League

Široko Polje
Spectators: 8147 (Terracing: 6111, Seating: 1874, VIP seats: 162) 6 minutes into the game, Široko Polje's Vlaho Kričković nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Eugen Violić made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. Eduard Grdovićs short, quick shot in the 9thth minute got Eugen Violić to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Feliks Stamać received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Ištvan Kresić tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 14thth minute of the game Luka Reljić who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Livade Papuk's Eugen Violić was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 16th minute, Antun Saftić hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 19 minutes, Eduard Grdović managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Široko Polje's supporters crossed their fingers, but Eduard Grdović was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 20 minutes into the match, Livade Papuk's goal looked a bit too open when Eduard Grdović came free, but Eugen Violić reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Eduard Grdović's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eugen Violić was relentless in the 20th minute of the game. 26 minutes into the match, Antun Saftić had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ištvan Kresić. Široko Polje's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Antun Saftić was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. With a little luck, Livade Papuk's Eugen Violić got control of the ball when Vlaho Kričković tried to sneak it across the goal line. Rade Gradišar could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 34th minute of the match, but Eugen Violić made a huge save. In the 36th minute, Eduard Grdović 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. Eugen Violić took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eduard Grdović, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Eduard Grdović had several of the Livade Papuk's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 41 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 2-1 score and a disappointed Eugen Violić as he didn't even see the shot coming. Eugen Violić didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Široko Polje's Eduard Grdović shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 3-1 in the ordered_time% minute. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Antun Saftić stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Eugen Violić showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eduard Grdović in the 53rd minute of the match. The referee felt a red card was in order, 55 minutes into the game, when Augustin Šarlija put in a rough tackle. 54 minutes into the game, one of Široko Polje:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Eduard Grdović in the 60th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Eugen Violić saved Livade Papuk from getting behind. If Eduard Grdović had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Eduard Grdović fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eugen Violić having to interfere. Livade Papuk's Antun Saftić got a good chance for a goal in the 66th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Eduard Grdović sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Eduard Grdović received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Eugen Violić tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Eugen Violić showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eduard Grdović, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. After 92nd play minutes Eduard Grdović shot 4-2, a short shot which went by Eugen Violić and just under the crossbar into goal. Eduard Grdović received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Eugen Violić tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Vlaho Kričković received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 98th minute. Eugen Violić tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Široko Polje had played much better football throughout.