Routine victory for Vardar in Strumica

Вардарци рутински до втората победа сезонава

Strumica - Vardar

At the end of the game it looked like guests from Skopje had no problems, but they were forced to push and play even harder than expected to reach the second triumph of the season in SEHA Gazprom League, 35-26 against Maks Strumica in first Macedonian derby.

Vardar were constantly in front with Maks being only a few steps begind them. Unlike in the last season Strumica did not allow Vardar to enlarge the goal difference to double digits.

Maks Strumica players were very motivated against favorites who played without Alex Dujshebaev,Sergei Gorbok and Petar Angelov.

Vardar have managed to decide the match in the beginning of the second half making 3:0 and rising the difference to +7.

Home team's goalkeeper Trajkovski was one of their best players finishing the match with 16 saves and being probably one of most important reasons why Vardar did not decide the match in its earlier phase.

Dejan Pecakovski was most effective with seven goals, Mladenovski and Chaturija have added 5 each and Dibirov was on the other side leadig Vardar with 6 goals. 

In the next game Vardar will host NEXE on Wednesday, and Maks Strumica will play one more game in Strumica on September 11, versus Meshkov. 

Marjan Andonov, Maks Strumica’s coach:

Congratulations to the team of Vardar. Vardar is Vardar! We've played very well, but the quality of Vardar was the key to victory.

Mirko Majić, Maks Strumica’s player:

It gives me great pleasure that I am member of Maks Strumica. I am proud of my teammates and our performance on this game and hope in next matches we'll play better and better.

Raul Gonzales, Vardar’s coach:

I want to congratulate the team of Strumica as they played a good match. In the beginning we had problems with defense and pivot. In the second half they got a bit tired, we've played better and decided the match. 

Dejan Manaskov, Vardar’s player:

We've started badly, and had problems in attack and in defense. Once we managed to reduce technical mistakes it was different - We played better and finally won.