Macedonia hosted Liechtenstein in Strumica for the last game of the 2018 World Cup qualifications. After the big draw away to Italy coach Igor Angelovski made some changes in the starting line-up. Stefan Spirovski was suspended because of yellow cards, Darko Velkovski didn’t recover in time from injury, while Marjan Radeski was benched. Also the
Macedonia – Albania 1:1 (Video)
Aleksandar Trajkovski converted a penalty in the 78th minute to help Macedonia avoid an unlucky loss against Albania. After the 1:0 road win against Israel hopes were very high among the Macedonian fans, creating an atmosphere of a must win game against Albania in Strumica, the hometown of Goran Pandev. Coach Igor Angelovski brought the
Israel – Macedonia 0:1 (Video)
Thanks to a lone goal by Goran Pandev Macedonia celebrated a very important win against Israel on the road. Very tough and tactical game, like all previously played against Isarel. But this time, eventually, Macedonia managed to defeat this opponent that was perfect in the head-to-head matches with 4 wins from the 4 encounters. It
Spain – Macedonia 4:0 (Video)
First disaster for Macedonia in this qualifications as the road game to Spain happened to be a mission impossible ending in a 4:0 defeat.
WC qualifier: Albania – Macedonia 2:1 (Video)
In a match that lasted two days, Macedonia got defeated with a late goal and opened the 2018 World Cup qualifier with a disappointment.
Spain, Italy drawn in Macedonia’s group
Luck was not on the cards for Macedonia as they received a very difficult group for the 2018 World Cup qualifications.