Fazli and Jahovikj scored game winning goals, Ristovski assisted twice, Trichko once, Dimitrievski debuted in the Segunda, while Joe Hart stopped Nestorovski’s goal run.
Albania, Kategoria Superiore, Kukësi – Korabi 2:0
Nijas Lena played all minutes in midfield for Kukësi and was also booked with a yellow card in the 68th minute, while his teammate Izair Emini wasn’t called up. For Korabi, Nderim Nedjipi was the entire game on the field. Eventually, Kukësi collected three points in the home encounter against Korabi.
Australia, A-League, Melbourne Victory – Melbourne City 1:4
In the Melbourne derby, Daniel Georgievski started at left-back for the hosts and played the whole game as his team was demolished by Melbourne City. Georgievski also received a yellow card directly before the half-time break.
Austria, Tipico Bundesliga, Sturm – Ried 1:0
Uroš Matić opened in defensive midfield for Sturm and played nearly the entire game as he was replaced in the 2nd minute of stoppage time. His team won thanks to a goal by Bright Edomwonyi in the 18th minute and still tops the Austrian Bundesliga.
Azerbaijan, Topaz Premyer Liqası, Qarabağ – Sumqayıt 3:0
Muarem Muarem made Qarabağ’s bench and played from the 67th minute after he substituted Reynaldo. At that point, his team had already a two goal lead. Dino Ndlovu scored the last in 3rd minute of stoppage time to complete the comfortable win at home against Sumqayıt.
Belgium, First Division B, Royal Antwerp – OH Leuven 2:1
Jovan Kostovski started in attack for Leuven and played until the 66th minute when he made way for Esteban Casagolda.
Bulgaria, Parva Liga, Lokomotiv Gorna – Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2:1
Vancho Trajanov played all 90 minutes in defensive midfield for the visitors, while his teammate Stefan Jevtoski was an unused substitute.
Croatia, MAXtv Prva Liga, Lokomotiva – Istra 1961 2:1
Risto Mitrevski played the whole match for the visiting side as center back.
Croatia, MAXtv Prva Liga, Inter Zaprešić – Cibalia 1:0
Marjan Altiparmakovski remained on the bench for the hosts, while Zoran Danoski was not included in the matchday squad.
Croatia, MAXtv Prva Liga, Rijeka – Osijek 3:0
A Macedonian derby yet again in Croatia, this time a battle of the top two teams in the Croatian top flight. Stefan Ristovski and Leonard Zhuta played the whole match for the hosts. Ristovski was one of the most active players, assisting on two of the three goals. For the visiting side Milovan Petrovikj was brought on at half-time, while Muzafer Ejupi played the whole match. Petrovikj had a good attempt at 54th minute but his shot went just wide of the goal. Rijeka are topping the table in Croatia, while Osijek have now dropped to #4.
Ristovski’s first assist (at 1:43) & second (at 2:55):
Croatia, MAXtv Prva Liga, Slaven Belupo – Dinamo Zagreb 0:1
Mirko Ivanovski started the match and played until 65th minute for the hosts.
Cyprus, Cyta A, AEK Larnaca – Aris 4:0
Ivan Trichkovski played untill the 77th minute when Constantinos Charalambidis btook his place, while Daniel Mojsov started on the bench and came in instead Ander Murillo on half-time. Trichkovski provided an assist for the second goal of his club and also hit the post in the first half. This was AEK’s first match at their new stadium – the AEK Arena.
Trichkovski’s assist (at 1:08) and his chance subsequently after
Cyprus, Cyta A, Doxa – Ethnikos 0:0
Both Martin Bogatinov and Mite Cikarski were not part of the matchday squad for the visiting side. Bogatinov was actually suspended for inappropriate gesticulations during last round’s game against Ermis.
Czech Republic, ePojisteni.cz liga, Sparta – Vysočina 3:0
Yani Urdinov was once again left on the bench. Vysočina have a new manager in Michal Bílek and for now he doesn’t seem to prefer Urdinov as starter.
Czech Republic, ePojisteni.cz liga, Slovácko – Plzen 1:1
Veliche Shumulikoski played the whole match for the hosts.
Finland, Veikkausliiga, Inter Turku – Kemi 0:0
Egzon Belica was on the bench for this game, while Kosta Manev played the whole match. Inter are on a 7-games unbeaten run but they are still in the relegation zone.
Greece, Soúper Ligk, Panetolikos – Kerkyra 4:0
Vladimir Dimitrovski played the whole match for the visiting side.
Hungary, OTP Bank Liga, Honved – Újpest 1:1
Enis Bardi started the match for the visiting side and played until 74th minute. He was shown a yellow card in the 68th minute. After he was taken off the hosts equalized. Viktor Angelov was brought on in the 90th minute but didn’t have much time for impact.
Hungary, OTP Bank Liga, Vasas – MTK 3:2
Kire Ristevski played the whole match for the hosts who keep topping the table. His club actually uses a three defenders formation, just as Angelovski played in the past matches for the national team where Kire was also starter.
Italy, Serie A, Genoa – Empoli 0:0
Goran Pandev missed the game due to red card suspension, but good news is that he will be back in the team for next round’s big derby match against local fierce rivals Sampdoria.
Italy, Serie A, Palermo – Torino 1:4
Ilija Nestorovski played the whole game for Palermo and failed to score. He had a great chance in the 64th minute but Joe Hart managed to block his shot. He had an option to pass the ball to Alessandro Diamanti who was in a great position behind him, but he decided to take a shot. His teammate Aleksandar Trajkovski wasn’t summoned as he is still out with the injury.
Nestorovski’s chance:
Italy, Serie B, Virtus Entella – Benevento 3:2
Nikola Jakimovski stayed on the visiting bench in this second in a row defeat.
Kazakshtan, Premier League play-off, Kairat – Astana 2:0
Agim Ibraimi wasn’t in the visiting squad. He is back after the injury and it is expecting to be summoned for the next round. With 2 rounds to go, his Astana is topping the table with 3 points ahead of Kairat and a game in hand.
Kazakshtan, Premier League play-out, Atyrau – Shakhter 2:0
Aleksandar Damchevski welcomed Marko Simonovski and came out victorious. Both played the full 90 minutes while the later got booked in the 83rd minute. With this win Damchevski and his teammates managed to definitely stay in the league for next season as well, while Simonovski’s Shakhter is 4 points away of the relegation zone.
Kazakhstan, Premier League play-out, Tobol – Akzajyk 0:1
Dushan Savikj didn’t feature in the home side who are safe from relegating.
Netherlands, Eerste Divisie, Fortuna – VVV 2:0
Stefan Ashkovski started for Fortuna but was forced to leave the field after only 13 minutes of play because of an injury. Junior Torunarigha took his place.
Netherlands, Eerste Divisie, Telstar – NAC Breda 2:0
Denis Mahmudov played the whole game for Telstar.
Poland, LOTTO Ekstraklasa, Zagłębie – Lechia 1:2
Aleksandar Todorovski came back in the home team and watched the game from the bench.
Poland, LOTTO Ekstraklasa, Korona – Śląsk 1:2
Ostoja Stjepanovikj remained on the visiting bench.
Portugal, Taça de Portugal, Famalicão – Sporting 0:1
Andreja Efremov was the reserve keeper as his team was knocked out of the Portuguese cup by the famous Sporting.
Serbia, Super Liga, Crvena Zvezda – Čukarički 3:1
Neither David Babunski nor Daniel Avramovski were not summoned by Crvena Zvezda for this match.
Serbia, Super Liga, Mladost Lučani – Vojvodina 2:0
Tome Kitanovski didn’t make the matchday squad for Mladost.
Serbia, Super Liga, Radnički Niš – Bačka 1:0
Petar Krstikj wasn’t part of Radnički’s squad at this game.
Serbia, Super Liga, Radnik – Novi Pazar 3:1
Darko Micevski started in midfieldfor Novi Pazar and played all minutes in his team’s away defeat. He was booked at 31st minute of this “dirty” game which ended with one red and ten yellow cards. Seven of those yellow cards were shown to Micevski and his teammates including the red card.
Serbia, Super Liga, Metalac Gornji Milanovac – Javor 1:1
Stefan Andrikj didn’t play for Metalac as well as Aleksa Amanovikj and Filip Ristovski for Javor.
Slovakia, Fortuna Liga, Spartak Trnava – Podbrezová 0:2
Dejan Peshevski didn’t play for Podbrezová due to injury.
Slovakia, Fortuna Liga, Spartak Myjava – Zlaté Moravce 2:0
Tihomir Kostadinov wasn’t part of the visiting squad at this game.
Slovakia, Fortuna Liga, Dunajská Streda – Žilina 0:6
Darko Tofiloski was full game at the home team’s goal. They were demolished by Žilina in front of the home crowd.
Slovenia, Prva Liga Telekom Slovenije, Domžale – Rudar 3:1
Zeni Husmani started at hosts bench before entering the game at 76th minute when he substituted Jan Repas.
Spain, Segunda División, Gimnástic – Valladolid 1:2
Stole Dimitrievski was starting goalkeeper and played whole game for Gimnástic in their home loss. This was his first appearance for his team in the Segunda División.
Game highlights:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=3cxPvkRhliI
Sweden, Allsvenskan, Norrköping – Malmö 1:2
David Mitov Nilsson is out of Norrköping’s squad because of injury. He is not expected to be back for the season finale.
Switzerland, Raiffeisen Super League, Lugano – Young Boys 0:0
Ezgjan Alioski played whole match for Lugano while Taulant Sulejmanov didn’t make the matchday squad for Young Boys in their goalless draw.
Switzerland, Raiffeisen Super League, Sion – Grasshoppers 4:2
Nikola Gjorgjev played just the first 45 minutes for Grasshoppers. He was substituted by Alban Pnishi at the half time.
Switzerland, Brack.ch Challenge League, Aarau – Wil 0:1
Samir Fazli was introduced for Wil at 61st minute when he substituted Latvian international Arturs Karasauskas. Eight minutes later, at 69th minute he scored the game winner for his team. It’s his first goal in the Swiss second league this season.
Turkey, TFF 1.Lig, Ümraniyespor – Göztepe 0:1
Adis Jahovikj is continuing with his good performances. He scored the only goal of the game at 64th minute. He was substituted by Umut Nayir at 86th minute of the game. This was Jahovikj’s third goal in five games in Turkish second division.
Jahovikj’s goal (at 0:58):