Macedonian First League – Round 26

Moment in the game between Rabotnichki and RenovaThe top three teams on the table all drew this rounds, while Rabotnichki, Sileks and Napredok notched narrow one goal victories.

Both of the teams vying for second place, Shkendija and Metalurg, collected just a point in the road encounters against teams near the bottom of the table.  Shkendija nearly lost to the last placed team 11 Oktomvri in Prilep but Nebi Mustafi managed to score the equalizer in the 88th minute after the home side opened the scoring through Blagoja Gesoski in the 35th minute.  Meanwhile, Metalurg also played a 1:1 draw against Horizont Turnovo.  Ljubomir Stevanović gave Metalurg the early lead in the 12th minute but Gjorgji Mojsovski got the equalizer four minutes from time to salvage a point for 11 Oktomvri.

Napredok recorded an important three points with a road victory over Ohrid.  The visitors played defensively for the majority of the game but managed to open the scoring in the 13th minute through Blagojche Glavevski.  Although Napredok played with ten men since the 68th minute after Bobi Veljanoski was shown a red card, they managed to double their lead with Zharko Simjanoski’s goal in the 72nd minute.  In injury time, Ohrid could only score a consolation goal to reduce the deficit.

Sileks defeated Bregalnica Shtip 2:1 thanks to a brace by attacker Angel Nacev.  Sileks took the initial lead in the 14th minute before Bregalnica striker Genc Hyseni leveled the score eight minutes later.  After only three minutes into the second half, Nacev scored his second goal of the game to help Sileks become the new fourth placed team on the table.

Vardar had a road game in Tetovo against Teteks and only managed to play a goalless draw. The Red & Black have now only scored one goal in three meetings with Teteks this season.

Exactly a month after winning 5:1, Rabotnichki faced Renova once again and collected another victory, this time 2:1.  The Club Hero opened the scoring through captain Borche Manevski in the middle of the first half and that would be the score going into halftime.  Almost 15 minutes into the second half, Renova tied the game at 1:1 with former Rabotnichki striker Marjan Andonov scoring the equalizer after a mistake by the home defense.  Boško Stupić, who substituted Manevski in the 2nd half, put Rabotnichki ahead in the 72nd minute before youngster Viktor Angelov, another substitute, completed the scoreline five minutes later with a beautiful goal.

Sunday:

Sileks – Bregalnica Shtip 2:1 (1:1)
14′, 48′ Angel Nacev – 22′ Genc Hyseni

11 Oktomvri – Shkendija 1:1 (1:0)
35′ Blagoja Geshoski – 88′ Nebi Mustafi

Horizont Turnovo – Metalurg 1:1 (0:1)
86′ Gjorgji Mojsovski – 12′ Ljubomir Stevanović

Ohrid – Napredok 1:2 (0:1)
90’+1 Slobodan Jovanović – 13′ Blagojche Glavevski, 72′ Zharko Simjanoski

Saturday:

Rabotnichki – Renova 3:1 (1:0)
28′ Borche Manevski, 72′ Boško Stupić, 77′ Viktor Angelov – 59′ Marjan Andonov

Teteks – Vardar 0:0

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