Boban Grncarov with a goal for APOEL, while Nikolce Noveski and Mainz returned to their winning ways with a slim victory away to Kaiserslautern.
Italy, Serie A, Inter – Palermo 3:2
Goran Pandev was an unused substitute for Inter as new signing Giampaolo Pazzini had a great debut with two goals and he also won a penalty which was converted by Samuel Eto’o as Inter came from two goals down to record a dramatic victory.
Germany, 1.Bundesliga, Kaiserslautern – Mainz 05 0:1
Nikolce Noveski played all 90 minutes for Mainz and had a solid game as his side kept a clean sheet and they returned to their winning ways with Lewis Holtby scoring the only goal of the game in the 23rd minute.
Germany, 1.Bundesliga, Eintracht Frankfurt – Borussia Mönchengladbach 0:1
Oka Nikolov played from the start for Eintracht Frankfurt and conceded one goal in the 84th minute while Aleksandar Vasoski remains out with an injury.
Cyprus, Marfin Laiki League, APOEL – Apollon 2:1
Boban Grncarov played the entire game for APOEL while Ivan Trickovski also got the start and played until the 89th minute when he was replaced by Constantinos Charalambides. Grncarov scored the game winning goal in the 22nd minute following a corner when Trickovski and an Apollon player jumped for a challenge but the ball went high and Grncarov used his height advantage to head the ball to the back of the net before the keeper could get to the ball. The Apollon players and coaches were not happy as they wanted a foul on Grncarov but the referee didn’t blow his whistle and the goal stood. Grncarov also picked up his 4th yellow card of the season during the game which means he will miss next week’s game due to a yellow cards suspension.
Cyprus, Marfin Laiki League, Enosis Neon Paralimni – Doxa Katokopias 1:0
Petar Milosevski was not called up by Enosis Neon Paralimni because of an injury while Bojan Markoski started at CB and played the entire game.
Greece, Superleague Greece, Iraklis – Kerkyra 0:0
Goran Maznov started on the bench for Kerkyra before he entered the game in the 63rd minute replacing Athanasios Tsigas.
Turkey, Bank Asya 1. Lig, Giresunspor – Orduspor 0:2
Jovan Kostovski started for Orduspor and played until the 86th minute when he was replaced by Ahmet Kuru while his teammate Muarem Muarem also got the start and played until the 84th minute when he was substituted by Sinan Turan as Orduspor moved to first place in the Turkish second division. Kostovski also picked up a yellow card in the 68th minute.
Turkey, Bank Asya 1. Lig, Tavşanlı Linyitspor – Mersin İdmanyurdu 0:0
Milan Ristovski was an unused substitute for Tavşanlı Linyitspor.
International tournament, Copa del Sol, Molde – Karpaty Lviv 1:1 (Karpaty Lviv advanced 4:3 on penalties)
Martin Bogatinov played the 2nd half for Karpaty Lviv and didn’t concede any goals but the game was tied at 1:1 after 90 minutes so it went directly into penalty kicks. Bogatinov faced five penalties and three went past him to the back of the net, one was saved, and one went over the bar while Karpaty converted four penalties so they advanced to the next round of the Copa del Sol where they will face Swedish team IFK Göteborg.
Friendly, Dynamo Kyiv – Nizhny Novgorod 1:1
Goran Popov played the 2nd half for Dynamo Kyiv.
Friendly, Mattersburg – Rostov 0:2
Ilco Naumoski started on the bench for Mattersburg before he entered the game in the 70th minute replacing Ivan Parlov who is currently on trial at the club.
Friendly, Neftçi – Sturm Graz 2:0
Both Igor Mitreski and Slavco Georgievski played from the start for Neftçi.
Friendly, Partizan – Dinamo Bucureşti 0:0
Aleksandar Lazevski played the 2nd half for Partizan while his teammate Stefan Askovski did not play. As for Dinamo Bucureşti, Kristijan Naumovski started on the bench before he entered the game in the 66th minute replacing George Curcă.
Friendly, Rad – Mačva Šabac 2:1
Aleksandar Todorovski played the 1st half for Rad.
Friendly, Thun – Le Mont 4:0
Muhamed Demiri played the entire game for Thun.
Friendly, Istra 1961 – Chornomorets 0:0
Armend Alimi played the 1st half for Istra 1961.
Friendly, Mladá Boleslav – Slovan Bratislava 3:2
Vladimir Dimitrovski played the 1st half for Mladá Boleslav.
Friendly, Slovácko – AS Trenčín 2:2
Ilija Nestorovski played the 2nd half for Slovácko as three of the four goals were scored from penalty kicks.
Friendly, Zbrojovka Brno – Spartak MAS Sezimovo Ústí 0:0
Vladica Brdarovski played all 90 minutes for Zbrojovka Brno.
Friendly, Korona Kielce – GKS Bełchatów 3:1
Zlatko Tanevski played the 2nd half for GKS Bełchatów.
Friendly, Košice – Poprad 4:0
Darko Tofiloski played the 1st half for Košice.
Friendly, Rapid Wien – Dacia 1:3
Goran Dimovski started for Dacia and played until the 82nd minute when he was replaced by Mamuka Lomidze.
Friendly, Nesebar – Cherno More 2:2
Cvetan Curlinov played from the start for Cherno More and scored a goal in the 16th minute with a header following a cross from Ademar.
photo: apoelfc.com.cy
Boban Grncarov’s goal (at 1:17)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=1l6I3qqptT8