League

San Georgia
Spectators: 7996 (Terracing: 5998, Seating: 1839, VIP seats: 159) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Rade Zmrzlak kicked off to start the match. Marko Orel's late challenge caught a Slovenj Gradec's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Marko Orel helped the player get up and apologised. Marko Orel hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. In the 14th minute, Theodor Trobina made a precise shot to the right of Hašim Banović. Železniki ND's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. If Egidio Žvan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Ivek Adam came up free with the goalie in the 30th minute, the Železniki ND 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 Ivek Adam couldn't finish the play. Ivek Adam sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 38 minutes into the game, Egidio Žvan cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Zekirja Kunstelj was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The audience thought a goal was coming when Rade Zmrzlak got free with Hašim Banović in the 42nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Egidio Žvan stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. With a little luck, Slovenj Gradec's Zekirja Kunstelj got control of the ball when Ivek Adam tried to sneak it across the goal line. HaÅ¡im Banović showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rade Zmrzlak in the 56th minute of the match. The supporters of Železniki ND booed when Slovenj Gradec was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Klaudijo Grintal didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 61 minutes Slovenj Gradec's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Herbert Tomažič who took care of the corner kick. Železniki ND's Herbert Tomažič was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Zekirja Kunstelj in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Ivek Adam received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Zekirja Kunstelj tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to Slovenj Gradec getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Amin Nedižavec hit a great ball. Železniki ND's Egidio Žvan got a good chance for a goal in the 67th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 73rd minute, Johan Menard hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Egidio Žvan in the 75thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Zekirja Kunstelj, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. If Ivek Adam had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.