Besides the win against Montenegro, the Macedonian national team dropped one position down and is now ranked 65th on the FIFA/Coca Cola World Ranking with 509 points.
Potential internationals performances
Several football players in foreign leagues have Macedonian origin and still have the chance to play for Macedonia. Here is a review of their performances:
Macedonian internationals performances
Vlatko Grozdanoski scored his first goal for AEL, Ilco Naumoski starts for Mattersburg following a four game suspension, and Goran Pandev returns to the Stadio Olimpico for the first time since his contract with Lazio was rescinded.
Macedonian First League – Round 23
Only a week after Vardar won in Skopje, Pelister revenged with the same result and won with 1:0 in the biggest Macedonian derby. Turnovo held Metalurg, Sileks drew with Milano, while Renova and Rabotnicki defeated Pobeda and Teteks.
Macedonian Second League – Round 18
The Round 18 of the Macedonian Second League was played today, but not all matches were played for 90 minutes. The match between Ohrid and Lokomotiva was interrupted in the 25th minute because the referee was attacked by a fan.
Potential internationals performances
Several football players in foreign leagues have Macedonian origin and still have the chance to play for Macedonia. Here is a review of their performances:
Preview: Round 23
The last part of the championship begins with a match on Saturday and 4 other on Sunday. Rabotnicki and Teteks are opening the 23rd round.
Midweek internationals performances
Ilija Nestorovski scored his first goal for Slovačko, Mario Gjurovski scores for Vojvodina after not playing the previous three games, Dragi Kocev scored a goal to help his team get a draw against CSKA Sofia, and Goran Pandev, Mensur Kurtisi, and Dusan Savić each had one assist for their respective teams.
Macedonia U19 with two draws
Macedonia U19 drew twice in the friendly matches against Slovenia U19. It was 1:1 last Tuesday and 2:2 today.
EQ 2012: Schedule confirmed
Today in Tel Aviv, the schedule for Group B was confirmed by UEFA. Macedonian national team will play its’ matches in the following order: