Macedonian vice-champions Metalurg will on Wednesday, 17.00 CET in Boris Trajovski sports hall host Meshkov in what they believe might end up being their premier victory of the season. Fight until the final whistle is so far however the only thing they can guarantee their fans will see.
Meshkov have good memories from Skopje this season. They have already managed to reach a draw playing against Vardar after which they have reached a dominant victory against Izvidac at home. Metalurg were on the other hand not able to beat Vardar losing with only -1 and playing a surprisingly competitive match against Veszprem losing with 3 goal difference.
Guests have a stronger team full of great individuals but Metalurg's young team is proving to be an unpredictable and serious rival this season. Teams have already met once this season, on tournament in Kanjiza with Belarus team grabbing a victory.
Metalurg's roster experienced some minor changes during the last week with middle back Darko Dimitrovski terminating contract and Milos Dragas signing with coach Cervar's team.

Lino Cervar, Metalurg's coach:
After two difficult matches, against Vardar and Vezsprem, we are preparing for game versus Meshkov. Belarus champion is among best 4 teams in the League. That game is a challenge for us. Generally I’m satisfied with our performances so far this season but we still have to work on attack. Filip Taleski did not fulfill expectations in the match against Veszprem and he will have to work on finding right spots and chances to shoot. Marko Neloski is coming back of an injury and I expect him, Taleski and Kuzmanovski to step it up. We're missing a few quality players to turn this small goal difference we're losing with lately into a draw or a narrow victory. Meshkov is an interesting team having some really tall backs. I remember the match against them in preparation period when it was really hard to find a gap in their 6-0 defense. 

Martin Velkovski, Metalurg`s player:
Meshkov is favorite in Wednesday's match. It’s a team with far more experience than us, but that is also the motive for our young team. I believe we're all aware of our mistakes from previous matches and that we'll be able to respond accordingly in the match against Meshkov.

Sergey Bebeshko , Meshkov’s coach:  
Metalurg has some players who will have their debut appearances in SEHA Gazprom League this season. In their last two games they’ve proved everyone they can play good, especially at home. This game will be quite different than the pre-season one in Kanjiza where we’ve managed to beat them easily. It will be hard to take this win, no underestimation from our side. All players will have to play good to achieve it especially knowing how tough our schedule is and will be until the end of October.  

Dimitri Nikulenkau , Meshkov’s player:  
SEHA Gazprom league is much stronger than last season and we have to be fully prepared for each match. Metalurg plays a bit slow with long attacks. Lino Cervar is master of creating teams and their recent results are proving it. This won’t be an easy game that’s for sure.