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Spectators: 9186 (Terracing: 6891, Seating: 2112, VIP seats: 183) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ademar Cordeiro started the match with the kick off. After 2 played minutes KATANACO got a freekick which was hit by Ademar Cordeiro. After 5 minutes of play, Exclusive's Smile Spirkovski made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Kemica Tushin was left in no man's land by his defense there! 14 minutes into the match, Smile Spirkovski notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of KATANACO's Kemica Tushin. Kemica Tushin was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 17 minutes into the match, KATANACO's goal looked a bit too open when Ante Filkovski came free, but Kemica Tushin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jonko Mihailovski hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. Exclusive's Zograf Gjurčinovski couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 24th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for KATANACO. In the 26th minute, Ante Filkovski 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. Ante Filkovski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kemica Tushin having to interfere. After having played for 37 minutes, Smile Spirkovski managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Exclusive's supporters crossed their fingers, but Smile Spirkovski was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. A hard shot 40 in the game by Ademar Cordeiro from a close distance when the talented Ovidiu Cotuțiu managed to make a qualified save. Exclusive's players were relieved. 41 minutes into the game, Angel Čerepnalkovski was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. KATANACO's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Exclusive the free kick. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Ante Filkovski to strike the kick off in the second half. Kemica Tushin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bledar Alii in the 51st minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Grozdan Damjanovič got free with Kemica Tushin in the 53rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Kemica Tushin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Smile Spirkovski in the 54th minute of the match. Ovidiu Cotuțiu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anders Andersson, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. Ante Filkovski might have been able to make a better finish in the 57th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Kemica Tushin. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ante Filkovski ran back to his position shaking his head. Bledar Alii kicked well hit freekick during the 59th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ademar Cordeiro in the 65th minute of play forced Exclusive's goalkeeper Ovidiu Cotuțiu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Natanail Amiti hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 70th minute, Jonko Mihailovski managed to get in a good position for a shot. KATANACO's supporters rose to their feet, but Jonko Mihailovski was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ovidiu Cotuțiu breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Ademar Cordeiro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 73 minutes into the match, Exclusive's goal looked a bit too open when Jonko Mihailovski came free, but Ovidiu Cotuțiu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 81st minute Ademar Cordeiro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ovidiu Cotuțiu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 83 minutes into the game, KATANACO's Jonko Mihailovski nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ovidiu Cotuțiu made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-3. If Jonko Mihailovski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Ademar Cordeiro came up free with the goalie in the 91st minute, the KATANACO fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Ademar Cordeiro couldn't finish the play. After 93 minutes of play, KATANACO's Ademar Cordeiro made it 2-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ovidiu Cotuțiu was left in no man's land by his defense there! The Exclusive supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Exclusive would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.