Portugal U21 scored two goals within the opening 15 minutes of the 2nd half to defeat their counterparts from Macedonia.
Friendly: Macedonia – Latvia 2:1
Macedonia scored a goal in each half to down Latvia in Boshko Gjurovski’s managerial debut in charge of the national team. photo by FFM: Kostovski scores the opener The friendly against Latvia marked a new beginning in Macedonian football. With the official retirement of Goran Pandev and the likely retirement of Nikolche Noveski, Macedonia will
M. Gjurovski, Grncharov to miss Latvia friendly
Out of the original 22 player squad that was called up for the Latvia friendly, two players in Mario Gjurovski and Boban Grncharov did not arrive in Macedonia and will miss the Latvia friendly.
Macedonian internationals performances
Agim Ibraimi scored his first Serie A goal for Cagliari, Ivan Trichkovski netted a stunning goal for Waasland-Beveren, Aco Stojkov and Tome Kitanovski debuted with goals in Romania, Mario Gjurovski converted a penalty kick for Muangthong United, Jovan Kostovski picked up a red card for OH Leuven, while Marjan Altiparmakovski notched his first goal for
Stojkov scored game winner in Botoșani debut (Video)
Aco Stojkov had an excellent start with his new team Botoșani as he scored a late game winner to bring his team three points.
Two former Pelister players grab first goals for new teams
Marjan Altiparamakovski and Tome Kitanovski each scored their first goals for their new teams on Saturday after leaving Pelister during the winter transfer window.
Kostovski shown red card for dangerous lunge (Video)
Jovan Kostovski was sent off minutes before the halftime break after the referee took out a direct red card for Jovan’s dangerous lunge on an opposing player.
Trichkovski scores top notch goal from distance (Video)
Ivan Trichkovski continued his solid recent play for Waasland-Beveren with a stunning goal in Saturday’s game against Zulte Waregem.
B. Nikolov struggling with groin strain injury
Boban Nikolov has missed the past two games for Viitorul and wasn’t called up by Macedonia U21 due to a groin strain injury.
Midweek internationals performances
It was a quiet midweek period as only seven games featured Macedonian footballers from Monday to Thursday. Here’s a recap of their performances: