Macedonia ended the series of five defeats in a row in the U21 EURO qualifiers after playing an entertaining draw against Armenia today in Skopje conceding a deep injury time equalizer. photo: the Macedonians celebrates Atanasov’s goal Both teams strove for the points with an attacking play right from the beginning. The first attempt was
Macedonia defeated and outplayed its biggest rival for the first place in the Group D and tops the group with two wins from two matches. photo by Filip Zdraveski: view at the game After Thursday’s 2:0 road win over Gibraltar, Macedonia hosted table top rivals Armenia in Skopje in the second round of the UEFA
In the first qualifier under new coach Ilievski the young Macedonians played well but at the end fell short to their Serbian counterpart who are leading the group with a perfect score. photo: Atanasov (L), Kostadinov (R) and Ristovski (top) celebrate the goal With Macedonia already being eliminated, Dobrinko Ilievski decided to start building the
Macedonia opened the Nations League campaign with an expected win over Gibraltar away thanks to the goals by Ivan Trichkovski and Ezgjan Alioski. photo: moment of the match The match started with most of the 22 players in Gibraltar’s half. This seemed like the hosts will take on a defensive approach. However, the opening 15
The Macedonian internationals proved to be in good form before the international break. Tihomir Kostadinov, Goran Pandev, Aleksandar Trajkovski, Denis Mahmudov, Marko Simonovski, Stefan Spirovski and Boban Nikolov scored goals, while Stefan Ristovski and Enis Bardhi assisted for their teams. photo by MFK Ružomberok: Tihomir Kostadinov (C) is being hugged by teammates after his goal Albania,
Tikvesh beat Vardar in the Winegrower’s derby, Gench Kalemler continues to shine as today Gostivar fall before them, Bregalnica and Borec remain perfect, Teteks recorded another defeat as Pelister still can’t win. photo by Shtipski Asovi: moment into Kit-Go vs. Bregalnica The Winegrower’s derby ended with the points staying in Kavadarci. Tikvesh took the lead
Only Rabotnichki managed to win in the Saturday matches of this round. Belasica held Vardar to a draw in Strumica, Sileks failed to beat Pobeda, while Makedonija GjP took a points away against Renova. A day later Shkendija defeated Shkupi away. photo by FK Vardar: the players of Belasica and Vardar before kick-off Because of
Keeper Stole Dimitrievski finally found a new club as he joined newly promoted La Liga side Rayo Vallecano as a loaned player. photo by La Contra Deportiva: Stole while playing for Gimnàstic The current national team first choice keeper announced that he will leave Gimnàstic this summer, but he had problems finding a new club.
Despite two penalties awarded and complete domination in the first 60 minutes, in the end Shkendija lost 0:2 to Rosenborg and for a third consecutive year failed to pass the Europa League play-off and to qualify for the group stage. photo by Rosenborg BK: Ibraimi hits the post from the spot Shkendija started the game
National team coach Igor Angelovski has eventually revealed the list of summoned players for the opening two matches of the UEFA Nations League against Gibraltar and Armenia. photo by Filip Zdraveski: Angelovski (R) during the squad release press-conference Angelovski summoned only 18 players for the upcoming Nations League matches against Gibraltar and Armenia. Among then