Stojan Ignjatov with a goal for Ethnikos Achnas, Aleksandar Vasoski with another setback as he picked up a thigh injury that will sideline him for several weeks, while Ivan Trickovski missed this week’s game because of a minor knee injury.
Italy, Serie A, Catania – Inter 1:2
Goran Pandev started on the bench for Inter before he entered the game in the 66th minute replacing Christian Chivu. It was an interesting substitution by manager Leonardo as Chivu is a defender but the move prompted Javier Zanetti to move from midfield to LB so Pandev can play as an attacker. The game was 0:0 when Pandev entered the game and the substitution seemed to backfire on Leonardo at first when Catania took the lead in the 71st minute but Inter bounced back thanks to Esteban Cambiasso who scored both goals for his team. Pandev didn’t have any shot attempts on goal but he was active and his best play came in the 89th minute when he made a great pass to Diego Milito who controlled the ball nicely but his shot went just wide of the post.
International tournament, Antalya Cup Final, Eintracht Frankfurt – Köln 1:1 (Eintracht Frankfurt won the Antalya Cup 7:6 on penalties)
Oka Nikolov returned from his injury and played the entire game for Eintracht Frankfurt while his teammate Aleksandar Vasoski got the start but unfortunately he picked up a thigh injury in the 12th minute and had to be substituted by Ricardo Clark. This game was tied at 1:1 after 90 minutes so it went into penalty kicks where Eintracht prevailed 7:6 and they won the Antalya Cup.
Cyprus, Marfin Laiki League, Anorthosis – APOEL 2:0
Boban Grncarov played all 90 minutes for APOEL while Ivan Trickovski did not play because of a minor knee injury. Trickovski complained of pain in his knee and the doctors did some tests and everything came back normal but the APOEL manager didn’t want to take risks so he decided to rest Trickovski. This was only APOEL’s second loss of the season after 16 rounds and Grncarov did not have his best game as he was slow to react on the first goal while he was beat on the second goal when the Anorthosis player went around Grncarov and scored from a difficult angle to put the game away.
Cyprus, Marfin Laiki League, Apollon – Ethnikos Achnas 1:1
Edin Nuredinoski played from the start for Ethnikos Achnas and the only goal he conceded was from a penalty in the 29th minute, Vance Sikov started at CB and played the entire game, Stojan Ignjatov started on the bench before he came on in the 57th minute replacing Eduardo Pincelli, while Filip Ivanovski also started on the bench before he entered the game in the 83rd minute replacing Levan Kebadze. Ignjatov scored the only goal for his team in the 67th minute with a left footed shot from inside the penalty area while Nuredinoski made a great save in the 90th minute by saving a header from close range to keep the score tied at 1:1 and giving his team a point from the game.
Cyprus, Marfin Laiki League, Enosis Neon Paralimni – Olympiacos Nicosia 1:3
Petar Milosevski played the entire game for Enosis Neon Paralimni and conceded three goals while his teammate Bojan Markoski remains out with an injury.
Greece, Superleague Greece, Panionios – Skoda Xanthi 0:2
Marjan Altiparmakovski was not called up by Skoda Xanthi.
Greece, Football League, Veria – Agrotikos Asteras 2:0
Dejan Blazevski played all 90 minutes for Veria.
Israel, Ligat Winner, Ironi Kiryat Shmona – Ashdod 3:0
Zoran Baldovaliev started on the bench for Ironi Kiryat Shmona before he entered the game in the 77th minute replacing William Njovu.
Highlights from the game Apollon – Ethnikos:
Nuredinoski concides a penalty at 0:40, Ignjatov’s goal at 2:01
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Zk4DoPwhOXg