The reigning champions Vardar suffered a major blow last weekend after losing the derby against Shkëndija at the „Todor Proeski“ Arena. This defeat, compounded by the previous defeats in European matches at home, cost head coach Kristian Fabiani his job.
The Argentine coach has departed, and Matija Mirkov, who was his first assistant and also worked with Goce Sedloski during last season’s title-winning campaign, will lead the team in the match against Struga Trim Lum.
This time, Vardar will not say too much, as they are focused on the match and on trying to quickly return to winning ways.
It is clear that there will be some changes to the lineup as well, and Matija Mirkov will have to find the eleven players who will „click“ and put in a quality performance with the ambition of taking all three points.
If anything has worked in Vardar’s favor this season, it is definitely their away matches. In Europe, they showed that they can perform and win much better away from home than at the „Todor Proeski“ Arena. It remains to be seen how the coaching change will now affect Vardar’s performance against Struga Trim Lum.
The match between Struga Trim Lum and Vardar is scheduled for 16:30, and will be refereed by Done Ristovski.
