Demiri celebrates his goal for Thun; photo: fcthun.ch

Macedonian internationals performances

Demiri celebrates his goal for Thun; photo: fcthun.chMuhamed Demiri and Adis Jahovic each managed to get on the scoresheet for their respective teams in Switzerland, Stevica Ristic added another goal for Suwon, Goran Popov returned to the starting lineup for West Brom, while Samir Fazli provided an assist for Helmond Sport.

Italy, Serie A, Napoli – Cagliari 3:2
Goran Pandev played all 90 minutes for Napoli who scored the game winner in the fourth minute of stoppage time in the 90th minute through a strike by substitute Lorenzo Insigne.  Pandev had an early chance in the 3rd minute after combining well with Marek Hamšík, but his effort went over the goal.

Italy, Serie B, Sassuolo – Bari 2:1
Stefan Ristovski was not included in the squad by Bari.

Germany, Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund – Mainz 2:0
Nikolche Noveski played the entire game for Mainz who conceded one goal early in the 1st minute and the other goal late in the 87th minute to suffer its third consecutive loss in league play.

Germany, Bundesliga, Werder Bremen – Wolfsburg 0:3
Ferhan Hasani was not called up by Wolfsburg.

England, Barclays Premier League, West Brom – Newcastle United 1:1
Goran Popov played all 90 minutes for West Brom as he made his first start since early February when he picked up the red card in the Tottenham game for spitting in the direction of Kyle Walker.  West Brom has five games remaining this season so the manager is giving Popov one final chance to prove that Goran is worthy enough of making his loan deal from Dynamo Kyiv permanent.

Ukraine, Premyer-Liha, Tavriya – Volyn 3:0
Vanche Shikov did not make the Volyn squad due to an injury, while his teammate Dushan Savic started in attack and played until the 63rd minute when he was substituted by Oleksiy Babyr.

Ukraine, Premyer-Liha, Metalurh Zaporizhya – Kryvbas 2:0
Besart Ibraimi began the game on the bench for Metalurh Zaporizhya before he came on at the start of the 2nd half to replace Yevhen Pisotskyi.  Metalurh Zaporizhya finally won its first game of the season and it took 25 rounds to accomplish that feat.

Belgium, Jupiler Pro League, Genk – Club Brugge 0:2
Ivan Trichkovski was an unused substitute for Club Brugge.

Belgium, Jupiler Pro League, Mechelen – OH Leuven 1:5
Tome Pachovski stayed on the bench for Mechelen as the #2 keeper behind Wouter Biebauw.

Belgium, Jupiler Pro League, Zulte Waregem – Anderlecht 2:1
Aleksandar Trajkovski opened on the bench for Zulte Waregem before he was introduced in the 73rd minute to take the place of Franck Berrier.  Trajkovski won a penalty for Zulte Waregem in the 85th minute when his cross hit the hand of an opposing player inside the area.  The referee pointed to the spot but the penalty attempt by Mbaye Leye went over the goal.  Regardless, Zulte Waregem still managed to win the game and moved into first place on the standings.

Switzerland, Raiffeisen Super League, Thun – Basel 2:2
Muhamed Demiri got the start for Thun and played until the 77th minute when he was substituted by Michael Siegfried.  Demiri scored the first goal for Thun in the 60th minute when the ball found him following a free kick into the box, and Muhamed did the rest with a good finish from a tight angle.

Video of the goal by Demiri (at 1:16):

https://youtube.com/watch?v=rxNb6a3nZXQ

Switzerland, Raiffeisen Super League, Zürich – Servette 4:0
Adis Jahovic started on the bench for Zürich before he entered the game in the 70th minute replacing Mario Gavranovic.  In the 90th minute, Jahovic scored the fourth and final goal for Zürich when he controlled a cross from the right before firing a powerful shot past the Servette keeper.

The goal by Jahovic:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=2eon2TmhoJo

Slovenia, 1. SNL, Koper – Maribor 2:1
Agim Ibraimi did not play for Maribor as he served another game on his red card suspension.

Slovenia, 1. SNL, Celje – Domžale 0:0
Zeni Husmani was an unused substitute for Domžale, while his teammate Dragan Chadikovski came off the bench in the 59th minute to replace Uroš Korun.  For Celje, Ljutfi Bilali stayed on the bench as an unused substitute as well.

Israel, Ligat Winner, Hapoel Tel Aviv – Ironi Kiryat Shmona 1:4
Darko Tasevski played the entire game for Ironi Kiryat Shmona who scored all four goals in the 2nd half through striker Shimon Abuhatzira.

Romania, Liga I Bergenbier, Astra – Ceahlăul 4:2
Mirko Ivanovski started for Astra and played until the 25th minute when he was substituted by William De Amorim with his team losing 0:1 at that point.

Romania, Liga I Bergenbier, Pandurii – Dinamo București 2:0
Kristijan Naumovski started in goal for Dinamo București for the suspended Cristian Bălgrădean (yellow cards suspension) and conceded two goals in the 51st and 74th minute.

Romania, Liga I Bergenbier, Concordia – Vaslui 1:1
Nderim Nedjipi was an unused substitute for Vaslui, while Egzon Belica was not among the 18 players called up by Concordia.

Bulgaria, A PFG, Lokomotiv Sofia – Botev Plovdiv 1:2
Boban Grncharov was not included in the Botev Plovdiv squad as he sat out another game on his suspension due to having double digit yellow cards this season.

Bulgaria, A PFG, Pirin – Montana 4:2
Dragi Kocev began the game on the bench for Pirin before he came on in the 76th minute to substitute fellow midfielder Vasil Panayotov.

Serbia, Jelen SuperLiga, Partizan – Rad 2:0
Aleksandar Lazevski was not among the 18 players called up by Partizan.  It appears that Lazevski has been benched by the Partizan manager due to his performance in the previous league game against Javor.

Serbia, Jelen SuperLiga, Jagodina – Radnički Niš 1:0
Dragan Stojkov opened on the bench for Jagodina before he was introduced in the 70th minute to take the place of Dario Damjanovic.

Cyprus, Laiki Bank League, Nea Salamis – Alki 1:3
Both Nikola Gligorov of Alki and Armend Alimi of Nea Salamis played all 90 minutes for their respective teams.

South Korea, K-League Classic, Daejeon – Suwon 1:4
Stevica Ristic played the entire game for Suwon and scored the third goal for the visitors in the 45th minute when a long ball forward was misplayed badly by a Daejeon defender, leaving Ristic to gather the ball and slot a shot to the back of the net.

Video of the goal by Ristic (at 3:18):

https://youtube.com/watch?v=S70KiYTmBVE

Austria, tipp3 Bundesliga, Sturm Graz – Mattersburg 2:2
Ilcho Naumoski started on the bench for Mattersburg before he entered the game in the 63rd minute replacing Michael Mörz.  Naumoski also received a yellow card in the 76th minute as Mattersburg conceded the equalizing 2:2 goal deep into stoppage time of the 90th minute.

Austria, Erste Liga, St. Pölten – Lustenau 2:2
Filip Gachevski played from the start for Lustenau and conceded two goals in the 7th and 40th minute.

Thailand, Toyota Thai Premier League, Pattaya United – Muangthong United 0:1
Mario Gjurovski played all 90 minutes for Muangthong United who collected a narrow road win by scoring the lone goal in the 35th minute through Sarawut Masuk.

Netherlands, Eerste Divisie, Helmond Sport – Sparta Rotterdam 1:1
Samir Fazli played the entire game for Helmond Sport and provided the assist on the lone goal for the home side in the 16th minute.  After a defensive lapse by Sparta Rotterdam, Fazli received a pass inside the area and then unselfishly found Emrullah Güvenç who scored with a shot from close range.

The assist by Fazli (at 0:14):

Netherlands, Eerste Divisie, Den Bosch – MVV Maastricht 1:2
Antonio Stankov played all 90 minutes for MVV Maastricht who took home an important three points as they continue to battle for a place in the promotion play-offs.

Japan, J.League, Tokyo – Nagoya 3:1
Nikola Jakimovski began the game on the bench for Nagoya before he came on in the 65th minute to substitute Yoshizumi Ogawa.

Turkey, PTT 1. Lig, Manisaspor – Denizlispor 0:1
Bajram Fetai started on the bench for Denizlispor before he entered the game in the 74th minute replacing Onur Alkan.

Azerbaijan, Topaz Premyer Liqası, Neftçi – Gabala 2:1
Igor Mitreski played the entire game for Neftçi who collected a slim win over Gabala to remain three points ahead of Qarabağ and four points ahead of Inter Bakı in a three team battle for the league title.

Azerbaijan, Topaz Premyer Liqası, Bakı – Qarabağ 0:1
Edin Nuredinoski played from the start for Bakı and conceded one goal in the 87th minute from a penalty kick, while Muarem Muarem played all 90 minutes in midfield for Qarabağ.

Azerbaijan, Topaz Premyer Liqası, Inter Bakı – Simurq 5:0
Slavcho Georgievski played all 90 minutes for Inter Bakı and also received a yellow card in the 65th minute during the convincing home victory over Simurq.

Slovakia, Corgoň Liga, Ružomberok – Košice 1:1
Darko Tofiloski played from the start for Košice and conceded one goal in the 55th minute.  On that goal, Tofiloski made a goal kick that struck the back of a Košice defender and the ball then fell perfectly for a Ružomberok player.  Darko came out of his goal and was forced to commit a bad foul outside of the area, but the referee played advantage which allowed a nearby Ružomberok player to score a goal into an empty net.  To make matters worse, in addition to conceding the equalizing goal, the referee also gave Tofiloski a yellow card for the foul.

To view the goal that Tofiloski conceded, click here (at 1:25 of video).

Kazakhstan, Premier League, Astana – Aktobe 1:2
Filip Ivanovski was an unused substitute for Astana.

Kazakhstan, Premier League, Tobol – Ordabasy 0:0
Nikola Tonev did not play for Tobol due to an injury, while his teammate Mensur Kurtishi came off the bench in the 71st minute to replace Igor Bugaev.

Bosnia, BH Telecom Premijer Liga, Željezničar – Čelik 1:1
Yani Urdinov played the entire game for Željezničar who scored the equalizing goal in the 79th minute to collect one point against Čelik.

Bosnia, BH Telecom Premijer Liga, Zvijezda – Rudar Prijedor 4:1
Fahrudin Gjurgjevikj was an unused substitute for Zvijezda, while his teammate Perica Stancheski was not included in the 18 player squad.

Greece, Football League, Fokikos – Iraklis 0:1
Hristijan Kirovski started for Iraklis and played until the 90th minute when he was substituted by Christos Alexiou.

Sweden, Allsvenskan, Häcken – Mjällby 2:0
Daniel Ivanovski played all 90 minutes for Mjällby who conceded both goals in the 2nd half to snap a mini two game winning streak in league play.

Armenia, Premier League, Impuls – Pyunik 1:0
Filip Timov started for Impuls and played until the 67th minute when he made way for Vahagn Ayvazyan.

Denmark, 1. Division, Fredericia – Viborg 1:1
Aleksandar Stankov played from the start for Viborg in the road draw against Fredericia.

Hungary, OTP Bank Liga, Egri – Kaposvár 1:0
Jasmin Mecinovikj played the entire game for Egri and was part of a defense that kept a clean sheet.  Egri finally won a game after going the past 15 league encounters without a win, but they remain in last place on the standings with just 15 points.

Georgia, Umaglesi Liga, Baia Zugdidi – Dinamo Tbilisi 0:2
Darko Glishikj played all 90 minutes for Dinamo Tbilisi who remain at the top of the table in Georgia by continuing to hold a four point edge over second placed Dila Gori.

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