Barca 1 - 0 Jbtim (381702675)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and IL FENOMENO saw a crowd turnout of 77679. Claudio Angiolini was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Roland Riedl and Lex Uiterwijk. Barca decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Kamnikar - Vllasi, Loftsson, Martinoski - Dzaurov, Dzartevski, Igov, Dzikov, Stojmenovski - Vučetić, Ayçetin.

Jbtim tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Starters: Trajanov - Melovski, Bosler, Velichkov, Micev - Gjyshi, Aztekin, Segura, Chashlarov - Joncheski, Schober.

Jbtim clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. The referee showed Jbtim's J. Melovski the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. K. Chashlarov neatly controlled the ball after a short corner, and knocked it on to A. Gjyshi who had the whole net open before him, but only managed to hit the post. After a fine move down the middle S. Igov nearly gave the home side a goal after 26 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. 27 minutes into the game Jbtim managed a counterattack, but O. Joncheski took a soft shot from the left flank that was easy prey for the alert keeper. What was K. Dzikov thinking? That's what everyone wondered when, for no apparent reason, he shot a cross pass over his own penalty area, giving O. Schober an extra chance, but unfortunately for Jbtim, he didn't get the shot right. With 41 minutes played A. Martinoski almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide. With 42 minutes gone, a long pass from the defence of Jbtim resulted in a counterattack that set E. Bosler free through the middle, but the keeper made a spectacular diving save. Jbtim had a great opportunity to score following a counterattack after 44 minutes, but J. Segura's shot from the left sailed high over the bar. Halftime score was 0 - 0. Barca had most of the ball, with 65 percent of possession.

After 74 minutes, the home side was awarded a penalty. The visitors protested wildly but the referee was adamant. D. Dzartevski easily put the ball away to give the lead to Barca. 1 - 0 With 76 minutes played, Z. Stojmenovski of Barca fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. J. Melovski knew he was in trouble after hacking down an opponent. Despite his pleading with the referee, the Jbtim player was shown a second yellow card and dismissed from the game. Possession in this half belonged to Barca, who controlled the ball 65 percent of the time.

The most dominating Barca player was without a doubt D. Dzaurov. Z. Stojmenovski on the other hand, had a terrible day. Jbtim's best player was A. Trajanov. N. Velichkov turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 0.