League Play-Off

MaRaKaNa
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Zdravko Spasenov took the kick off in the first half of the match. 13 minutes into the match, San Diego's goal looked a bit too open when Boško Danevski came free, but Hristijan Bundev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 14 minutes into the game, Bunardzik's Mitre Rusevski nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Hristijan Bundev made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Zdravko Spasenov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sreten Dzaferi having to interfere. Apostol Milevski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sreten Dzaferi having to interfere. Hristijan Bundev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mitre Rusevski in the 26th minute of play. The supporters of Bunardzik booed when San Diego was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. Miško Pandiloski didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 32nd minute Mitre Rusevski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hristijan Bundev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 33rd minute, Boško Danevski made a precise shot to the right of Hristijan Bundev. San Diego's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. If Mitre Rusevski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Lazar Bocevski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hristijan Bundev having to interfere.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Mitre Rusevski was the one to do the kick off. Sreten Dzaferi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Apostol Milevski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 55th minute, Apostol Milevski ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Sreten Dzaferi was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. Apostol Milevski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Sreten Dzaferi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to San Diego getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Blagojče Angjelkovski hit a great ball. Artmir Ickovski's late challenge caught a San Diego's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Artmir Ickovski helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of San Diego booed when Bunardzik was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 76 match minutes in a wonderful position. Artmir Ickovski didn't get a good kick on the ball. After recieving a nice pass, San Diego's Ante Nikolov tried to score from far away in the 77th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Sreten Dzaferi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zdravko Spasenov in the 82nd minute of the match. 87 minutes into the game, Blagojče Angjelkovski was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. San Diego's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Bunardzik the free kick. The supporters of Bunardzik booed when San Diego was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 87 match minutes in a wonderful position. Blagojče Angjelkovski didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Bunardzik's Boško Danevski got a free kick in the 89th minute. If Zdravko Spasenov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Bunardzik had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.