CONCORD 3 - 4 United (365857864)

40756 spectators had come to Concordia Camp this cloudy day. Rocco Vinterby was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Eddy Treffer and Viktoras Kaminaroglou. Everyone was excited about the upcoming Skopje derby and the crowd was divided evenly. CONCORD tactics involved an interesting 3-4-2 combination. Starters: Halay - van den Brakel, Sérot, Ambrogetti - Dias Graça, Fernández Folguera, Bresliev, Proevski - Amador, Trajanov.

United started off with a 2-5-3 lineup. The following players took the field: Batten - Gorgievik, Rizoski - Bushi, Nikolov, Dervishevic, Sajkovski, Petrovski - Ochenduszko, Piasenzotto, Simonov.

United decided to play creatively. United had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially 15 minutes in when B. Nikolov came up alone against A. Halay who managed a block. After 16 minutes, United put themselves up 0 - 1, as S. Bushi finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. The visitors' V. Dervishevic took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 18 minutes into the match. 0 - 2 for United. The coach of United was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 19 minutes, M. Camovic came on for B. Ochenduszko. Content with how the game was proceeding, the United coach let N. Guio replace P. Simonov after 19 minutes. S. Bushi increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 3. After 24 minutes S. Proevski made a speedy advance and dropped the ball to R. Amador who shuffled it past the keeper. The score was now 1 - 3. United's B. Nikolov's long shot really ought to have found the net 26 minutes into the match, but it fell just wide of the target. 1 - 3 was the score after the first half. United enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 55 percent of possession.

A well placed corner kick from D. Rizoski was followed by S. Gorgievik's hard but accurate header. The well executed routine resulted in a goal for United, the score now 1 - 4. A. Halay got a fingertip on M. Camovic's shot from the left 71 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. After 72 minutes CONCORD tried to exploit their counterattacking skills, unfortunately, R. Amador's shot sailed wide after his break down the right. One of many good crosses from Z. Dias Graça on the wing was received and skillfully taken care of by R. Amador, who scored for CONCORD. 2 - 4 The home team's supporters got excited again when L. Bresliev broke through the visitors' central defence and caught their keeper off guard, making it 3 - 4. Possession in this half belonged to United, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

Most important CONCORD player was R. Amador. However, Z. Dias Graça made a disastrous appearance. United's best player was V. Dervishevic. S. Bushi was a disappointment, however. The match ends 3 - 4.