Left-back Goran Popov reached the back of the net for Dynamo Kyiv during yesterday’s friendly against Hapoel Petah Tikva in Israel.

In the first of two friendlies by the U19 national teams of Macedonia and Slovenia, the first encounter ended without a winner in a 1:1 draw.

Midfielder Nikola Gligorov helped Alki secure a point in their home encounter against AEK Larnaca with a late goal that tied the game at 2:2.

Striker Mirko Ivanovski denied the reports that surfaced yesterday about a potential move to ŁKS Łódź.

The Macedonian U19 national team will play two friendlies against its counterparts from Slovenia on 21 and 23 February.

The 20-year-old Stefan Ristovski made his league debut for Frosinone during today’s goalless draw against Virtus Lanciano.

Earlier in the week, after Despotovski played in a friendly for Atyrau, he was told to leave but the Kazakh club had a change of heart and invited Despotovski back on trial.

Nikolce Kleckarovski scored his second goal in the Vietnamese top league as his team clinched a 2:0 home win over the table leaders.

Attacker Dusan Savić continued his good form in the winter preparations with another goal for Volyn while Vance Sikov made his first appearance after recovering from an injury.

The Brazilian-Macedonian striker is back in his native country as he will continue his career with Lagarto.