Goran Pandev was shown a red card shortly after the Turkish referee Bülent Yıldırım blew the final whistle during today’s game.
Player Ratings: Russia – Macedonia 1:0
After the narrow loss to Russia, we compiled the player ratings of the Macedonian players. We tried to be objective and judge the players based on this game. Keep in mind that a rating of 6.0 is considered average.
Russia – Macedonia 1:0
Macedonia battled and even outplayed Russia in the 1st half but the only goal of the game was scored just before halftime by Russian midfielder Igor Semshov.
Mirko Ivanovski gets nod over Samir Fazli
The speculation was that Samir Fazli would start as the lone striker in the Russia game but Toshack announced today that Mirko Ivanovski will get the nod over Fazli.
EURO 2012 Preview: Russia – Macedonia
Macedonia faces Russia today in what will be the debut for new manager John Toshack. His first game in charge will be against a difficult opponent in Russia who has won all three meetings against Macedonia up to this point.
Darko Tasevski quits national team?
Makedonski Sport reports that Darko Tasevski was furious at being left out of the Russia game and will no longer play for Macedonia.
Toshack likely to use 4-2-3-1 formation against Russia
According to newspaper Nova Makedonija, Toshack has apparently decided to use a 4-2-3-1 formation against Russia.
What formation should Toshack use?
With Friday’s game against Russia nearing closer, what formation should Toshack use for the game?
Due to 100 caps with Macedonia, Goce Sedloski will receive an award from UEFA
UEFA has decided to honor all European national team players who have achieved at least 100 caps for their respective national teams.
Player of the month for August – Vance Sikov
From now on, we will have a monthly feature on our website where we will award one Macedonian player with the best player award for that particular month. For August, the race came down to three players but our website chose Vance Sikov from Volyn.