Zoran Baldovaliev scored a game winning goal late in the game to give Enosis Neon Paralimni a much needed win, Goran Popov, Darko Tasevski, Stevica Ristić, and Aco Stojkov each scored goals in friendlies for their respective teams, while Hristijan Kirovski is on trial at Polish club Ruch Chorzów and played in a friendly for them against Zbrojovka Brno and Vladica Brdarovski.
Italy, Serie A, Juventus – Inter 1:0
Goran Pandev started on the bench for Inter before he entered the game in the 60th minute replacing Houssine Kharja. The substitution shifted Inter’s formation from a 4-3-1-2 to a 4-2-3-1 but Inter could not get the equalizer although they did have one big chance in the 89th minute. Pandev played a part in the chance as Juventus carelessly lost the ball and Pandev made a quick pass to Maicon who made a good low cross from the right but Samuel Eto’o hit the post with an open goal in front of him. It was a shocking miss from a world class striker like Eto’o and Juventus were able to hang on to the win and pick up all three points in the Derby d’Italia.
Italy, Campionato Primavera, Piacenza Primavera – Parma Primavera 1:2
Stefan Ristovski played the entire game for the Parma Primavera team and also picked up a yellow card while his teammate Agron Bufi was not called up.
Germany, 1.Bundesliga, Köln – Mainz 4:2
Nikolce Noveski played all 90 minutes for Mainz who will want to forget this game quickly as they conceded four goals and suffered a heavy defeat against one of the bottom teams in the Bundesliga.
Germany, 1.Bundesliga, Eintracht Frankfurt – Bayer Leverkusen 0:3
Oka Nikolov played from the start for Eintracht Frankfurt and conceded three goals while Aleksandar Vasoski was an unused substitute.
Austria, T-Mobile Bundesliga, LASK Lainz – Mattersburg 0:1
Ilco Naumoski did not play for Mattersburg as he was serving the first of his three game suspension. The suspension resulted from the incident where he allegedly punched the Magna kit manager in the face but the testimony of the kit manager was conflicting so Naumoski got a favorable ruling and was only suspended for three games.
Switzerland, Axpo Super League, Grasshoppers – Thun 0:0
Muhamed Demiri played from the start for Thun.
Greece, Superleague Greece, Kerkyra – Panserraikos 3:0
Goran Maznov started for Kerkyra and played until the 70th minute when he was replaced by Christos Kalantzis.
Cyprus, Marfin Laiki League, Enosis Neon Paralimni – AE Paphos 2:1
Petar Milosevski remains out with an injury for Enosis Neon Paralimni, Bojan Markoski started at CB and played the entire game, whileZoran Baldovaliev also got the start and gave the home fans a reason to cheer when he scored the game winning goal in the 89th minute to give his team a dramatic 2:1 victory. He was then substituted in the 90th minute by Demos Goumenos as Enosis looked to waste some time and hang on to all three points.
Turkey, Bank Asya 1. Lig, Orduspor – Gaziantep B.B. 2:4
Jovan Kostovski did not play for Orduspor because of a yellow cards suspension while his teammate Muarem Muarem got the start and played until the 57th minute when he was replaced by Ahmet Kuru who actually scored both goals for Orduspor. Muarem also picked up a yellow card in the 36th minute.
Turkey, Bank Asya 1. Lig, Tavşanlı Linyitspor – Boluspor 1:0
Both Milan Ristovski of Tavşanlı Linyitspor and Oliver Peev of Boluspor were unused substitutes for their respective teams.
Netherlands, Eredivisie, NAC Breda – Heerenveen 0:2
Samir Fazli was not called up by Heerenveen.
Netherlands, Eredivisie, Roda – Ajax 2:2
Neither Yani Urdinov nor the Stankov twins, Aleksandar and Antonio, were called up by Roda.
Azerbaijan, Unibank Premyer Liqası, Neftçi – Khazar Lankaran 0:0
Both Igor Mitreski and Slavco Georgievski played the entire game for Neftçi as one of the biggest rivalries in Azerbaijan ended in a goalless draw.
Azerbaijan, Unibank Premyer Liqası, Inter Bakı – Simurq 2:0
Filip Despotovski started for Inter Bakı and played until the 44th minute when he was replaced by Asif Mammadov.
Azerbaijan, Unibank Premyer Liqası, Qarabağ – Qäbälä 3:0
Nderim Nedzipi started on the bench for Qarabağ before he entered the game in the 82nd minute replacing Rashad Sadiqov.
Azerbaijan, Unibank Premyer Liqası, AZAL – Gäncä 0:0
Robert Petrov played from the start for AZAL.
Azerbaijan, Unibank Premyer Liqası, FK Bakı – Muğan 1:1
Sasko Pandev started for Muğan and played until the 72nd minute when he was replaced by Huseyn Akhundov.
Friendly, Dynamo Kyiv – Zenit 0:0
Goran Popov started on the bench for Dynamo Kyiv before he entered the game in the 55th minute replacing Leandro Almeida.
Friendly, Dynamo Kyiv – Shandong Luneng Taishan 4:1
Goran Popov played all 90 minutes for Dynamo Kyiv and scored the third goal for his team in the 74th minute when he converted a penalty. Popov also threatened the opposing goal in the 41st minute but his missile from 30 meters was saved with difficulty by the opposing keeper.
Friendly, Levski – Dynamo Moskva 3:1
Darko Tasevski played the 1st half for Levski and opened the scoring in the 2nd minute with a beautiful shot from just outside of the box to the top right corner which gave the diving Dynamo Moskva keeper no chance at saving the well placed shot.
Friendly, Amkar – Slavia Sofia 4:3
Stevica Ristić played the entire game for Amkar and scored the first goal for his team in the 11th minute with a header following a cross by Georgi Peev.
Friendly, Vojvodina – Novi Pazar 2:0
Daniel Mojsov played from the start for Vojvodina while Mario Gjurovski did not play as the latest club that he is being linked with is Russian club Krasnodar.
Friendly, Lyngby – HB Køge 2:0
Bajram Fetai played the entire game for Lyngby.
Friendly, Aarau – Kriens 2:2
Aleksandar Mitreski played all 90 minutes for Aarau while Aco Stojkov also got the start and scored the first goal for his team in the 52nd minute before he was substituted in the 62nd minute by Dejan Jakovljević who happened to score the second goal for Aarau in the 73rd minute.
Friendly, Mladá Boleslav – Lokomotiv Sofia 1:1
Vladimir Dimitrovski played the entire game for Mladá Boleslav.
Friendly, Slovácko – Târgu Mureş 2:2
Ilija Nestorovski played the 2nd half for Slovácko.
Friendly, Zbrojovka Brno – Ruch Chorzów 1:1
Vladica Brdarovski started on the bench for Zbrojovka Brno before he entered the game in the 60th minute replacing Róbert Valenta while the top scorer of the First Macedonian Football League Hristijan Kirovski is currently on trial at Polish club Ruch Chorzów and he played in his first friendly for the team by getting the start and playing until the 50th minute when he was replaced by Filip Starzyński.
Friendly, Košice – Diósgyőr 2:3
Darko Tofiloski played from the start for Košice and conceded three goals.
Friendly, Debrecen – Steaua Bucureşti 1:1
Mirsad Mijadinoski played all 90 minutes for Debrecen.
photo: shootandgoal.com
Zoran Baldovaliev’s goal for Enosis (at 3:15)