Struga's players had a dominant start in the duel with Pelister on the road in Bitola, but the fierce pressing they demonstrated at the start while the ball was in the opponent's possession did not result in any chances.
On the contrary, the audience first heated up the atmosphere in the 16th minute when Pelister could have been dangerous on the counterattack on the right side, but the ball did not reach the free Srbijanac on the opposite side, and on the contrary, Spirovski unsuccessfully tried to shoot through the forest of opposing players in the penalty area.
The following minutes were when, thanks to Ilievski's dangerous breakthroughs on the right side, Struga had several chances, with Compaoré being played through perfectly in the 27th minute, but shooting over the goal, and in the 30th minute, after an almost identical action, Radeski received the ball, but Jovchevski dominated with a sure intervention.
Struga's lead goal came in the next attack, when Compaoré played Voša, who first hit the Pelister goalkeeper, and then the rebound came to him again and this time shook the net. By the end of the first half, Compaoré created another assist, this time playing past Radeski, but Nemanja Zdravković prevented him from shooting.
The same two players started Struga's initiative in the second half, but they failed to make an effective exhibition thanks to the timely reaction of the defense. There were moments when the Bitola team dominated physically, so Struga only had counterattacks: Bojan Ilievski had a good entry on the right side, but his cross was tamed by Jovchevski, who was also in his place in the 64th minute after the rebound from Hamza's corner.
After Struga coach Blendi Shkembe started making substitutions (Compaore and Vosha came out) and hoped for a calm finish, Pelister got stronger and started pressing, a ball returned to goalkeeper Angeletti was intercepted by Luka Bulatovic who placed it in the empty net.
Struga tried through the newly-entered Maleski, who headed over the goal in the 81st minute, and in the 88th minute he broke out alone in a counterattack, but shot on the ground at the feet of Jovcevski.
The Bitola team continued with the initiative, but apart from Spirovski's entry into the penalty area on the left side in the 84th minute, which ultimately resulted in a corner kick, they had no other created chances.
On the slippery pitch, most players lost their balance, but the final picture is that Struga failed to make a convincing difference in the first half, and that Jovcevski was Pelister's hero today in winning this extremely important point with the favorite.
