Tome Pacovski; photo: voetbalprimeur.be

Macedonian internationals performances

Tome Pacovski; photo: voetbalprimeur.beGoran Pandev scored another goal for Napoli, Tome Pacovski kept one more clean sheet for Beerschot, while the team of both Petar Milosevski and Bojan Markoski had their game postponed because of irregular betting patterns.

Italy, Serie A, Siena – Napoli 1:1
Goran Pandev played all 90 minutes for Napoli who settled for a road draw against Siena.  Pandev scored the lone goal for Napoli in the 86th minute with a nice header following a cross from the left by Andrea Dossena.  Goran had several other chances and even came close to scoring the game winning goal in the third minute of stoppage time but his effort was saved nicely by the Siena keeper before going for a corner.

Video of the goal by Goran Pandev:

Italy, Serie B, Crotone – Varese 1:2
Stefan Ristovski was not called up by Crotone.

Germany, 1. Bundesliga, Bayer Leverkusen – Mainz 05 3:2
Nikolce Noveski played the entire game for Mainz who came up just short in their road game against Bayer Leverkusen.  Despite being down 2:0 at halftime, Mainz battled back and managed to tie the game at 2:2 after scoring two quick goals early in the 2nd half.  However, the home side secured all three points by scoring the game winner in the 70th minute through Lars Bender.

Germany, 1. Bundesliga, Wolfsburg – Köln 1:0
Ferhan Hasani was not among the 19 players called up by Wolfsburg for this game.  The home side needed a goal in the 78th minute to record a narrow win over Köln.

Belgium, Jupiler Pro League, Beerschot – Cercle Brugge 4:0
Tome Pacovski played from the start for Beerschot and kept a clean sheet.  Pacovski’s best saves came in the 15th and 41st minute as his side cruised to a convincing home victory.

Belgium, Jupiler Pro League, Lokeren – Lierse 2:0
Boban Grncarov played all 90 minutes for Lierse who suffered a deserving loss against Lokeren.  These two teams will also face off in the one of the semi-final matchups of the Belgian Cup.

Belgium, Jupiler Pro League, Gent – Zulte Waregem 0:0
Aleksandar Trajkovski was an unused substitute for Zulte Waregem.

Cyprus, Marfin Laiki League, Aris – APOEL 0:1
Ivan Trickovski played the entire game for APOEL who recorded a slim road victory over Aris.  Trickovski had a chance in each half but both of his shots were saved comfortably by the Aris keeper.

Cyprus, Marfin Laiki League, Apollon – Olympiacos Nicosia 2:0
Hristijan Kirovski started on the bench for Apollon before he came on at the start of the 2nd half replacing João Paulo.  Apollon scored both goals in the 1st half as Kirovski forced a visiting defender to received a yellow card in the 63rd minute for a bad foul.

Cyprus, Marfin Laiki League, Alki – AEL Limassol 1:2
Nikola Gligorov played all 90 minutes in midfield for Alki who suffered a minimal home loss against AEL Limassol after taking the initial lead in the 32nd minute.

Cyprus, Marfin Laiki League, Enosis – Ermis
The match between these two struggling clubs was postponed by the Cypriot football association due to unreasonably excessive betting patterns.  Therefore, Petar Milosevski and Bojan Markoski of Enosis did not get a chance to play this week.

Greece, Superleague Greece, Panetolikos – Kerkyra 1:1
Goran Maznov was not included in the squad for Kerkyra.  Maznov has lost his place on the team with the arrival of striker Juan Eduardo Martin.

Greece, Superleague Greece, Skoda Xanthi – Olympiacos 1:0
Marjan Altiparmakovski was not among the 20 players called up by Skoda Xanthi.

Netherlands, Eredivisie, De Graafschap – Heerenveen 0:2
Neither Dzelil Abdula of De Graafschap nor Samir Fazli of Heerenveen were called up by their respective teams.

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