Unsatisfied because of the yesterday’s reelection of the president of the Football Federation of Macedonia, some of the teams decided to boycott the Macedonian First league matches today. Only two matches were played in which Renova defeated Rabotnicki with 2:0 and with the same result Pobeda won against Teteks.
Macedonian championship is back after one-week break with Round 14. Renova against Rabotnicki in Tetovo is the derby of the round.
As expected, the Macedonian football will continue to move in the same direction as in the past seven years as Haralampie Hadzi Risteski has been elected as president of the Football Federation of Macedonia for the third time.
Macedonia has been seeded in the Pot 4 for the EURO 2012 draw that will make the qualifying groups and will take place on 7 February 2010 in Warsaw, Poland.
Besides the win against Canada and the draw away to Iran, Macedonia gained only 15 points and stayed on the 66th position with 491 points on the latest FIFA World Ranking for November 2009.
Macedonia continued the unsuccessful row of matches away from home and failed to win same as in the last 15 months. Iran had the lead after the first half, but Macedonia had more of the ball possession and Goran Pandev used one of the created chances and equalized on the beginning of the second half.
Macedonia will play against Iran today in the quest for 3 consecutive wins in a row. After Canada, the next challenge is Iran – another friendly match in a FIFA period.
English club Middlesbrough are after Macedonian left wing-back Goran Popov. One of their scouts appeared on the stadium in Strumica to watch the friendly match against Canada and Middlesbrough will try to sign him during the winter transfer period.
FK Vardar continues with breaking the records. After having the worst start in the history, today they have made the fourth change of coaches this season. Youth coach Gjorgji Todorovski will take over the coaching position from Mario Vujovic.
Macedonia – Canada 3:0. With the two goals scored by Pandev from penalty shots and Sedloski’s header, Macedonia celebrated a 3:0 win over Canada.