After winning the trophy in the Cup of Macedonia, the Alkaloid team recorded another great victory against Vardar tonight at the start of the new season in the Super League.

The "Blues" from Autokomanda beat Vardar by 33:31 in the first round of the festive city derby. Alkaloid was the better opponent on the court from the beginning, Lazarov's team played mature and smart handball, while Vardar tried to stay in the game, but could not last until the end.

The first half brought an even game, and Alkaloid went to the break with an advantage of 18:17.

The game was tied until 21:21 when Alkaloid went on a run and led by three goals. The coach Nedanovski called a time-out, but even that did not help Vardar much because Alkaloid entered the last 20 minutes with a lead of 25:21.

In the continuation, Vardar came back to a two-three goal deficit, but that was all from the red and blacks. Martin Serafimov и Marko Mitev with eight goals each, they were the most efficient in the match, while at Vardar Milan Lazarevski scored six goals.