Recap

First Football League of Macedonia – Second Week, 18.08 (Saturday), 20.00, Arena: “Philip II” – Skopje

Two of the most trophy teams in Macedonia, on Saturday, will face for the 44th time among them. In 43 games so far, the Scots have triumphed 25 times, while Sileks have ten wins. Eight games between Rabotnic and Sileks have so far been closed without a winner.

In 43 games so far, the Bolivians are much more successful with regard to goals scored, with a total of 70, while the Kratova team has scored 34 goals in these duels.

In the 43 meetings between Rabotnic and Sileks, an average of 2.42 duel goals were scored.
Main match referee will be Stojanco Stojanov from Stip.
Rabotniki’s last five games:
Rabotnički – Renova 3:4
Honved – Rabotnički 4:0
Rabotnički – Honved 2:1
Dinamo Zagreb – Rabotnički 4:0
Rabotnički – Skopje 3:2
The last five games of Sileks:
Sileks – Shkupi 1:1
Akademija Pandev – Sileks 1:2
Sileks – Rabotnički 0:0
Pobeda – Sileks 1:0
Sileks – Shkëndija 1:3

Key players of Rabotnički: Daniel Bozinovski (goalkeeper), Sebastian Herrera (defender), Igor Nedeljkovic (striker), Geoffrey Chinedu (striker)

Key players of Sileks: Dejan Blagojevic (defender), Kristijan Filipovski (midfielder), Filip Duranski (midfielder), Emanuel Mbella (striker)

RABOTNIČKI

Rabotnički this summer has been reinforced with six players, while the team of Shkups have released over ten players, most of them very qualitative and qualifying last season. Now part of RAbotnick are not experienced players like Viktor Angelov. Dusko Trajcevski, Kire Markoski and Hristijan Kirovski. These players will try to replace other experienced players like Oliver Peev, Joel Bopesu, Igor Nedeljkovic and Filip Petkovski.

Dusan Stevic – Panserraikos, Greece (defender), Igor Nedeljkovic – Flamurtari, Albania (striker), Ljubomir Stevanovic – Doxa Dramas, Greece (2) – Oliver Peev – Diagoras, Greece (striker), Joel Bopesu – Skopje, midfielder), Filip Petkovski – Skopje, Macedonia (striker)

Debutant: Viktor Angelov – Ujpest, Hungary (striker), Serginho – Shkupi, Macedonia (striker), Dusko Trajcevski – Alki Oroklini, Cyprus (midfielder), Momcilo Raso – Ael Limassol, Cyprus (defender), Stojanco Velinov – Trepca 89, (striker), Kire Markoski – Ael Limassol (midfielder), Filip Duranski – Sileks, Macedonia (midfielder), Bojan Miovski – Macedonia, Macedonia (striker), Milan Ristovski – HNK Rijeka, Croatia (striker), Hristijan Kirovski – striker), Gëzim Krasniqi – without club (defender)

In the first lap, Rabotniki’s team was surprised to be beaten at home by Renova with 3-4. Romance’s goals in this duel came from Petar Petkovski, Captain Ostoja Stejpanovic and Ristevski’s opponent autogol. In this duel, four of the summer approaches were titular, including Joel Bopesu, Igor Nedeljkovic, Ljubomir Stevanovic and Dusan Stevic, while his debut in Rabotniki’s shirt was also recorded by 18 year-old Mario Stankovski.

For Rabotnic, the loss from Renova over the weekend was the first host to the championship after a full five months and six matches, where the romantics were in the series of four wins and two draws.

Rabotnički during the summer played in the first round of the Europa League, where he was eliminated with a total score of 5-2 by Hungarian Honvedi. At home, the Bolivians won 2-1 with the goals of Petar Petkovski and Nikola Sharkoski, while in Hungary the defeat was 4-0 and the elimination was inevitable.

After most of the matches hosted last year, he played in the Macedonian Football Federation’s sports complex, Rabotnički this season, for the time being host is playing in the National Philharmonic “Philip II”.

In first leg matches, with an average of 25.5 years of players involved in the game, Rabotnički had the second youngest team in the first Macedonian league, just after the Akademija Pandev.

In Rabotnički there are no players injured or suspended for this meeting and coach Gjore Jovanovski will be able to count on all the players.

SILEKS

Sileks team, like most teams from Macedonia, has undergone many changes this summer. Among the team from Kratova, there are 12 full players, while nine players have left. The reinforcements include Cameroon Louise Parfait, who in the past has also played in Genoa, Crotone, Cesena and Lecce, as well as the Frenchman Emanuel Mbella, who in the past played in Macedonia in Shkupi. From the departure, we should mention the defenders Igor Filipovic, Stefan Stojcevski and Blagoj Gucev, as well as striker Antonio Bujcevski and Milos Djordjevic.

Spurs Stefanovic – Skopje, Macedonia (goalkeeper), Srdjan Draskovic – Celarevo, Serbia (defender), Filip Ristovski – Javor, Serbia (defender), Louise Parfait – Club Africain, Tunisia (midfielder), Emmanuel Mbella – Gjilani, Kosovo (defense), Filip Milenkovski – Pelister, Macedonia (defender), Stefan Kocev – Liria, Kosovo ( defender), Petar Ljamcevski – Pelister, Macedonia (midfielder), Filip Duranski – Rabotnički, Macedonia (midfielder)

Departments: Stojan Stojcevski – Akademija Pandev, Macedonia (defender), Goran Trajkovski – without club (goalkeeper), Blagoj Gucev – Trepca 89, Kosovo (midfielder), Milan Mitrovic – Sogdiana, Uzbekistan (goalkeeper), Antonio Bujcevski – Trepca 89, (striker), Igor Filipovic – Metalac, Serbia (defender), Angelce Timovski – Botev, Bulgaria (defender), Filip Gligorov – Calarasi, Romania (defender), Milos Djordjevic – Zlatibor,

In the first round of the match, Sileks did not go more than 1-1 draw with home Shkupi, although over 30 minutes played with a player more in the field. The two goals of this match were scored by penalties, while in the Kratova team’s debut, the scorer was the cameraman Louise Parfait.

Parfait’s 28-year-old has played in many Italian teams, including Genoa, Ncrotone, Cesena and Lecce. He is led by the Genoa academy, while in Serie A he has not played any games, but for that he has recorded 85 games in Serie B, where he has scored two goals and has recorded two aces. He was recently part of the Moroccan Club Africain team.

In the last seven last season’s matches as a guest, Sileks had recorded four defeats, two draws of a single victory. Overall, last season on trips was the second most successful team in Macedonia, right after the champion, Shkëndija.

Filip Duranski will play against his late team. The 27-year-old from Shkupi returns for the second time to Sileks, where he was in the years 2014-2016, before returning to Rabotnički where he played in the last two years, played in the 2013-2014 season.

Coach Zhikica Tasevski has no problems with injured footballer before this duel, which will not be able to count on Brazilian Marcos, who was booked with a red card in the last game of the past championship and will be absent in four the first few weeks of this season. Over the past season, Marcos had 29 matches for Sileks, having spent 2132 minutes in the field, and scored two goals.

Stadium: Arena “Filipi i Dytë”

This stadium will once again host Rabotnic, a team that last season often played in the Macedonian Football Federation’s sports complex. The same last week did not bring luck to Rabotniki while he was in good shape, despite the fact that Shkupi, Vardar and Shkëndija still held European matches this summer at this stadium. Last night against Renova in the forums were 300 viewers present, and this time are not expected to be more.

Before the game analysis:

It will be a duel between the two teams that have undergone many changes, with many leaps and turns during the passing time, which is still in the mainstream in Macedonia. The most valuable rematches are those of Rabotnic, but the Skopje team is trying to fill all the gaps in the team, thanks also to the new team sponsor. It is about the software company “Seavus”, which will be the club’s general sponsor in this and the next few years. Even in Silesia there have been many outings and approaches and during the summer there has been the departure and the approach of some quality players. Similar to last year, the aspirations of both teams are to get to Europe, first through the top three in the league, and not even with the win of the cup. This match will be the only one that will be played on Saturday during the second round, after a long time in Macedonia, a duel will be held at a time of the evening, given the fact that this challenge will take place from 20.00

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