Goran Pandev and teammates celebrate after the second Napoli goal; photo: Yahoo!

Macedonian internationals performances

Goran Pandev and teammates celebrate after the second Napoli goal; photo: Yahoo!Goran Pandev provided an assist to help Napoli win the Italian Cup, Mario Gjurovski and Filip Timov added two goals apiece for their respective clubs, Adis Jahovic netted one more goal for Wil, while Vlatko Grozdanoski assisted for Liaoning in China.

Italy, Coppa Italia, Juventus – Napoli 0:2
Goran Pandev began the game on the bench for Napoli before he came on in the 73rd minute to replace Ezequiel Lavezzi.  Napoli led 0:1 at that point and then Pandev provided the assist on the second goal in the 83rd minute with a pass to Marek Hamsik who displayed good finishing with a shot past the Juventus keeper to put the game away.  With the win, Napoli won the Italian Cup.

Video of the assist by Pandev:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=UV1qrv_LTJA

China, Super League, Liaoning – Tianjin Teda 2:1
Velice Sumulikoski started for Tianjin Teda in midfield and played until the 60th minute when he was substituted by striker Akpo Sodje, while Vlatko Grozdanoski also got the start for Liaoning and played until the 76th minute when he was replaced by Wang Shouting.  Grozdanoski provided the assist on the opening goal of the game in the 47th minute when his pass reached attacker Milos Trifunović who then scored an easy goal from close range.

The assist by Vlatko Grozdanoski (at 1:00):

https://youtube.com/watch?v=yYb79MSt8is

Switzerland, Axpo Super League, Luzern – Thun 0:1
Muhamed Demiri played all 90 minutes for Thun in defensive midfield as his side recorded a narrow road victory over Luzern.

Switzerland, Challenge League, St. Gallen – Aarau 1:2
Aco Stojkov began on the bench for Aarau before he entered the game in the 84th minute replacing Olivier Jäckle.  Aarau netted the game winner deep into stoppage time through Remo Staubli to remain in second place on the table, the spot that leads to the promotion play-off.

Switzerland, Challenge League, Locarno – Wil 2:1
Both Mirsad Mijadinoski and Adis Jahovic played the entire game for Wil with the latter scoring the lone goal for the visitors in the 29th minute.  It was the 15th league goal of the season for Jahovic who also received a yellow card in the 58th minute of this game.

Switzerland, Challenge League, Biel-Bienne – Kriens 4:1
Robert Popov was an unused substitute for Kriens.

Denmark, Superliga, Odense – Lyngby 4:0
Bajram Fetai started the game on the bench for Lyngby before he came on in the 78th minute to substitute Morten Bertolt.  With the loss, Lyngby was officially relegated to the Danish second division.

Slovenia, 1. SNL, Maribor – Koper 1:1
Agim Ibraimi played the entire game for Maribor and also received a yellow card in the 42nd minute.

Slovenia, 1. SNL, Mura – Celje 3:0
Stefan Ristovski played all 90 minutes for Celje in midfield during the final round of the league season in Slovenia.  On 23 May, Celje and Maribor will play in the Slovenian Cup final.

Romania, Liga I Bergenbier, Dinamo Bucureşti – Astra Ploieşti 3:0
Kristijan Naumovski was an unused substitute for Dinamo Bucureşti as he was the #2 keeper behind Cristian Bălgrădean.  This was the final round of the Romanian league season and Dinamo Bucureşti finished in 5th place.  Dinamo will play in the Romanian Cup final on 23 May against Rapid Bucureşti.

South Korea, K-League, Suwon – Ulsan Hyundai 2:1
Stevica Ristic returned from his two game suspension for Suwon by playing the entire game up front in attack where he was partnered by Dzenan Radoncić.

Serbia, Jelen SuperLiga, Partizan – Metalac 1:0
Aleksandar Lazevski remained out with an injury for Partizan in the final round of the season.

Serbia, Jelen SuperLiga, Vojvodina – Crvena Zvezda 2:1
Daniel Mojsov played the entire game for Vojvodina and also received a yellow card in the 71st minute.  Vojvodina scored an important late goal in the 90th minute to cement a place in the Europa League qualifications for next season.  Without that game winner, Vojvodina would have finished in fifth place and missed out on the Europa League.

Serbia, Jelen SuperLiga, Spartak Zlatibor Voda – Borac Čačak 2:1
Stefan Spirovski started for Borac Čačak and played until the 79th minute when he was substituted by Ivan Jovanović.  Borac Čačak was relegated to the Serbian second division.

Serbia, Jelen SuperLiga, Javor – Borča 2:0
Nikola Jakimovski did not play for Javor who closed the season with four consecutive wins.

Serbia, Jelen SuperLiga, Jagodina – Novi Pazar 1:0
Dragan Stojkov began on the bench for Jagodina before he entered the game in the 63rd minute replacing Ognjen Mudrinski.  Stojkov was also shown a yellow card in the 70th minute.

Thailand, Sponsor Thai Premier League, Wuachon United – Muangthong United 1:4
Mario Gjurovski started for Muangthong United and played until the 75th minute as he continued his good form in Thailand with two more goals.  Gjurovski scored just before halftime from a penalty and then added his second goal in the 72nd minute, direct free kick, to lead the visitors to a comfortable three points.  Mario also played a part in the other two goals on his way to a complete performance.

Gjurovski converted penalty (at 0:42) and direct free kick goal (at 1:30):

Sweden, Allsvenskan, Mjällby – Gefle 0:0
Daniel Ivanovski started for Mjällby at right-back and played until the 84th minute when he was substituted by Mahmut Özen in the goalless draw against Gefle.

Sweden, Allsvenskan, Örebro – Syrianska 0:0
Armend Alimi got the start for Örebro and played until the 40th minute when an injury forced him to be replaced by Daniel Bamberg.

Ukraine, Persha-Liha, Odesa – Sevastopol 1:3
Besart Ibraimi started on the bench for Sevastopol before he entered the game in the 70th minute replacing fellow attacker Michael Alozie.

Poland, I Liga, Polonia Bytom – Arka Gdynia 1:3
Mirko Ivanovski was not called up by Arka Gdynia.

Slovakia, Corgoň Liga, Košice – Senica 0:0
Darko Tofiloski stayed on the bench as the #2 keeper for Košice while his teammate Sakir Redzepi played all 90 minutes at left CB in the final round of the Slovak season.

Bulgaria, A PFG, Lokomotiv Plovdiv – Minyor Pernik 1:1
Dragi Kocev started for Lokomotiv Plovdiv and played the first 45 minutes before he was substituted at the start of the 2nd half by Ilian Yordanov.

Lithuania, Lietuvos Taurė, Žalgiris – Ekranas 0:0  (Ekranas lost the final 1:3 on penalties)
Yani Urdinov played the entire game for Ekranas who lost the Lithuanian Cup final against Žalgiris.  It was 0:0 after 120 minutes so the game went into penalty kicks where Žalgiris prevailed 3:1.  Urdinov missed his penalty for Ekranas and was also shown a yellow card in the 97th minute.

Norway, Tippeligaen, Lillestrøm – Sogndal 1:0
Jasmin Mecinovic remained out with an injury for Sogndal who lost its fourth consecutive game in league play.  Sogndal anticipated Mecinovic to return to action by this time but his foot injury is not healing as expected, so Jasmin remains on the sidelines. 

Moldova, Divizia Naţională, Dacia – CSCA-Rapid 2:0
Goran Dimovski did not play for Dacia.

Kazakhstan, Premyer Liga, Taraz – Tobol 1:0
Mensur Kurtisi was not among the 18 players called up by Tobol.

Kazakhstan, Premyer Liga, Kaisar – Astana 0:1
Dimitrija Lazarevski played the entire game for Astana and was part of a defense that kept a clean sheet.  Lazarevski also received a yellow card in the 82nd minute.

Kazakhstan, Premyer Liga, Sunkar – Shakhter Karagandy 0:2
Nikola Tonev played all 90 minutes for Sunkar who conceded both goals after the 85th minute to suffer the home defeat against Shakhter Karagandy.

Armenia, Premier League, Mika – Impuls 4:2
Filip Timov played from the start for Impuls and scored both goals for his team in the 13th and 80th minute.  However, Impuls fell short in the road encounter against the current table leaders in Armenia.

Greece, Football League, Pierikos – Fokikos 2:2
Dejan Blazevski played all 90 minutes for Pierikos.

Hungary, Nemzeti Bajnokság II, Egri – Szeged 2:1
Simeon Hristov started on the bench for Egri before he came on in the 67th minute replacing Igor Pisanjuk.  Hristov had a chance in the 80th minute but his header was saved by the visitingkeeper.

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