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Bobota Arena
Spectators: 9176 (Terracing: 6900, Seating: 2126, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Dragutin Vasiljević started the match with the kick off. Zlatan Špehar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Većeslav Benčak, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Dragutin Vasiljević received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Bojan Puzak tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Rade Rendulić had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Radoslav Ivanković could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 10th minute of the match, but Bojan Puzak made a huge save. Radoslav Ivanković who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 12thth minute tested the skills of Bojan Puzak when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Bojan Puzak showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dragutin Vasiljević, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. With his leg Bojan Puzak managed to avoid a goal in the 17thth minute, when Kanarinci's Dragutin Vasiljević fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 19 minutes into the match, Kanarinci's goal looked a bit too open when Saša Sokola came free, but Zlatan Špehar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dragutin Vasiljević had several of the NK Lobor's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 20 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 1-0 score and a disappointed Bojan Puzak as he didn't even see the shot coming. The supporters of Kanarinci booed when NK Lobor was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marin Gorički didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Radoslav Ivanković came up free with the goalie in the 24th minute, the Kanarinci 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 Radoslav Ivanković couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Saša Sokola in the 29th minute of play forced Kanarinci's goalkeeper Zlatan Špehar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dragutin Vasiljević who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 31stth minute tested the skills of Bojan Puzak when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Dragutin Vasiljevićs short, quick shot in the 35thth minute got Bojan Puzak to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Saša Sokola sent away a hard shot on goal in the 51st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Kanarinci's Dragutin Vasiljević in the 54th minute got a chance for a shot 54th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye NK Lobor's goalie prevented a goal. Kanarinci's attentive Jakša Đuričić managed to snatch the ball when Miro Pendo made a throw-in in the 55th minute of the game. Zlatan Špehar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Saša Sokola, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Dragutin Vasiljević in the 63rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Bojan Puzak saved NK Lobor from getting behind. Kanarinci's Petar Krile was substituted for Dragutin Vasiljević. Petar Krile scored 4-0 in the 73rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Bojan Puzak, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Zlatan Špehar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Saša Sokola, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. In the 79th minute, Kanarinci's Vlatko Jurela seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Vlatko Jurela the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Kanarinci protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Vlatko Jurela had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. After 78 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Kanarinci! The goalkeeper, Zlatan Špehar, was totally fooled by NK Lobor's Zvonko Smole, who 81 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Jakša Đuričić fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bojan Puzak having to interfere. Bojan Puzak showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bruno Dragišić, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. In the 96th match minute, Kanarinci was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jakša Đuričić to maneuver through the defense. Through an outstanding action, after 98 minutes, Zlatan Špehar successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Kanarinci had played much better football throughout.