Zoran Baldovaliev with two goals for Hapoel Irony Kiryat Shmona, Ivan Trickovski and Dimitrija Lazarevski scored in Europa League qualifications, and Dragan Georgiev played in his first friendly for Mainz.
UEFA Champions League, Second Qualifying Round, Pyunik – Partizan 0:1
Aleksandar Lazevski was an unused substitute for Partizan as Joseph Kizito was given the start at LB. Partizan advances to the third qualifying round where they will face Finnish team HJK Helsinki.
UEFA Champions League, Second Qualifying Round, Debreceni – Levadia 3:2
Mirsad Mijadinoski played the entire game for Debreceni who also advanced to the third qualifying round where they will face Swiss team Basel.
UEFA Champions League, Second Qualifying Round, Željezničar – Hapoel Tel Aviv 0:1
Goran Gancev played the 1st half for Željezničar but he was substituted before the start of the 2nd half. His team was eliminated 0:6 on aggregate.
UEFA Europa League, Second Qualifying Round, APOEL – Tauras 3:1
Boban Grncarov played the entire game for APOEL while Ivan Trickovski started on the bench before he came on in the 64th minute and he scored a goal in the 80th minute to give his team a 2:1 lead and APOEL went on to add one more goal and they advance to the next round where they will face Czech team Jablonec.
UEFA Europa League, Second Qualifying Round, Dundalk – Levski 0:2
Darko Tasevski played all 90 minutes for Levski who dominated their opponents from Ireland and advanced 8:0 on aggregate. Levski will face Swedish team Kalmar FF in the next round.
UEFA Europa League, Second Qualifying Round, Olympiacos – Besa 6:1
Dimitrija Lazarevski scored the only goal for Besa in the 48th minute and played the entire game as did fellow Macedonians Betim Aliju and Minas Osmani. Aliju and Osmani also picked up yellow cards as Besa was eliminated 11:1 on aggregate.
Russia, Premier-Liga, Krylya Sovetov – CSKA Moskva 0:1
Artim Polozani was once again not among the 18 players called up by Krylya Sovetov.
Kazakhstan, Premier League, Akzhayik – Lokomotiv Astana 2:2
Vlade Lazarevski started on the bench for Lokomotiv Astana before he entered the game in the 66th minute while his teammate Bobi Bozinovski got the start and played until the 74th minute.
Friendly, Mainz 05 – Alemannia Aachen 4:0
Dragan Georgiev made his debut with Mainz when he came on in the 60th minute replacing Lewis Holtby while Nikolce Noveski did not play because he recently took a blow to his knee so he was rested by Mainz manager Thomas Tuchel.
Friendly, Racing Club Strasbourg – Eintracht Frankfurt 2:3
Oka Nikolov played all 90 minutes for Eintracht while his teammate Aleksandar Vasoski did not play because of a blister in his right foot.
Friendly, LASK Linz – Schalke 04 0:2
Besart Ibraimi was left home and did not join his teammates for a training camp in Austria. Besart has been scoring goals in friendlies this summer, although it’s been against teams from lower divisions, but Schalke manager Felix Magath has not been pleased with his performances during the games and in training so he did not accompany the team to Austria. Besart was rumored to go to trial at 2. Bundesliga team Energie Cottbus but his trial was canceled after Schalke 04 manager Felix Magath told his counterpart from Energie Cottbus that Besart can’t help Energie.
Friendly, Germinal Beerschot – Club Brugge 0:2
Tome Pacovski played the 2nd half for Germinal Beerschot. Both goals by Club Brugge were scored in the 1st half when Thomas Kaminski was the keeper.
Friendly, Aarau – Cham 5:0
Aco Stojkov started on the bench for Aarau before he came on in the 72nd minute replacing Sandro Burki. Stojkov had a chance in the 83rd minute when he showed great skill as he got around five opposing players but his shot was saved by the Cham keeper. This was Aarau’s last friendly as they now turn their attention to the Swiss Challenge League with Aarau facing Locarno on July 26.
Friendly, Orduspor – Neftçi 0:4
Igor Mitreski played from the start for Neftçi and so did Slavco Georgievski who had a great game with a goal and an assist.
Friendly, Vojvodina – Mladost Lučani 2:0
Both Mario Gjurovski and Daniel Mojsov started for Vojvodina.
Friendly, Ethnikos Achnas – AEL 3:1
Edin Nuredinoski played the 1st half for Ethnikos while the other three Macedonians on Ethnikos, Vance Sikov, Filip Ivanovski, and Stojan Ignjatov, started on the bench before they came on in the 2nd half. Stojan Ignjatov signed a 2 year deal with Ethnikos on Wednesday after impressing during a trial.
Friendly, Hapoel Irony Kiryat Shmona – FC Eindhoven 2:0
Zoran Baldovaliev played from the start for Irony Kiryat Shmona and scored both goals for his team. The first goal was in the 55th minute while the second was fifteen minutes later from a header.
Friendly, Bordeaux – Legia Warszawa 4:1
Pance Kumbev did not play for Legia.
Friendly, Pirin – Septemvri Simitli 2:1
Zoran Zlatkovski played the 1st half for Pirin while his teammate Dragi Kocev played the 2nd half and scored a goal.
Friendly, Istanbul B.B. – Heerenveen 1:1
Samir Fazli played the 1st half for Heerenveen.
Friendly, Tienen – Roda 1:5
None of the three Macedonians on Roda, Aleksandar Stankov, Antonio Stankov, and Yani Urdinov, played in this game.
Friendly, Inter Zaprešić – Reading 0:2
Aleksandar Trajkovski started on the bench for Inter Zaprešić before he came on in the 2nd half. This was the last friendly for Inter Zaprešić as their next game is the first round of the Croatian league against Karlovac on July 24.
Friendly, Górnik Łęczna – Dolcan Ząbki 2:2
Dejan Miloseski started and played until the 62nd minute for Górnik Łęczna and then came back on again in the 70th minute replacing Nazaruk and finished the game.
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