Pereplyotkin restores Skonto pride
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
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Skonto FC 1-0 FK Rabotnicki (agg: 1-6) Consolation for Skonto in the form of a late Andrei Pereplyotkin goal.
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Debut success
After the home team had frustrated Rabotnicki for much of the game, 20-year-old Russian midfielder Pereplyotkin struck a last-gasp winner to restore some pride for Skonto. It was only enough to improve the aggregate score to 6-1 but it did provide new English coach Paul Ashworth with a debut success.
National record
The 35-year-old was appointed on Friday, succeeding Jurijs Andrejevs who resigned following the 6-0 defeat in Skopje last week. Goals from Igor Kralevski, Stojan Ignatov, Goran Maznov and Vanco Trajcev, as well as a second-half double from Ardijan Nuhiji, gave Rabotnicki an F.Y.R. Macedonia national record win in UEFA club competition.
Russian opponents
Tonight's defeat could take some of the gloss off that result for coach Gjore Jovanovski but may also offer a well-timed wake-up call ahead of their second qualifying round tie. They have home advantage for the first leg against Lokomotiv Moskva next week, before travelling to Russia a week later.
