Midweek internationals performances

Ivan Trichkovski (#17) attempts to block a free kick by Newcastle; photo: sporza.beNikola Jakimovski provided an assist for Javor during Serbian Cup action, Darko Tofiloski kept a clean sheet for Košice, while the group stages of the Europa League resumed with five of the seven games involving Macedonian internationals resulting in losses on Thursday.

UEFA Europa League, Group F, Dnipro – Napoli 3:1
Goran Pandev started on the bench for Napoli before he entered the game in the 52nd minute replacing Andrea Dosenna.  After winning the fist game of group play, Napoli has now lost the past two games to PSV Eindhoven and Dnipro to drop to third place of Group F.

UEFA Europa League, Group D, Newcastle United – Club Brugge 1:0
Ivan Trichkovski began the game on the bench for Club Brugge before he came on in the 55th minute replacing Lior Refaelov.

UEFA Europa League, Group E, Steaua București – Molde 2:0
Daniel Georgievski played the entire game for Steaua București and was part of a defense that kept a clean sheet.  The win ensured that Steaua extended their lead at the top of Group E to three points after three games.

UEFA Europa League, Group J, Maribor – Tottenham 1:1
Agim Ibraimi played all 90 minutes for Maribor who took the initial lead just before halftime, but Tottenham managed to equalize the score in the 57th minute to return to England with a point.

UEFA Europa League, Group I, Sparta Praha – Ironi Kiryat Shmona 3:1
Darko Tasevski started on the bench for Ironi Kiryat Shmona before he entered the game in the 77th minute replacing Bryan Gerzicich.

UEFA Europa League, Group H, Inter – Partizan 1:0
Aleksandar Lazevski was an unused substitute for Partizan.

UEFA Europa League, Group H, Rubin Kazan – Neftçi 1:0
Igor Mitreski played the entire game for Neftçi and also received a yellow card in the 73rd minute during the road loss away to Rubin Kazan.

Romania, Liga I Bergenbier, Dinamo București – Rapid București 2:1
Kristijan Naumovski stayed on the bench for Dinamo București as the #2 keeper behind Cristian Bălgrădean, while Bazhe Ilijoski began the game on the bench for Rapid București before he came on in the 70th minute to substitute Alexandru Ioniță.  Ilijoski was also shown a yellow card in the 87th minute.

Romania, Liga I Bergenbier, CSMS Iași – Concordia 0:1
Egzon Belica was not included in the Concordia squad.

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

South Korea, K-League (Championship Group), Suwon – Gyeongnam 2:1
Stevica Ristic started on the bench for Suwon before he entered the game in the 83rd minute replacing Choi Jae-Soo.

Serbia, Lav Kup Srbije, Javor – Smederevo 3:0
Vlade Lazarevski was not called up by Smederevo while Nikola Jakimovski played from the start for Javor and provided the assist on the second goal in the 38th minute when his free kick was headed home by Milovan Milovic.

Serbia, Lav Kup Srbije, Jagodina – Novi Sad 1:0
Dragan Stojkov played all 90 minutes for Jagodina who reached the quarter-finals of the Serbian Cup with the win over Novi Sad.

Serbia, Lav Kup Srbije, Novi Pazar – Rad 0:1
Goran Bogdanovic was not included in the Rad squad.

Serbia, Lav Kup Srbije, Spartak Zlatibor Voda – Metalac 0:0  (Spartak advanced 8:7 on penalties)
Fahrudin Gjurgjevic began the game on the bench for Spartak Zlatibor Voda before he came on in the 79th minute to substitute Marko Adamovic.  Gjurgjevic converted the fourth penalty for the winning side in the penalty triumph.

Lithuania, Lietuvos Taurė, Dainava – Ekranas 0:3
Yani Urdinov was not among the 18 players called up by Ekranas.

Kazakhstan, Premier League, Ordabasy – Astana 0:0
Filip Ivanovski started on the bench for Astana before he entered the game in the 78th minute replacing Damir Kojasevic while Dimitrija Lazarevski played all 90 minutes and was part of a defense that kept a clean sheet.

Turkey, PTT 1. Lig, Samsunspor – Denizlispor 2:2
Bajram Fetai was an unused substitute for Denizlispor.

Slovakia, Slovenský Pohár, Košice – Spartak Myjava 2:0
Darko Tofiloski played from the start for Košice and kept a clean sheet in the first leg of his club’s quarter-final matchup against Spartak Myjava in the Slovak Cup.

Greece, Football Cup OPAP, Kranoula – Pierikos 0:0  (Pierikos advanced 3:1 on penalties)
Filip Despotovski played the entire game for Pierikos who needed penalties to edge Kranoula and advance to the next round of the domestic cup where they will face Levadiakos.  Despotovski was also shown a yellow card during the game.

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