“Manaskov show” in Skopje - winger scores 17 against Maks Strumica

Шоу на Манасков, постигна 17 гола против Макс Струмица

Vardar - Maks Strumica

There was no uncertainty in Macedonian duel of SEHA Gazprom League with Vardar beating Maks Strumica clearly with 42:27 (20:15) for their seventh triumph of the season which brings them position three. Maks remain on the bottom with just two points.

Dejan Manaskov was Vardar’s man of the day making a real show for fans scoring 17 goals and equalizing Radoslav Antl’ record reached this season also against Maks Strumica. Manaskov even had a chance to score 18 but was in final moments stopped by a goal post.

 Maks were simply making too many mistakes to keep up with Vardar. Blagojče Trajkovski was luckily for them able to keep them close in the first half with some extraordinary saves. Vardar were on the other side not losing much strenght scoring mostly from clear chances after Maks’ technical mistakes. It was not visible that they were playing without some of their most important players like Šterbik, Karačić, Brumen and Toskić along with Dibirov and Gorbok whose actions were today not needed.

Raul Gonzalez, Vardar’s coach:

I’m very satisfied because today we’ve played a very good game, in defense and attack. We did not play with full roster with some of them carrying certain injuries but we did well. In case we want to reach F4 and we surely do we have to celebrate in each home match until the end of the season. However, not it is time to focus on Champions League.

Dejan Manaskov, Vardar’s player:

I think we’ve played a good match. We did not underestimate them although we were aware of the favorite role. Now we have to prepare best we can for the match against Kolding waiting for us on Saturday.

Marjan Andonov, Maks Strumica’s coach:

Vardar were absolute favorites for this game. We have a small financial crisiswhich we expect to end this month. We’re doing a reconstruction in our roster and I think we’ll succeed in it. I am pleased with my guys’ performance despite of 15 goal difference. It’s nothing against a team like Vardar.

Blagojce Trajkovski, Maks Strumica’s player:

Well deserved victory for Vardar. We’re currently going through possibly toughest period of our existence as a club but I hope it will end soon and we’ll again be on good tracks. We did not come here with whole roster but we did our best. Unfortunately we were not able to reach a better result but I can say we’re pleased with our performance. We hope to emerge from this crisis soon.