Cup semi-final: Shkendija almost there, Bregalnica and Rabotnichki tied (Video)

Ibraimi celebrates his goal; photo: KF ShkendijaShkendija is with one leg in the big final after beating Turnovo away with 2:0. while Bregalnica and Rabotnichki will have to decide the winner in the return leg after playing a draw today.

Bregalnica and Rabotnichki played a very interesting game in Kochani. After a goalless first half, the home team took the lead through Nacev who just seconds before came in. Rabotnicki equalized after Altiparmakovski successfully converted a penalty kick awarded because one of the home players played with hand in the box. Near the end Bregalnica scored a winner, but after a long discussion between the referees it was ruled out for offside.

Bregalnica: Pavlov; Tanushev, Mitrev, Kostov (46′ Velinov), Blazhevski, Kocev, Hristov, Stanković, Mitrov, Zdravkov (c) (78′ Temelkov), Naumov (62′ Nacev).
Rabotnichki: Shishkovski; Siljanovski, B. Markoski, Ilievski (c), Herrera; Trajchevski, Petrovikj (90’+2 Galić), Najdenov; S. Sahiti, Jovanoski (68′ Elmas), Altiparmakovski (76′ Puškarić).

Shkendija has no problems with Turnovo. The title favourites celebrated a 2:0 away win after which we can already proclaim them as finalists since Turnovo will have a huge mountain to climb in the return road leg. Ibraimi and Radeski with a goal in each half launched Shkendija into the big final.

Turnovo: Igeski; Tashev, Iliev, K. Ivanov, Vasilev, Gjorgievski, Tafe (55′ Dimov), Mavrov, Stoilov (27′ Bozhinov), Pandev (c) (65′ Krstovski), Timov.
Shkendija: Jovanovski; Merajić, Cuculi (c), Bejtulai, Todorovski; Vujčić (57′ Demiri), Totre, Polozhani; Ibraimi (71′ Jusufović), Radeski (65′ Asani), Stênio Júnior.

The return legs are scheduled for April 13.

First semi-finals matches:

Bregalnica – Rabotnichki 1:1 (0:0)
63′ Angjel Nacev – 73′ (pen) Marjan Altiparmakovski

Turnovo – Shkendija 0:2 (0:1)
11′ Besart Ibraimi, 51′ Marjan Radeski

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