More injury problems for Macedonian internationals as Goran Popov is out indefinitely for Dynamo Kyiv with a knee injury.
Macedonian internationals performances
Agim Ibraimi scored a goal for Maribor against his former club Olimpija, Stevica Ristić concluded a successful stint with Suwon by scoring another goal in the final league game of the season, while Mirko Ivanovski found the back of the net for Arka.
U17 qualification: Rules explained
The U17 national team is out of the competition but coach Goran Petreski, in a statement for FFM, still hopes that the boys can go through. Here is an explanation of why that is not possible.
Macedonia U17 – San Marino U17 5:0
The Macedonian U17 national team noted a convincing 5:0 victory over their counterparts from San Marino but Macedonia finished in third place in the group.
Aleksandar Vasoski retires from football
Central defender Aleksandar Vasoski decided to retire from football after numerous knee surgeries have forced him to cut his career short.
Midweek internationals performances
Dzelil Abdula scored his first competitive goal for De Graafschap, Tome Pacovski was named man of the match for Beerschot by keeping a clean sheet for 120 minutes, while many other Macedonian internationals were involved in domestic cup matches in their respective countries.
Tome Pacovski kept clean sheet for 120 minutes
Goalkeeper Tome Pacovski was named man of the match after keeping a clean sheet for 120 minutes to propel Beerschot to the quarter-finals of the Belgian Cup.
Scotland U17 – Macedonia U17 1:0
Macedonia U17 suffered a minimal loss against their counterparts from Scotland who scored the lone goal in the 65th minute.
Ivanovski: It’s tough to find motivation in second division
Striker Mirko Ivanovski told Polish newspaper Przegląd Sportowy that it’s tough to find motivation playing in the second division after being part of the Macedonian national team.
Goran Pandev not quite ready for Napoli
Goran Pandev was not able to recover in time from his muscle strain injury and will miss tomorrow’s league game between Napoli and Udinese.