After a recent 5:2 win for Arka without Mirko Ivanovski, the manager of the Polish club made some critical comments about Ivanovski.

After the 1:1 draw at home against Slovakia to conclude the disappointing EURO 2012 qualifications, we compiled the player ratings of the Macedonian national team.  We tried to be objective and judge the players based on today’s game.  Keep in mind that a rating of 6.0 is considered average.

Macedonia concluded the EURO 2012 qualifications with a 1:1 draw at home against Slovakia.  The visitors opened the scoring in the 54th minute after a huge misunderstanding between Vance Sikov and Martin Bogatinov but Nikolce Noveski scored the equalizer for Macedonia with a header following a corner kick in the 79th minute.

The cornerstone laying ceremony took place earlier today in the Skopje settlement of Novo Lisice where there will be a new FFM building, four fields in the training center, and a mini stadium which will seat 3,000 people.