Vardar hammered Renova, Shkendija without problems beat Turnovo, Shkupi harder then expected with Metalurg, while Sileks and Bregalnica shared the points in an entertaining match.
Leaders Vardar started the second half-season furiously. Renova was not match for the strengthened red&black team who beat the opponent with style. Four goals past the visiting keeper gave Renova a hard restart while made the home fans jubilant. Renova scored a consolation goal in the last moments.
Vardar: Pachovski; Glishikj, Grncharov, Novak, Hambardzumyan; Gligorov, Felipe, Spirovski; Kojašević (58′ Stojkov), Asani (46′ Blazhevski), Ćeran (71′ Ivanovski).
Renova: Efremov; Abdula, Memedi (46′ Shabani), Musliu, Mishkovski, Useini (74′ Sulejmani), Fetai, Gafuri, Nuhi (c), D. Imeri, Skenderi (46′ Ramadani).
Second-placed Shkendija recorded a routine win over relegation candidates Turnovo. A brace by Marjan Radeski was enough for the Tetovo based team to clinch the points.
Shkendija: Zahov; Merajić, Cuculi (c), Bejtulai, Todorivski, Vujčić, Nedjipi (81′ Polozhani), Alimi; Ibraimi (87′ Totre), Radeski, Stênio Júnior (77′ Demiri).
Turnovo: Igeski; Tashev, Vasilev, Stoilov (66′ Bozhinov), Gjorgievski, K. Ivanov, Iliev, Mavrov, Krstovski (78′ Dimov), Pandev (c), Timov (87′ T. Ivanov).
The most interesting match proved to the most entertaining as well. Sileks hosted Bregalnica in Kratovo in a match that ended with a point for each team. After a goalless first half, Sileks took the lead before Bregalnica tied after converting a penalty kick. The hosts again took the lead 7 minutes from time, but the visitors managed to grab a point by scoring a goal in the last minute.
Sileks: Mitrović; Ivanov, S. Rudan, Mickov (c), Djonov, Timovski (63′ Filipovski), Gligorov, Todorov (79′ Mitevski), Panovski, Gorgiev (69′ Acevski), Nedeljković.
Bregalnica: Pavlov; Tanushev, Mitrev, Kocev, Mishev (46′ Velinov), Stanković, Blazhevski, Hristov, Mitrov, Zdravkov (c) (75′ Temelkov), Nacev (65′ Naumov).
Bottom-placed Metalurg visited Shkupi. A match that was expected to be easy for the home team happened to be a very tough one. Still, Shkupi took the three points thanks to a beautiful free kick goal by Bajrami.
Shkupi: Zendeli (c); Lazarevski, Berisha, M. Bajrami, Murati, Zuka (75′ Maksuti), Adem (65′ Janevski), Osmani, Asani, Petkovski, Nuhiji (82′ Akgün).
Metalurg: Ilikj; Karanfilovski (79′ Jakimoski), Leskaroski (c), Mitrev, Krstev (67′ Shoposki), Gjurchinovski (60′ Asani), Lekoski, Stojanovski, Korenica, Naumoski, Krivanjeva.
Yesterday Rabotnichki beat Mladost with 2:1.
Round 19 results:
Vardar – Renova 4:1 (2:0)
23′, 68′ Dragan Ćeran, 36′ (og) Djelil Abdula, 77′ Dejan Blazhevski – 90′ Argjent Gafuri
Shkendija – Turnovo 2:0 (1:0)
37′, 53′ Marjan Radeski
Sileks – Bregalnica 2:2 (0:0)
55′ Gjorge Djonov, 83′ Igor Nedeljković – 63′ (pen) Goran Zdravkov, 90′ Aleksandar Temelkov
Shkupi – Metalurg 1:0 (1:0)
39′ Muharem Bajrami
Yesterday:
Rabotnichki – Mladost 2:1 (1:0)
22′ (pen) Marjan Altiparmakovski, 47′ Sebastián Herrera Cardona – 71′ Ardit Shakjiri