Goran Pandev provided an assist to help Napoli win the Italian Cup, Mario Gjurovski and Filip Timov added two goals apiece for their respective clubs, Adis Jahovic netted one more goal for Wil, while Vlatko Grozdanoski assisted for Liaoning in China.
Vardar lost its first game of the season against Shkendija, Metalurg stayed in second place with a win over Bregalnica, while Ohrid was officially relegated to the Second League.
Both Pelister and Drita lost in this round but each club has already secured promotion, Miravci, Gorno Lisiche and Skopje will battle for the two play-off sports, while Vlazrimi was officially relegated.
With two more rounds remaining, Vardar has already been crowned champion, 11 Oktomvri is relegated, Ohrid is heading there as well, so there is not much drama in the final stages of the domestic championship.
After Mario Gjurovski withdrew due to club obligations, Goran Popov will also miss the upcoming two friendlies with a troublesome knee. In their absence, manager John Toshack named one replacement in Muarem Muarem.
MacedonianFootball.com conducted an interview with Rabotnichki’s midfielder Darko Velkovski, considered one of the most talented youngsters in Macedonia.
Filip Timov added another goal for Impuls, Dejan Blazevski assisted for Pierikos, while the teams of Igor Mitreski, Slavco Georgievski, Stefan Spirovski and Dragi Kocev lost in the domestic cup finals of those respective countries.
Mario Gjurovski won’t play against Portugal and Angola, the player announced via his Twitter profile.
After the critical comments by players like Ilijoski, Grozdanoski and Naumoski in the media, manager John Toshack responded with a short statement on FFM’s official website.
After Vlatko Grozdanoski and Bazhe Ilijoski, Ilcho Naumoski was the latest player to criticize both John Toshack and the current FFM management.