Rabotnicki and Makedonija Gjorce Petrov secured wins over their visiting rivals in the first leg of the cup semi-final matches. Rabotnicki won over Shkendija with 3:1, while Makedonija defeated Milano with 2:0.
Macedonia 3 places down on the FIFA ranking list
Macedonia dropped three positions and lost 18 points because of the 4:0 defeat away to Netherlands. On the FIFA ranking list for April, Macedonia is on the 64th place, the worst since October 2007 when Macedonia was on the 75th position.
Katanec lost the control over the team
After the resignation of Srečko Katanec and his statements where he claims that he resigned because of the ruined atmosphere and bad discipline in the team, the players gave their reactions in which they say that Katanec lost the control of the team and he tried to make conflicts.
Sun/Mon internationals performances
Artim Sakiri with two goals led his Azeri team Qarabagh to a 4:2 win over Turan Tovuz and made himself the man of the match. Stevica Ristić’s and Slavco Georgievski’s duel in South Korea ended with an 1:1 draw, while Gjoko Hadzievski who leads FK Baku eventually gave up the top of the table in
Srecko Katanec resigns
Srečko Katanec is no longer Macedonian national team coach! Following the 4-0 defeat to Netherlands, Srečko's contract with FFM got annuled and together with his coaching staff they will not lead Macedonia anymore.
Fri/Sat internationals performances
Kemal Alomerovik scored one of the two goals in his team’s victory in Hungary, Filip Ivanovski brought the win to his team in Poland, Boban Grncarov also scored but failed to win in Israel, while Velice Sumulikoski played his first game for Ipswich after a long absence. Germany, 1. Bundesliga, Eintracht Frankfurt – Energie Cottbus
Macedonian 2nd League – Round 20
Novaci from the same named village made the biggest surprise this round. They managed to beat Bregalnica at their own stadium in Stip and to lower their chances for direct promotion. Sloga Jugomagnat won the derby of the round after they won with a minimal 1:0 away in Strumica against Belasica, while with the hardly
Macedonian First League – Round 23
No surprises in the 23rd round of the Macedonian first football leagues. As expected, the hosts won all five matches where. Pobeda were the only visiting team which scored a goal, while Rabotnicki stopped the bad row of four matches without a win.
Have your say!
Almost 24 hours after the final whistle of the encounter between Macedonia and Netherlands, reactions are still arriving. Macedonia were underdogs, we couldn’t say that we didn’t expect a defeat, but the poor display by the players makes you ask yourself – whose fault is it?
Netherlands – Macedonia 4:0
The Netherlands noted an easy win against Macedonia and with the 4:0 tonight, they maintained their perferct record in the World Cup 2010 qualifying Group 9. "We played bad. This is our reality", are the reactions from the Macedonian side after the match.