Darko Tofiloski; photo: sport.sk

Macedonian internationals performances

Darko Tofiloski; photo: sport.skIlco Naumoski scored his fourth goal of the season for Mattersburg, Kliment Nastoski and Nedzat Drazanin scored in Albania, Perica Stanceski assisted for Željezničar, while Edin Nuredinoski and Darko Tofiloski kept clean sheets for their respective teams.

Italy, Serie A, Atalanta – Napoli 1:1
Goran Pandev started for Napoli and played until the 62nd minute when he was replaced by Ezequiel Lavezzi.  Pandev had another disappointing outing as he didn’t do much during his 62 minutes on the pitch.  He only attempted one shot which was blocked and failed to get in a rhythm with his teammates.  Napoli secured a point late in the game by scoring the equalizer in the fourth minute of stoppage time in the 90th minute through striker Edinson Cavani.

Italy, Serie B, Cittadella – Crotone 0:1
Stefan Ristovski did not make the final 18 for Crotone despite a solid performance in the previous game when he finally made his debut for the first team of Crotone.

Germany, 1. Bundesliga, Mainz 05 – Bayern München 3:2
Nikolce Noveski continues to be bothered by a thigh injury and did not make the squad for Mainz who recorded an impressive victory over Bayern München.

Ukraine, Premyer-Liha, Obolon – Dynamo Kyiv 0:1
Goran Popov remains out with a knee injury for Dynamo Kyiv who could only score one goal against the last placed team in Ukraine.

Ukraine, Premyer-Liha, Volyn – Dnipro 1:2
Vance Sikov played all 90 minutes for Volyn in what was a rather even match but the visiting club was able to collect the narrow victory.

Ukraine, Premyer-Liha, Karpaty – Shakhtar 0:5
Martin Bogatinov was an unused substitute for Karpaty as he was the #2 keeper behind Andriy Tlumak.  Bogatinov returned to the squad after being excluded for the past two months.

Ukraine, Premyer-Liha, Metalurh Donetsk – Vorskla 6:3
Mario Gjurovski was not called up by Metalurh Donetsk.

Belgium, Jupiler Pro League, Beerschot – Kortrijk 0:1
Tome Pacovski played from the start for Beerschot and conceded one goal in the 20th minute.  Hours before the game, Pacovski signed a contract extension with Beerschot until the summer of 2014.

Belgium, Jupiler Pro League, Lierse – Club Brugge 0:1
Boban Grncarov played all 90 minutes for Lierse who suffered a slim loss against Club Brugge by conceding the only goal of the game in the 72nd minute on a header from close range.

Belgium, Jupiler Pro League, Zulte Waregem – Anderlecht 2:3
Aleksandar Trajkovski started on the bench for Zulte Waregem before he entered the game in the 90th minute replacing Ólafur Skúlason.  Zulte Waregem suffered a huge collapse to lose this game by conceding three late goals in the 82nd, 84th, and 87th minute after leading 2:0 earlier in the match.

Cyprus, Marfin Laiki League, Enosis – APOEL 0:2
Ivan Trickovski was not called up by APOEL because of a biceps injury while both Petar Milosevski and Bojan Markoski played the entire game for Enosis.  Milosevski conceded the two goals in the 76th and 82nd minute but he didn’t make a glaring mistake on either goal.

Cyprus, Marfin Laiki League, Alki – Ethnikos Achnas 0:1
Edin Nuredinoski played from the start for Ethnikos Achnas and kept a clean sheet while his teammate Stojan Ignjatov started on the bench before he entered the game in the 83rd minute replacing Christos Poyiatzis.  For the home side Alki, Nikola Gligorov got the start and played until the 85th minute when he was replaced by Arnal Conde.

Cyprus, Marfin Laiki League, Aris – Apollon 2:0
Hristijan Kirovski got the start for Apollon and played until the 62nd minute when he was substituted by Andreas Stavrou.

Austria, T-Mobile Bundesliga, Mattersburg – Rapid Wien 1:2
Ilco Naumoski started for Mattersburg and played until the 64th minute when he was replaced by Thorsten Röcher.  Naumoski scored the lone goal for Mattersburg in the 45th minute when his keeper took a long goal kick which was misplayed by the Rapid Wien defenders and goalkeeper and that allowed Naumoski to score a fortunate goal just before halftime.  However, Rapid Wien scored two goals in the 69th and 79th minute to hand Mattersburg a tough loss.

The goal by Ilco Naumoski (at 2:08):

Poland, Ekstraklasa, Polonia Warszawa – Podbeskidzie 2:1
Aleksandar Todorovski was an unused substitute for Polonia Warszawa as he was relegated to the bench after some bad performances in the past couple of games.

Poland, Ekstraklasa, Cracovia – GKS Bełchatów 2:1
Zlatko Tanevski started at LB for GKS Bełchatów and played all 90 minutes as his club suffered a tough loss by conceding the game winning goal in the fourth minute of stoppage time in the 90th minute.  The goal by Cracovia came directly from a free kick.

Serbia, Jelen SuperLiga, Crvena Zvezda – Partizan 0:2
Aleksandar Lazevski played the entire game for Partizan and was part of a defense that kept a clean sheet.  Lazevski was given the nod at left-back over Vladimir Volkov his club managed to defeat Crvena Zvezda in the big Serbian derby.

Serbia, Jelen SuperLiga, Borča – Vojvodina 0:4
Daniel Mojsov played all 90 minutes for Vojvodina and also received a yellow card in the 6th minute.  Mojsov had a chance in the 50th minute but his header went just over the goal as Vojvodina cruised to an easy victory over Borča.

Serbia, Jelen SuperLiga, Borac Čačak – Rad 0:0
Stefan Spirovski started on the bench for Borac Čačak before he entered the game in the 65th minute replacing Filip Knežević.  Spirovski attempted a dangerous looking shot in the 85th minute but it went just wide of the goal.

Serbia, Jelen SuperLiga, Javor – Hajduk Kula 2:1
Nikola Jakimovski started for Javor and played the first 45 minutes before he was substituted at the start of the 2nd half by Živorad Mišić.

Serbia, Jelen SuperLiga, Radnički – Jagodina 0:0
Dragan Stojkov played the entire game for Jagodina in midfield as his club settled for a goalless draw against Radnički who is the only club in Serbia without a loss this season.  Radnički has now compiled six wins and seven draws after 13 rounds in the top division.

Serbia, Jelen SuperLiga, Novi Pazar – Sevojno 4:0
Gjorgi Tanusev started on the bench for Sevojno before he entered the game in the 73rd minute replacing Jovica Vasilić.

France, Ligue 2, Metz – Amiens 1:0
Vlade Lazarevski was not called up by Amiens.

Denmark, Superliga, SønderjyskE – Lyngby 3:1
Bajram Fetai began the game on the bench for Lyngby before he came on in the 76th minute replacing Morten Bertolt.  Fetai was also shown a yellow card in the 90th minute.

Czech Republic, Gambrinus liga, Mladá Boleslav – České Budějovice 3:1
Vladimir Dimitrovski was an unused substitute for Mladá Boleslav.

Czech Republic, Gambrinus liga, Viktoria Žižkov – Slovácko 0:1
Ilija Nestorovski was not among the 18 players called up by Viktoria Žižkov.  Nestorovski did not get an opportunity to play against his former team as he is currently on loan from Slovácko to Žižkov.

Croatia, T-Com Prva HNL, Šibenik – Hajduk Split 1:2
Daniel Georgievski played the entire game for Šibenik while his teammate Zeni Husmani remains out with an injury.  Šibenik displayed good effort but suffered a narrow home loss against Hajduk Split.

Croatia, T-Com Prva HNL, Inter Zaprešic – Dinamo Zagreb 0:0
Goran Todorcev played all 90 minutes for Inter Zaprešic while his teammate Goran Gancev did not play.  Inter Zaprešic managed to win a point against the table leaders Dinamo Zagreb with Todorcev also receiving a yellow card in the 27th minute.

Slovenia, 1. SNL, Nafta – Maribor 0:3
Agim Ibraimi was not called up by Maribor as he was given a rest against his former club Nafta.

Slovakia, Corgon Liga, Košice – Dunajská Streda 3:0
Darko Tofiloski played from the start for Košice and kept a clean sheet.  Tofiloski was not very busy as Košice dominated the match and notched a comfortable victory to conclude the first half of the season.

Greece, Superleague Greece, PAOK – Kerkyra 0:0
Goran Maznov played the entire game for Kerkyra who showed a good battling spirit to win a point in the road game against PAOK.

Bulgaria, A PFG, Svetkavitsa – Levski 0:1
Darko Tasevski played all 90 minutes for Levski who notched a narrow victory over Svetkavitsa with the visiting club scoring the only goal of the game in the 60th minute.

Bulgaria, A PFG, Lokomotiv Plovdiv – Litex 2:1
Dragi Kocev started on the bench for Lokomotiv Plovdiv before he entered the game in the 83rd minute replacing Dakson da Silva.

Netherlands, Eredivisie, VVV-Venlo – De Graafschap 1:2
Dzelil Abdula was not called up by De Graafschap because of an injury.

Netherlands, Eerste Divisie, Oss – Den Bosch 0:2
Neither Antonio Stankov nor his twin brother Aleksandar Stankov were called up by Oss.

Azerbaijan, Unibank Premyer Liqası, Qarabağ – Neftçi 1:2
Both Igor Mitreski and Slavco Georgievski played the entire game for Neftçi who needed a late goal in the 89th minute from Brazilian attacker Flavinho to claim all three points.  For Qarabağ, Nderim Nedzipi was an unused substitute.

Azerbaijan, Unibank Premyer Liqası, Inter Baku – AZAL 1:1
Robert Petrov played all 90 minutes for AZAL and also received a yellow card in the 71st minute.

Romania, Liga I Bergenbier, Mioveni – Dinamo Bucureşti 0:1
Kristijan Naumovski was an unused substitute for Dinamo Bucureşti as he was the #2 keeper behind Cristian Bălgrădean.

Switzerland, Schweizer Cup, Wil – Basel 2:3
Adis Jahović started on the bench for Wil before he entered the game in the 73rd minute replacing Abdoul Diakité.  Wil gave Basel a scare but the defending Swiss champions ultimately prevailed to advance to the next round of the domestic cup.  It was 1:1 after 90 minuted and despite Wil taking the 2:1 in the 111th minute of extra time, Basel then scored two goals in the 113th and 117th minute to record the come from behind victory and advance to the next round of the Swiss Cup.

Bosnia, Premijer Liga, Željezničar – Leotar 2:0
Perica Stanceski played the entire game for Željezničar and was credited with the assist on the second and final goal for his team in the 53rd minute.  Stanceski combined nicely with Zajko Zeba who scored a goal with a nice shot from about 20 meters.

The assist by Perica Stanceski (at 1:35):

Albania, Kategoria Superiore, Pogradeci – Kamza 2:1
Kliment Nastoski started for Pogradeci and opened the scoring in the 50th minute before being substituted ten minutes later by Klejdi Larti.  Meanwhile, his teammate Nedzat Drazanin doubled the lead in the 70th minute and played the entire game, just like Ilce Petrovski.  As for the visiting club, Marjan Belcev started the game before being replaced by Gledi Mici in the 57th minute.

Albania, Kategoria Superiore, Bylis – Apolonia 2:1
Kire Ristevski played all 90 minutes for Bylis.

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