Muarem Muarem provided an assist for Qarabağ, Agim Ibraimi helped Maribor reach the Slovenian Cup final, Stefan Askovski scored a late equalizer for Teleoptik, while Martin Bogatinov and Karpaty defeated the Macedonian duo of Volyn in Vance Sikov and Dusan Savic to escape the relegation zone.
AFC Champions League, Group G, Nagoya – Tianjin 0:0
Velice Sumulikoski started for Tianjin Teda and played until the 73rd minute when he was replaced by Wang Xinxin. The best chance of the game fell to Nagoya in the 59th minute but they missed a penalty, and both teams shared the points in a goalless draw.
Ukraine, Premyer-Liha, Karpaty – Volyn 1:0
Vance Sikov played the entire game for Volyn while his teammate Dusan Savic also got the start and played until the 60th minute when he was substituted by fellow attacker Yevhen Pavlov. As for Karpaty, Martin Bogatinov played from the start and kept a clean sheet as he was not tested much during the game. It was a huge three points for Karpaty who climbed from 16th (last) to 14th place to barely escape the relegation zone for the time being in Ukraine.
Poland, T-Mobile Ekstraklasa, Polonia Warszawa – Cracovia 2:1
Aleksandar Todorovski was not called up by Polonia Warszawa.
Poland, I Liga, Dolcan Ząbki – Arka Gdynia 1:1
Mirko Ivanovski was not included in the Arka squad.
Slovenia, Hervis Pokal, Maribor – Rudar 4:2
Agim Ibraimi played all 90 minutes for Maribor and played a part in the final two goals for his team in the 81st and 90th minute. First, Ibraimi passed the ball to the charging Martin Milec whose low cross from the right was sent to the back of the net from close range by Etien Velikonja, while Agim then played a good ball over the top to Marcos Tavares who ran towards goal before firing a shot past the Rudar keeper. Maribor advanced to the Slovenian Cup final by defeating Rudar 8:4 on aggregate as Ibraimi also received a yellow card in the 15th minute of this game.
China, Super League, Jiangsu Sainty – Liaoning 1:0
Vlatko Grozdanoski started for Liaoning and played until the 74th minute when he was replaced by Wang Liang. Liaoning suffered its first loss in the 6th round of the 2012 season.
Romania, Liga I Bergenbier, Concordia – Dinamo Bucureşti 1:3
Kristijan Naumovski was an unused substitute for Dinamo Bucureşti as he was the #2 keeper behind Cristian Bălgrădean.
Azerbaijan, Azerbaycan Kuboku, Inter Bakı – Neftçi 0:0
Both Igor Mitreski and Slavco Georgievski played the entire game for Neftçi in the first leg of its semifinal matchup against Inter Bakı in the domestic cup.
Azerbaijan, Azerbaycan Kuboku, Bakı – Qarabağ 0:1
Muarem Muarem played all 90 minutes for Qarabağ while his teammate Nderim Nedzipi was not called up. Muarem provided the assist on the lone goal of the game in the 89th minute when he found Georgi Adamia who slotted a left footed shot past the opposing keeper.
Bulgaria, A PFG, Levski – Chernomorets 2:2
Darko Tasevski was not included in the 19 player Levski squad for this game.
Bulgaria, A PFG, Svetkavista – Lokomotiv Plovdiv 0:1
Dragi Kocev started for Lokomotiv Plovdiv and played until the 80th minute when he was substituted by defender Valeri Georgiev.
Greece, Superleague Greece, Kerkyra – OFI Crete 4:1
Goran Maznov was not called up by Kerkyra who escaped the relegation zone, for the time being, with the convincing home victory over OFI Crete.
Greece, Superleague Greece, Panionios – Skoda Xanthi 1:1
Marjan Altiparmakovski was not among the 18 players called up by Skoda Xanthi.
Lithuania, A Lyga, Ekranas – Banga 3:0
Yani Urdinov started on the bench for Ekranas before he entered the game in the 77th minute replacing Giedrius Tomkevičius.
Latvia, LMT Virslīga, Skonto – Liepājas 0:1
Bojan Gjorgievski began the game on the bench for Skonto before coming on in the 90th minute to substitute Roman Amirkhanov in the narrow home loss to Liepājas.
Serbia, Prva Liga Srbije, Teleoptik – Radnički Niš 4:4
Stefan Askovski played the entire game for Teleoptik in the high scoring draw against Radnički Niš. Askovski scored the late equalizer for Teleoptik in the third minute of stoppage time in the 90th minute to help his side snatch a point against the current table leaders in the Serbian second division.