Trichkovski celebrates his goal; photo: blue-army.com

Macedonian internationals performances

Trichkovski celebrates his goal; photo: blue-army.comIvan Trichkovski scored his first league goal in a Club Brugge uniform, Darko Tasevski was on target for Ironi Kiryat Shmona, Armend Alimi netted a goal for Nea Salamis to down Anorthosis, Vlatko Grozdanoski debuted with a goal in Iran, while Samir Fazli assisted for Helmond Sport.

Italy, Serie A, Lazio – Napoli 1:1
Goran Pandev played all 90 minutes for Napoli who needed a late goal from Hugo Campagnaro on a spectacular volley to secure a hard fought point away to Lazio.  Goran, in his return to the Stadio Olimpico to face his former club Lazio, was rather quiet in the opening 45 minutes but had two chances near the end of the match.  In the 82nd minute, Pandev attempted a header to the upper left corner but it lacked power before being caught by Lazio keeper Federico Marchetti.  His best chance, however, came in the 90th minute but his effort from the edge of the area was hit right at Marchetti who once again made the save.

Italy, Serie B, Bari – Varese 0:1
Stefan Ristovski was an unused substitute for Bari.

Germany, Bundesliga, Augsburg – Mainz 1:1
Nikolche Noveski played the entire game for Mainz who took the initial lead just before halftime before conceding the equalizer in the 57th minute.

Belgium, Jupiler Pro League, Club Brugge – OH Leuven 3:1
Ivan Trichkovski began on the bench for Club Brugge before he entered the game in the 73rd minute replacing Carlos Bacca.  Ivan managed to score his first league goal in a Club Brugge uniform in the 84th minute when he dribbled past an opposing defender and then chipped a shot past the keeper.

Video of the goal by Trichkovski (at 6:30):

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

Belgium, Jupiler Pro League, Mechelen – Cercle Brugge 2:0
Tome Pachovski was not included in the Mechelen squad due to an injury that he suffered during the Macedonia vs. Denmark friendly earlier in the week.

Belgium, Jupiler Pro League, Lokeren – Zulte Waregem 1:1
Aleksandar Trajkovski was an unused substitute for Zulte Waregem.

Switzerland, Raiffeisen Super League, Zürich – Lausanne 2:0
Adis Jahovic was an unused substitute for Zürich.

Israel, Ligat Winner, Ironi Kiryat Shmona – Hapoel Ramat Gan 3:1
Darko Tasevski played the entire game for Ironi Kiryat Shmona and scored the second goal for the home side in the 31st minute on a rebound opportunity from close range after a shot by one of his teammates was initially saved by the Hapoel Ramat Gan keeper.

The goal by Tasevski:

Cyprus, Laiki Bank League, Apollon – Alki 2:1
Nikola Gligorov stayed on the bench as an unused substitute for Alki, while Bojan Markoski played all 90 minutes in the center of the Apollon defense.

Cyprus, Laiki Bank League, Nea Salamis – Anorthosis 2:1
Armend Alimi started for Nea Salamis and played until the 85th minute when he made way for Nikos Englezou.  Alimi scored the opening goal of the game in the 63rd minute and his replacement Nikos Englezou then scored the game winner in the 90th minute to hand first placed Anorthosis their first loss of the season.

The goal by Alimi (at 1:32):

Netherlands, Eerste Divisie, Dordrecht – Helmond Sport 2:4
Samir Fazli got the start for Helmond Sport and played until the 82nd minute when he was substituted by Zarko Grabovac.  Fazli assisted on the third Helmond goal in the 75th minute when he played a give and go with Erik Quekel whose shot reached the back of the net.

Video of the assist by Fazli (at 0:45):

Netherlands, Eerste Divisie, Excelsior – MVV Maastricht 1:2
Antonio Stankov played the entire game for MVV Maastricht who scored a late game winner in stoppage time of the 90th minute to get past Excelsion and take home all three points.

Azerbaijan, Topaz Premyer Liqası, Kapaz – Neftçi 0:3
Igor Mitreski played all 90 minutes for Neftçi and was part of a defense that kept a clean sheet as the second half of the season got underway in Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijan, Topaz Premyer Liqası, Bakı – Sumqayıt 1:1
Edin Nuredinoski played from the start for Bakı and conceded one goal in the 12th minute.

Azerbaijan, Topaz Premyer Liqası, Gabala – Qarabağ 1:1
Muarem Muarem played the entire game for Qarabağ whose lone goal came in the 55th minute on a converted penalty kick by Richard Almeida.

Iran, Pro League, Naft Tehran – Persepolis 1:1
Vlatko Grozdanoski played from the start for Persepolis and scored the lone goal for the visitors in the 18th minute with a volley from the edge of the area.

The goal by Grozdanoski (at 0:55):

https://youtube.com/watch?v=fZs6IrIAGoQ

Turkey, PTT 1. Lig, Denizlispor – Tavşanlı Linyitspor 0:1
Bajram Fetai was not included in the Denizlispor squad due to a red card suspension.

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