Ivan Trichkovski and Besart Abdurahimi celebrated a goal this weekend as most of the internationals were off on their winter break.
Photo by aek.com.cy: AEK captain Trichkovski celebrating his new goal in Cyprus
Albania, Kategoria Superiore, Partizani – Erzeni 1:2
Nehar Sadiki played the full match for the winning side, while neither David Atanaskoski (suspended due to yellow cards accumulation) nor Sabit Bilali made the squad for the hosts.
Albania, Kategoria Superiore, Teuta – Dinamo 1:2
Ardit Iljazi missed out this match for Teuta due to a red card suspension, while Bekim Redjepi remained on the bench as backup goalkeeper for Dinamo.
Albania, Kategoria Superiore, Egnatia – Tirana 0:5
Filip Najdovski was sidelined by Tirana due to an injury he picked up in the last round.
Albania, Kategoria Superiore, Vllaznia – Skënderbeu 5:0
Netheir of the Macedonian trio at Vllaznia consisted of Djelil Asani, Konstantin Cheshmedjiev and Darko Dodev got summoned by the hosts, nor did Ramin Alii by the visitors, while winger Suhejlj Muharem remained an unused substitute for Skënderbeu.
Australia, A-League, Melbourne City – Melbourne Victory 0:0
Matthew Bozhinovski did not get summoned for the visitors in this goalless Melbourne derby.
Australia, A-League, Perth Glory – Macarthur 3:2
Stefan Cholakovski got 84 minutes in the win over Macarthur.
Azerbaijan, Premyer Liqası, Sumqayıt – Səbail 1:0
Kristijan Velinovski remained out of squad for the hosts due to a long term injury.
Belgium, Belgian Pro League, Antwerp – Westerlo 2:2
Erdon Daci did not get summoned by Westerlo.
Cyprus, Protáthlima Cyta, AEK – Doxa 2:1
36 year old AEK captain Ivan Trichkovski played his first full match of the season and he immediately responded with a goal against Damjan Shishkovski, his fourth one so far after 16 rounds in the current Cypriot league. Damjan also played the full match, while Doxa captain Dushko Trajchevski lasted till the 57th minute on the field.
Trichkovski’s goal (at 4:37):
Cyprus, Protáthlima Cyta, Karmiotissa – Apollon 3:4
Besart Abdurahimi was given a rare start for Apollon and it took him only 3 minutes after the kick off to seize his chance and score a goal for the visitors. He went on to play for 66 minutes, getting taken off right after he picked up a yellow card.
Abdurahimi’s goal (at 0:48):
England, Premier League, Fulham – Burnley 0:2
Darko Churlinov once again did not make the matchday squad for Burnley.
Italy, Serie B, Pisa – Ascoli 1:0
Ilija Nestorovski did not make the bench for Ascoli.
Scotland, Scottish Premiership, Motherwell – Rangers 0:2
Davor Zdravkovski made his third consecutive start for Motherwell, this time against the big favourites Rangers who ended up winning 0:2 with two early goals at the start of the match. Davor ended up playing the full 90 minutes.
Serbia, Super Liga Srbije, TSC – Napredak 1:1
Martin Mirchevski was once again an unused substitute for TSC.
Türkiye, Süper Lig, Adana – Antalyaspor 2:1
Erdal Rakip was out of action for the visitors due to a red card suspension.
Türkiye, Süper Lig, Karagümrük – Gaziantep 0:3
Luka Stankovski did not get summoned by the visitors.
Türkiye, Süper Lig, Sivasspor – Istanbulspor 1:0
Valon Ethemi played the full match for the visitors.
Türkiye, Süper Lig, Trabzonspor – Başakşehir 1:1
Enis Bardhi got introduced for Trabzonspor in the 81st minute. There is a big possibility Bardhi might be leaving the Turkish club this winter.
Türkiye, 1.Lig, Bodrumspor – Göztepe 3:0
Adis Jahović was once again out of action for the hosts. It has now been exactly 13 months since the last time he appeared for Bodrumspor.