The Bashkimi team from Kumanovo, as expected, achieved a victory against Shkupi within the 10th round of the domestic football championship, with a convincing result of 4–1.
In the first minutes of the match, the home team started furiously with a clear goal of victory. In the fifth minute, after an excellent breakthrough from the right, Filip Aleksoski accurately played Aydogan, who failed to shoot because he was stopped by the visiting defender. Just a few moments later, the roles changed, now Aydogan assisted Aleksoski, who hit the net, but the referee raised the offside flag. After reviewing the situation with VAR, it was concluded that the goal was regular, so Bashkimi took the lead with 1:0.
In the 20th minute, Shkupi had a chance to equalize through Ardit Destani, but his shot was well saved by goalkeeper Stojkovski. Just two minutes later, Destani tried again, but this time the Bashkimi goalkeeper was up to the task.
In the 26th minute, Marko Simonovski scored a goal, after an action that started from the left side through Avornio, showing the class of a true goal scorer and increasing the lead to 2:0.
In the 39th minute, after a handball in the Bashkimi penalty area by Muharem Mislimi, the referee awarded a penalty to the visitors. Erion Shuku was precise from the penalty spot and reduced the score to 2:1. However, in the referee's stoppage time of the first half, Emmanuel Avornio scored a goal for 3:1 with a great breakthrough from the left side, confirming the dominance of Kumanovo in the first half.
The second half started with Bashkimi in full control, who created several serious chances. The most dangerous was Simonovski, after an assist from Alimi, but his shot ended up directly in the hands of goalkeeper Meliqi. Bashkimi's dominance was crowned in the 55th minute, when Nedim Hadžić scored for 4:1.
By the end of the match, it is worth highlighting the chances of Hajvali and Nazifi for Shkupi, as well as Alimi and Hadzic for Bashkimi, but goalkeeper Meliqi prevented an even heavier defeat for the guests. After the 10th round, Bashkimi remains in fifth place in the table, while Shkupi is last with only one point won.
