Our U16 national team played two friendly matches against Bosnia-Herzegovina in the Bosnian town of Zenica.

Despite the absence of five players from the starting lineup, our national team was an equal opponent in both matches. In the first match, we suffered a minimal defeat, while in the second, we lacked concentration and a bit of luck to record a victory, given the fact that we missed several chances when we were in the lead, and instead of increasing the lead, the hosts equalized with a goal scored in the dying moments of the match. Marko Ivanov from Slovenian side Koper, had a solid debut in the Macedonian jersey, which he marked with a goal scored in the second match.

photo: NS/FSBIH

June 6th, NS/FSBIH Training Center in Zenica
Bosnia-Herzegovina – Macedonia 1:0 (1:0)
Goals: 35′ Aldian Korora
Bosnia-Herzegovina: Zahirović; Amidžić, Muminović, Čirak, Godinjak, Pejaković, Pita, Sinanović (71′ Blagojević), Korora (86′ Vakufac), Velić (71′ Tiro), Nukić (62′ Matić). Coach: Muhamed Džakmić
Macedonia: Denkovski; Veleski (63′ Jordanoski), Cvetkovski, Ivanov, Bajrami (82′ Lazarevski), Staleski (46′ Mamuti), Polimac (73′ Knežević), Ljachka (82′ Stojchevski), Stojkovski, Islamović, Rakipi (73′ Papaliski). Coach: Dragan Nachevski

Highlights:

June 8th, NS/FSBIH Training Center in Zenica
Bosnia-Herzegovina – Macedonia 2:2 (1:0)
Goals: 11′ 90’+4 Aldian Korora – 47′ Marko Ivanov, 69′ Vasko Papaliski
Bosnia-Herzegovina: Džaka; Muminović, Godinjak, Pejaković, Sinanović, Korora, Velić, Tiro, Blagojević, Pašagić, Dropić. Also played: Amidžić, Matić, Čirak, Pita, Vakufac. Coach: Muhamed Džakmić
Macedonia: Ceka (46′ Suljović); Jordanoski (81′ Veleski),Cvetkovski,Ivanov, Stojchevski (86′ Bajrami), Georgioski (46′ Rakipi), Polimac (70′ Mamuti), Ljachka (70′ Mircheski), Stojkovski (81′ Lazarevski), Knežević (46′ Islamović), Papaliski (86′ Mustafa). Coach: Dragan Nachevski

Highlights:

Coach Dragan Nachevski invited 22 players for these matches:

Darijan Denkovski – Makedonija GjP
Rinor Ceka – Shkendija
Amin Suljović – Skopje

Stefan Jordanoski – Brera Strumica
Anes Bajrami – Shkupi
Marko Ivanov – Koper
Filip Cvetkovski – Vardar
Adrian Veleski – FFM UEFA Academy/Prilep
Teo Stojchevski – Vardar
Luka Knežević – Makedonija GjP
Marko Mircheski – Ohrid Lychnidos
Soner Rakipi – Shkendija
Luka Georgioski – Brera Strumica
Blendi Ljachka – Fenerbahçe
Luka Lazarevski – Makedonija GjP
Isa Mustafa – Park
Aleksandar Polimac – Partizan
Antonio Staleski – Brera Strumica
Fadilj Islamović – Zagreb
Vasko Papaliski – Skopje
Erdin Mamuti – Rabotnichki
Jakov Stojkovski – Paderborn 07