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Arena Pregrada
Spectators: 9192 (Terracing: 6959, Seating: 2133, VIP seats: 100) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Edi Peranić took the kick off in the first half of the match. The audience was convinced that Edi Peranić's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Natko Stiplošek was relentless in the 4th minute of the game. NK SKRETNIČAR were awarded a corner in the 5th minute after Nk Pregrada's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Grga Selimović took the corner. After taking down the ball on NK SKRETNIČAR's corner Vjeran Bronić fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Natko Stiplošek quite easily take care of the ball. A collision led to NK SKRETNIČAR getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Jasenko Modrah hit a great ball. A collision led to Nk Pregrada getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Sengrat Cadrecha hit a great ball. Edi Peranić struck a weak shot in the 10th minute. Natko Stiplošek didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for NK SKRETNIČAR. After 11 played minutes Nk Pregrada got a freekick which was hit by Kjell-Arne Kalfhage. Natko Stiplošek showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edi Peranić, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. Natko Stiplošek stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Edi Peranić's shot from short distance in the 16th minute. After a rather tough play, Nk Pregrada's Duško Modić got a free kick in the 17th minute. In the 18th minute, Edi Peranić left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The NK SKRETNIČAR fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Nk Pregrada's Natko Stiplošek played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edi Peranić in the 22nd minute of play. A collision led to Nk Pregrada getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Stanimir Zorić hit a great ball. In the 30th minute, Edi Peranić ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Natko Stiplošek was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Natko Stiplošek didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Edi Peranić went, in the 34th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Edi Peranić fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Natko Stiplošek having to interfere. Natko Stiplošek took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edi Peranić, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 42nd minute, Edi Peranić left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The NK SKRETNIČAR fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. Silvije Stanić scored 0-5 in the 45th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Natko Stiplošek, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.

The wind increased when Vanja Basarić made the kick off in the second half. 54 minutes into the match, Nk Pregrada's goal looked a bit too open when Edi Peranić came free, but Natko Stiplošek reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Edi Peranić succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-6 in the 56th playminute. Edi Peranić's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Natko Stiplošek firmly grabbed it by the left post. After 63 minutes of play, NK SKRETNIČAR's Edi Peranić made it 0-7 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Natko Stiplošek was left in no man's land by his defense there! Drake Didlock made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vanja Basarić in the 66th minute of play. Natko Stiplošek showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Teodor Ćesić in the 68th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Nk Pregrada defense, Edi Peranić kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Natko Stiplošek. The Nk Pregrada fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Natko Stiplošek should have stopped the shot. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Edi Peranić in the 73rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Natko Stiplošek prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 76 minutes into the match, Edi Peranić notched a goal, 0-9, to the right of Nk Pregrada's Natko Stiplošek. Natko Stiplošek was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 84th minute, Grga Selimović ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Natko Stiplošek was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-10. Teodor Ćesić might have been able to make a better finish in the 87th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Natko Stiplošek. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Teodor Ćesić ran back to his position shaking his head. Silvije Stanić hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. Edi Peranićs short, quick shot in the 91stth minute got Natko Stiplošek to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Natko Stiplošek showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jasenko Modrah in the 94th minute of the match. NK SKRETNIČAR played a much better game than Nk Pregrada and deserved their victory. The Nk Pregrada players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.