Darko Tasevski had an assist for Levski but also picked up a red card, Armend Alimi also had an assist as Istra 1961 eliminated Hajduk Split from the Croatian Cup, while Vladimir Dimitrovski scored an own goal for Mladá Boleslav.

Germany, DFB-Pokal, Alemannia Aachen – Mainz 05 2:1
Nikolce Noveski played the entire game for Mainz who were surprisingly eliminated from the German DFB-Pokal with the loss to Alemannia Aachen from the 2. Bundesliga.

Germany, DFB-Pokal, Eintracht Frankfurt – Hamburger SV 5:2
Oka Nikolov played from the start for Eintracht and conceded two goals while his teammate Aleksandar Vasoski came on in the 88th minute instead Maik Franz.

Ukraine, DATAGROUP Kubok Ukrayni, Sevastopol – Dynamo Kyiv 1:2
Goran Popov did not play for Dynamo Kyiv because of an injury.

Bulgaria, A PFG, Litex Lovech – Levski 2:1
Darko Tasevski returned from his injury for Levski and things started out well for Tasevski as he provided the assist in the 11th minute with a beautiful through ball to Garra Dembele who scored past the Litex keeper to give Levski an early lead but then Tasevski was shown a straight red card in the 32nd minute for his role in a fight that occurred between the two teams.  Tasevski went in to separate players and break up a fight but during the process, he shoved Plamen Nikolov in the face and Nikolov didn’t like it so he went after Tasevski.  In the end, both Tasevski and Nikolov were shown red cards while an additional four players received yellow cards for their roles in the melee.

Italy, Coppa Italia Primavera, Parma Primavera – Torino Primavera 1:1
Stefan Ristovski played all 90 minutes for the Parma Primavera team and won a penalty for his team in the 38th minute which was converted by Davide Adorni.  Ristovski also picked up a yellow card in the 64th minute as Parma was eliminated from the Coppa Italia Primavera.  The first leg ended 0:0 and this game finished 1:1 but Torino scored the all important away goal so they advance to the next round.

Netherlands, Eredivisie, Ajax – Heerenveen 3:1
Samir Fazli was not among the 18 players called up by Heerenveen.

Netherlands, Eredivisie, Roda – N.E.C. 1:1
Yani Urdinov, Aleksandar Stankov, and Antonio Stankov were not called up by Roda.  All three of them started for Roda’s youth team on Tuesday but their club lost to Venlo’s youth team by the score of 1:0.

Romania, Cupa României, Dinamo Bucureşti – Alro Slatina 3:1
Kristijan Naumovski was not called up by Dinamo Bucureşti as Emilian Dolha was the starting keeper while George Curcă was on the bench as the #2 keeper.

Turkey, Ziraat Türkiye Kupası, Eskişehirspor – Denizlispor 1:2
Agim Ibraimi started for Eskişehirspor and played until the 59th minute when he was replaced by Sezgin Coşkun.

Turkey, Ziraat Türkiye Kupası, Orduspor – Antalyaspor 1:2
Jovan Kostovski started for Orduspor but received a red card in the 79th minute while Muarem Muarem also got the start before he was substituted in the 75th minute by Mehmet Ayaz.

Serbia, Lav Kup Srbije, Partizan – Proleter Novi Sad 3:0
Aleksandar Lazevski was given a rest and did not play for Partizan.

Serbia, Lav Kup Srbije, Srem Jakovo – Vojvodina 2:2  (Vojvodina advanced 5:4 on penalties)
Daniel Mojsov played the entire game for Vojvodina while Mario Gjurovski was suspended because of his bad reaction at being substituted during Vojvodina’s last game against OFK Beograd.  He was substituted in the 62nd minute of that game and his reaction was deemed inappropriate by the Vojvodina coach so he decided to suspend Gjurovski.  This game was tied at 2:2 after 120 minutes so it went into penalties and Mojsov converted his penalty and helped Vojvodina advance to the next round of the Serbian Cup.

Serbia, Lav Kup Srbije, Sinđelić Niš – Rad 0:0  (Sinđelić Niš advanced 4:2 on penalties)
Aleksandar Todorovski played the entire game for Rad.  This game was tied at 0:0 after 120 minutes but Rad was eliminated from the Serbian Cup after losing 4:2 on penalties.

Serbia, Lav Kup Srbije, Smederevo – Teleoptik 0:0  (Teleoptik advanced 4:3 on penalties)
Zoran Todorov was not called up by Smederevo while Stefan Askovski played all 120 minutes for Teleoptik.  This game was tied at 0:0 after 120 minutes so it went into penalties where Stefan Askovski missed his penalty for Teleoptik but the other four penalty kick takers converted their penalties and Teleoptik advanced to the next round of the Serbian Cup.  Askovski also picked up a yellow card.

Serbia, Lav Kup Srbije, Crvena Zvezda – Borac Čačak 4:0
Stefan Spirovski was an unused substitute for Borac Čačak.

Czech Republic, Pohár ČMFS, Baník Sokolov – Mladá Boleslav 3:0
Vladimir Dimitrovski played all 90 minutes for Mladá Boleslav and scored an own goal in the 67th minute while his teammate Goce Toleski also got the start and played the entire game as well.

Czech Republic, Pohár ČMFS, Viktoria Žižkov – Slavia Praha 1:1
Filip Duranski started on the bench for Slavia Praha before he entered the game in the 81st minute replacing Štěpán Koreš.  Duranski attempted a shot from 20 meters in the 87th minute after a good pass from Petr Trapp but his show was off target.

Poland, Remes Puchar Polski, Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała – GKS Bełchatów 2:0
Zlatko Tanevski started at RB for GKS Bełchatów and played until the 76th minute when he was replaced by Grzegorz Fonfara.  With the loss, his club was eliminated from the Polish Cup.

Croatia, Hrvatski Nogometni Kup, Hajduk Split – Istra 1961 0:1
Armend Alimi started for Istra 1961 and played until the 120th minute when he was replaced by Robert Deac.  Alimi had two chances in the 52nd and 56th minute but both of his shots were saved by the Hajduk Split keeper.  The game was tied at 0:0 so it went into extra time where Alimi threatened in the 93rd minute with a shot from five meters but it was blocked by a Hajduk Split defender before Alimi provided the assist in the 105th minute with a low cross that reached Emir Hadžić who scored from close range to give Istra 1961 a shock victory and eliminate Hajduk Split from the Croatian Cup.  Alimi was named man of the match according to Croatian newspaper hrsport.net.

Croatia, Hrvatski Nogometni Kup, Osijek – Šibenik 2:1
Daniel Georgievski played all 90 minutes for Šibenik.

Croatia, Hrvatski Nogometni Kup, Inter Zaprešić – Cibalia 0:3
Aleksandar Trajkovski played the entire game for Inter Zaprešić as did fellow Macedonian Goran Todorcev.

Kazakhstan, Premier Liga, Lokomotiv Astana – Atyrau 2:0
Vlade Lazarevski started on the bench for Lokomotiv Astana before he entered the game in the 90th minute replacing Igor Bugaev while Bobi Bozinovski was an unused substitute.

Hungary, Magyar Kupa, Nagyecsed – Debrecen 1:1  (Debrecen advanced 8:7 on penalties)
Mirsad Mijadinoski did not play for Debrecen as he was given a rest.

South Korea, K-League, Incheon United – Gyeongnam 2:2
Dusan Savić remains out with an injury for Incheon United.

South Korea, K-League, Gangwon – Gwangju 1:0
Baze Ilijoski was not called up by Gangwon.

photo: tportal.hr

Darko Tasevski, the fight and the red cards