert Manevski. Robert Manevski dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-2. Paskal Tasev struck a weak shot in the 96th minute. Robert Manevski didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for SAN DIEGO. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Red Bull Club had won after a very even match.