Nikolce Noveski scored a goal for Mainz in a game against Bayern München, Bajram Fetai scored for Lyngby in the opening round in Denmark, while the second round of both Champions League and Europa League qualifications concluded and we now know which teams featuring Macedonian internationals were eliminated or will continue to the next round.
UEFA Champions League, Second qualifying round, APOEL – Skënderbeu 4:0
Ivan Trickovski was not called up by APOEL because of an injury. The Cypriot club scored all four goals in the 2nd half and advanced to the next round by winning 6:0 on aggregate. APOEL will face Slovan Bratislava in the next round of Champions League qualifying.
UEFA Champions League, Second qualifying round, Neftçi – Dinamo Zagreb 0:0
Slavco Georgievski started for Neftçi and played until the 85th minute when he was replaced by Mirhuseyn Seyidov while his teammate Igor Mitreski was not called up due to an injury that he sustained in the first leg of this matchup. Neftçi lost 3:0 on aggregate and was eliminated from the competition.
UEFA Champions League, Second qualifying round, Shkendija – Partizan 0:1
Aleksandar Lazevski remains out with an injury for Partizan that has kept him on the sidelines for several months. There is still no timeline as to when Lazevski might possibly return from his nagging injury. Partizan will face the Belgian champions Genk in the third round of Champions League qualifying.
UEFA Champions League, Second qualifying round, Dudelange – Maribor 1:3
Agim Ibraimi could not recover from his injury for Maribor so he missed out for the second consecutive game after also not playing during the opening week of the season this past weekend. Maribor won 5:1 on aggregate and advanced to the next round of the Champions League qualifying where they will face Israeli club Maccabi Haifa.
UEFA Champions League, Second qualifying round, Dacia – Zestafoni 2:0
Goran Dimovski played all 90 minutes for Dacia and despite the win, his club was eliminated from the Champions League as the visitors advanced 3:2 on aggregate after winning the first leg 3:0.
UEFA Europa League, Second qualifying round, Vojvodina – Vaduz 1:3
Daniel Mojsov played the entire game for Vojvodina and also picked up a yellow card in the 90th minute. Vojvodina were surprisingly eliminated as they won the first leg 2:0 on the road but Vaduz came to play and recorded a 3:1 road victory so they advanced to the next round. It was 3:3 on aggregate but the away goals made the difference and Vojvodina is eliminated from the competition. Vaduz scored the decisive third goal deep into stoppage time of the 90th minute.
UEFA Europa League, Second qualifying round, Thun – Vllaznia 2:1
Muhamed Demiri played all 90 minutes for Thun who recorded a dramatic victory to send them to the next round of the competition. Thun was trailing 1:0 but scored two goals in the 89th and 90th minute to win 2:1 on aggregate after the first game ended 0:0. Thun faces a tough team in the next round as they were drawn to face Palermo in the third round of the competition.
UEFA Europa League, Second qualifying round, Sheriff – Željezničar 0:0
Perica Stanceski was an unused substitute for Željezničar who advanced to the next round by winning 1:0 on aggregate. The Bosnian club eliminated Sheriff who made it to the group stages last year and their opponent in the third round will be Maccabi Tel Aviv.
UEFA Europa League, Second qualifying round, Bohemians – Olimpija Ljubljana 1:1
Dragan Cadikovski started on the bench for Olimpija Ljubljana before he entered the game in the 73rd minute replacing Filip Valenčinč. Olimpija advanced to the next round where they will face Austria Wien.
UEFA Europa League, Second qualifying round, Qarabağ – EB/Streymur 0:0
Nderim Nedzipi began the game on the bench for Qarabağ before he came on in the 73rd minute replacing Vügar Nadirov. It was 1:1 on aggregate after the two games but Qarabağ advanced because of the away goals rule. Qarabağ will face Belgian club Club Brugge in the third round of the Europa League qualifications.
Germany, LIGA total! Cup, Mainz 05 – Bayern München 2:2 (Bayern won 5:4 on penalties)
Nikolce Noveski played all 60 minutes for Mainz and had an active game as he scored a goal, conceded a penalty, and missed a penalty during the shootout. Noveski opened the scoring in the 11th minute by scoring on a header from a corner kick after some terrible marking by Bayern inside the area. Noveski then gave away a penalty in the 57th minute when he fouled Bayern attacker Thomas Müller inside the area which led to the referee pointing to the spot. Bayern went on to convert the penalty but the game was tied at 2:2 after 60 minutes so they went directly to penalty kicks. Keep in mind that this game was two halves of 30 minutes each and not the usual game of 90 minutes. With the penalty kicks tied at 4:4, Noveski had a chance to be the hero by taking the potential game winning penalty but his shot was saved by Manuel Neuer which extended the penalties and Bayern eventually won which allowed them to finish in third place during this tournament. Mainz finished in 4th place as they also lost the first game 1:0 against Borussia Dortmund the previous day but Noveski was rested and did not play in that match.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=LTKIC1ZBTek
Denmark, Superliga, Aarhus – Lyngby 2:1
Bajram Fetai played the entire game for Lyngby and scored the only goal for his team but Lyngby opened the Danish season with a narrow road loss against newly promoted side Aarhus. Fetai scored a nice goal in the 81st minute when he combined nicely with his teammate Emil Larsen before he fired a clever curling shot to the top left corner which gave no chance to the opposing keeper.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=frnyL2vhbbk
Croatia, T-Com Prva HNL, Hajduk Split – Šibenik 2:1
Daniel Georgievski was an unused substitute for Šibenik while his teammate Zeni Husmani started on the bench before he entered the game in the 61st minute replacing Stipe Bačelić-Grgić. Husmani atempted a shot from about 20 meters in the 83rd minute but his shot was saved by the opposing keeper and it went for a corner. Husmani recently started playing for the Macedonian U21 team so he will now be included in the Macedonian internationals performances.