The Macedonian U16 national team visited Malta and played two friendlies against the home team.

photo by MFA

In the first match, we were much better team and secured a convincing victory but it must be noted that it also worked in our favor that from the middle of the first half we played with one player more due to the sending-off of the home goalkeeper, while in the second match the hosts managed to secure a goalless draw by taking advantage of the difficult weather conditions. This generation will have a chance to test their abilities against the much stronger opponents in the coming months.

February 14th, Centenary Stadium in Ta’ Qali
Malta – Macedonia 0:5 (0:3)
Goals: 12′ 40′ Medin Emini, 32′ Aleksandar Polimac, 54′ (og) Andrei Agius 67′ (pen) Marin Krstevski
Malta: Mulholland; Buttigieg (70′ L.Gatt), Cristauro (70′ Galea), Busuttil (70′ Gaffiero), Mangion (70′ Xiberras), A.Agius (58′ E.Agius), G.Zerafa (58′ Stevanović), C.Zerafa (58′ Higgans), M.Camilleri (46′ Wright), Aquilina (58′ Farrugia), Vella (25′ D.Gatt). Coach: Davide Mazzotta
Macedonia: Memeti; Pavlov (59′ Ibraimi), Gjorgjioski (69′ Fetai), Akiki (59′ Stojanov), Polimac (69 Marković), Ademi, Krstevski (69′ Raifi), Aksentiev (69′ Sedloski), Sivevski (59′ Bocheski), Veleski (59′ Nedanovski), Emini (59′ Nikolov). Coach: Iljami Isejni

Highlights:

February 16th, Centenary Stadium in Ta’ Qali
Malta – Macedonia 0:0
Malta: Mulholland (79′ Mifsud); Buttigieg (90′ Xiberras), Cristauro (76′ Vella), Busuttil (90′ K.Camilleri), Mangion (90′ A.Agius), E.Agius (90′ L.Gatt), Stevanović (76′ Galea), Farrugia (76′ Gaffiero), Wright (76′ M.Camilleri), Aquilina (46′ G.Zerafa), Higgans (46′ C.Zerafa). Coach: Davide Mazzotta
Macedonia: Petrov; Veleski (71′ Pavlov), Gjorgjioski (79′ Nikolov), Akiki (79′ Stojanov), Ibraimi (71′ Sivevski), Bocheski, Polimac (66′ Aksentiev), Nedanovski (66′ Krstevski), Raifi (46′ Ademi), Emini (79′ Fetai), Sedloski (71′ Marković). Coach: Iljami Isejni

Highlights:

Coach Iljami Isejni called up 21 players for these friendlies:

Ilan Memeti – Lausanne Sport
Dimitar Petrov – Brera Strumica

Adrian Veleski – Vardar
Amar Akiki – Shkendija
Mihajlo Pavlov – Crvena zvezda
Ejser Fetai – Arsimi
Filip Gjorgjioski – Vardar
Matej Bocheski – Makedonija GjP
Mitko Stojanov – Brera Strumica
Djihan Ibraimi – Vardar
Bobi Nedanovski – Pelister
Dalibor Marković – Makedonija GjP
Marin Krstevski – Crvena zvezda
Dardan Ademi – Arsimi
Ognen Sivevski – Makedonija GjP
Aleksandar Polimac – IMT
Ilija Aksentiev – Makedonija GjP
Efe Raifi – Arsimi
Blagoja Sedloski – Skopje
Matej Nikolov – Vardar 
Medin Emini – Košice