F.Y.R. Macedonia round-up: Belasica preserve lead
Sunday, April 20, 2003
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FK Belasica GC maintained their two-point advantage with a resounding 6-0 home win against FK Pelister.
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FK Belasica GC maintained their two-point advantage in the Prva Liga with a resounding 6-0 home win against FK Pelister.
Scoring feat
Zoran Baldovaliev scored four times for Belasica, who led 1-0 at half-time through Danco Masev. Nikolce Tanusev made it 2-0 early in the second period, before Baldovaliev produced his remarkable goalscoring feat.
Vardar comeback
FK Vardar stayed in touch in second place with a 2-1 home victory against FK Cementarnica 55. The visitors took the lead after 64 minutes through Nigerian striker Chinedy Blesinga, but Vardar drew level five minutes later through Mario Petkov, before Srdjan Zaraievski scored the winner eight minutes from time.
Single-goal success
FK Pobeda remained in third place with a narrow 1-0 win at home to FK Bregalnica Delcevo, with Marjan Nacev scoring the decisive goal a minute before half-time.
Micevski decisive
Meanwhile, Vladimir Micevski scored the only goal of the game as FK Napredok won at FK Tikves, while Ljubisa Savic and Goran Stankovski were on target to help FK Sloga Jugomagnat to a 2-1 victory at home to FK Rabotnicki, whose only response was a last-minute penalty from Goran Zdravkov.
First-half strikes
Finally, two first-half goals from Dalibor Stojkovic gave FK Sileks a 3-1 win at home to FK Kumanovo, with Vladimir Roganovic scoring Sileks' other goal and Aleksandar Stojakovic on target from the penalty spot for the visitors.