Napoli, the team of Goran Pandev, won at Milan for the first time in 27 years, Agim Ibraimi debuted for Cagliari, Darko Tasevski provided an assist for Ironi Kiryat Shmona, while Mensur Kurtishi and Ilija Nestorovski each netted another goal for their respective teams.
Group stage play got underway in the Champions League and Europa League, while Muhamed Demiri made the bench in his first competitive match for St. Gallen after a lengthy injury.
Ferhan Hasani debuted with a goal for Brøndby, Stefan Ashkovski netted a late equalizer for Donji Srem to ensure a draw against Crvena Zvezda, while both Mirko Ivanovski and Bazhe Ilijoski also got on the scoresheet for their respective teams as well.
Attacker Dushan Savikj was one of four players signed by Hoverla on Wednesday as the Ukrainian club looks to strengthen the squad after a slow start to the season.
Goalkeeper Dejan Iliev, who withdrew with an alleged injury from the Macedonian U21 national team, was on the bench for Arsenal U21 in their game today against West Brom U21.
Macedonia moved up 14 places and is now the 75th ranked team in the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola rankings that were published today.
Goran Pandev has surpassed Artim Shakjiri on the list of appearances made for the Macedonian national team. Pandev played in both recent FIFA 2014 World Cup qualifiers against Wales and Scotland, the latter being his 73rd official appearance for Macedonia. Legendary player Artim Shakjiri collected 72 caps throughout his playing career. Just in March of
Macedonia could not match the intensity of their opponents in the opening half and woke up too late on their way to a 1:2 home defeat against Scotland.
David Babunski will be handed his first start for the senior national team in today’s game against Scotland. Basides Babunski, there are three changes from the starting lineup that faced Wales on 6 September.
A second half goal by Boban Nikolov, coming directly from a free kick, was not enough to overcome a dismal 1st half performance in which Norway U21 scored its two goals to celebrate a 2:1 victory.