Ivan Trichkovski's shot that led to his goal; photo: daylife.com

Midweek internationals performances

Ivan Trichkovski's shot that led to his goal; photo: daylife.comIvan Trichkovski scored his first competitive goal for Club Brugge, Darko Tasevski netted an early goal for Ironi Kiryat Shmona, Mirko Ivanovski provided an assist for Astra, while Filip Ivanovski and Dimitrija Lazarevski reached the Kazakh Cup final with Astana.

UEFA Europa League, Group F, Napoli – Dnipro 4:2
Goran Pandev began on the bench for Napoli before he entered the game in the 72nd minute replacing defender Salvatore Aronica.  Napoli was down 1:2 at that point in time but managed to score the next three goals to collect a come from behind victory.  All four Napoli goals were scored by striker Edinson Cavani.

UEFA Europa League, Group D, Club Brugge – Newcastle United 2:2
Ivan Trichkovski started for Club Brugge and played the first 45 minutes before he was substituted at the start of the 2nd half by Mohammed Tchité.  Trichkovski scored his first competitive goal in a Club Brugge uniform in the 14th minute when he nicely controlled a long pass before slotting a shot past the Newcastle keeper.

Video of the goal by Trichkovski:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=PHOoXXmB_88

UEFA Europa League, Group E, Molde – Steaua București 1:2
Daniel Georgievski was an unused substitute for Steaua București.

UEFA Europa League, Group J, Tottenham – Maribor 3:1
Agim Ibraimi played all 90 minutes for Maribor who dropped to third place of Group J with this loss away to Tottenham.

UEFA Europa League, Group I, Ironi Kiryat Shmona – Sparta Praha 1:1
Darko Tasevski played from the start for Ironi Kiryat Shmona and scored the opening goal of the match in the 3rd minute to hand the home side the early lead.  However, Sparta Praha equalized midway through the 1st half to take home a point.  Tasevski was also shown a yellow card in the 42nd minute.

The goal by Tasevski (at start of video):

UEFA Europa League, Group H, Partizan – Inter 1:3
Aleksandar Lazevski played the entire game for Partizan while his teammate Stefan Ashkovski was not included in the 18 player squad.  Even though there are two matchdays remaining in the Europa League group stages, Partizan was officially eliminated with this loss to Inter.  Partizan is now nine points back of both Inter and Rubin who will be the two teams to progress from this group.

UEFA Europa League, Group H, Neftçi – Rubin 0:1
Igor Mitreski played all 90 minutes for Neftçi who, like Partizan, was officially eliminated from the competition with the loss to Rubin.

Romania, Liga I Bergenbier, Rapid București – Astra 0:2
Mirko Ivanovski got the start for Astra and played until the 77th minute when he was substituted by Kehinde Fatai, while Bazhe Ilijoski started on the bench for Rapid București before he came on at the start of the 2nd half replacing Dorin Goga.  Ivanovski was credited with the assist on the second Astra goal in the 69th minute when he chested down a cross inside the area, and made the last touch on the ball before it was sent home from close range by Fwayo Tembo.  Meanwhile, Ilijoski created several chances for Rapid, coming closest in the 59th minute when his volley hit the side netting.  Ilijoski also received a yellow card in the 61st minute.

The assist by Ivanovski (at 5:06):

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

Romania, Liga I Bergenbier, Petrolul – Concordia 0:0
Egzon Belica was an unused substitute for Concordia.

Slovenia, 1. SNL, Domžale – Gorica 0:1
Zeni Husmani played the entire game for Domžale in midfield and also picked up a yellow card in the 88th minute.

Kazakhstan, Kubok Kazakhstan, Astana – Shakhter 2:0
Filip Ivanovski began the game on the bench for Astana before he came on in the 83rd minute replacing Tanat Nuserbaev while his teammate Dimitrija Lazarevski played all 90 minutes and was part of a defense that kept a clean sheet.  Astana won 3:2 on aggregate over Shakhter to advance to the Kazakh Cup final where they will face Irtysh.

Slovakia, Slovenský Pohár, Spartak Myjava – Košice 3:1
Darko Tofiloski played from the start for Košice and conceded three goals.  Despite the loss, Košice reached the semi-finals of the Slovak Cup.  It was 3:3 on aggregate after the two games but the away goal in this return leg proved to the clincher for Košice.

Lithuania, Lietuvos Taurė, Kruoja – Ekranas 0:2
Yani Urdinov started at left-back for Ekranas and played the entire game in the road victory over Kruoja.  Ekranas advanced to the next round of the Lithuanian Cup.

Netherlands, Eerste Divisie, MVV Maastricht – Sparta Rotterdam 0:1
Antonio Stankov played all 90 minutes for MVV Maastricht who snapped a five game winning streak in league play with the loss to Sparta Rotterdam.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *