Second league side Ohrid Lychnidos eliminated top flight Brera Strumica on penalties in the opening round of the Macedonian Cup, while Rabotnichki and Makedonija GjP had no mercy for their third league opponents recording very high wins.
photo by FK Bregalnica Shtip: a moment at the match in Valandovo
Brera Strumica took an early lead in Ohrid and even had a player advantage when home keeper was red carded just before the break. However, Ohrid managed to equalize and later to celebrate on penalties with the hero being their 16-year-old reserve keeper Nenad Pentelashoski.
Rabotnichki and Makedonija GjP recorded 16:0 and 14:0 wins over their third league opponents Karbinci and Ljuboten.
Sileks, Bregalnica and Det. Plachkovica also easily outplayed their lower league rivals.
The next day Belasica hosted top flight side Arsimi and twice managed to come back from a goal down. At the end the second league team celebrated on penalties.
The rest of the matches will be played up to 10 September.
Zoran Paunov stadium in Veles
Bashkimi (GJ) – Det. Plachkovica 1:4 (1:2)
Goals: 28′ Aljbim Jashari – 19′ Stefan Filipovski, 26′ Aleksanar Smilkov, 69′ Harun Limanov, 90’+3 Slavcho Janev
Referee: Borche Pavlovikj (Skopje)
AMS stadium in Karbinci
Karbinci – Rabotnichki 0:16 (0:9)
Goals: 7′, 63′ Teodor Nikolovski, 18′, 40′ Christojaye Daley, 20′ Besir Demiri, 22′ Jasmin Mecinovikj, 25′ Florijan Kadriu, 28′, 61′ Djeljilj Asani, 43′ Matej Angelov, 45′ Dashmir Elezi, 46′ Jovan Boshnakov, 66′, 70′ Lorent Zhaku, 82′, 90′ Ditmir Hodja
Referee: Spire Arsov (Kochani)
Biljanini Izvori stadium in Ohrid
Ohrid Lychnidos – Brera Strumica 1:1 (5:3 p.s.o.)
Goals: 74′ Ivan Gligorov – 3′ Mario Mitrev
Red cards: 45′ Diel Doko (OL)
Referee: Stojanche Trpchevski (Skopje)
| Ohrid Lychnidos | 5 | 3 | Brera Strumica |
| Eren Partalko | O | O | Igor Ristov |
| Dimitrij Dimitrievski | O | O | Andrej Velkov |
| Ivan Gligorov | O | X | Warsama Hassan |
| Stojan Poposki | O | O | Filip Mihailov |
| Antonio Kalanoski | O |
The decisive penalty:
Novaci stadium in Novaci
Evrotip – Sileks 1:7 (0:1)
Goals: 58′ Antonio Marcevski – 4′ Omar Berovikj, 65′ Adi Alić, 72′, 74′ Miljan Govedarica, 82′, 84′, 88′ Aldin Hrvanović
Referee: Vladimir Gjorgjievski (Bitola)
Gradski stadium in Valandovo
Pobeda (V) – Bregalnica 0:6 (0:2)
Goals: 17′ (og) Ilija Madevski, 21′ Husein Demiri, 53′ Riste Temelkov, 67′ David Kalpachki, 79′ Branimir Ivanov, 81′ Darijan Tasev
Referee: Jordan Jovanovski (Gevgelija)
Highlights:
Gjorche Petrov stadium in Skopje
Ljuboten – Makedonija GjP 0:14 (0:7)
Goals: 8′, 35′, 43′ Simeon Hristov, 14′, 84′ Ali Adem, 27′, 60′ Kire Markoski, 28′ Martin Djangarovski, 31′ Muhamed Elmas, 56′, 70′ Martin Talakov, 63′ José Hernán Estupiñan Riascos, 68′ Kire Ristevski, 75′ Mirsad Ramić
Referee: Nikola Petkovski (Kumanovo)
Played on Wednesday:
Blagoj Istatov stadium in Strumica
Belasica – Arsimi 2:2 (0:1) 3:2 p.s.o.
Goals: 51′, 85′ Aleksandar Kocev – 45′ Djemilj Jahiji, 56′ Dejan Perović
Red cards: 84′ Bashkim Velija (A)
Referee: Vlatko Ilioski (Prilep)
| Belasica | 3 | 2 | Arsimi |
| Aleksandar Milushev | O | O | Djezair Avduli |
| Stefan Mladenovski | X | O | Ajradin Cuculi |
| Goran Tomovski | X | X | Argjent Gafuri |
| Aleksandar Kocev | O | X | Aljbin Ramadani |
| Anatolij Petejchuk | O | X | Armin Besagić |
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