The young Macedonians started the EURO qualifications with a more or less expected defeat by France.
The Macedonian U17 national team started the 2015 EURO qualifications with a loss. The French team was obviously with better quality and recorded a 3:0 win. The Macedonian boys mustn’t be disappointed as they managed to hold the group favourites to a goalless draw on half-time. France scored the goals in the last 20 minutes of the match (U17 games are played 80 minutes instead of 90).
France U17 – Macedonia U17 
3:0 (0:0)
Scorers: 62′ Timothé Cognat, 75′ Maxime Pelican, 80’+1 Odsonne Edouard
France: Anthony Maisonnial; Mathias Fischer (78′ Kelvin Amian Adou), Mamadou Doucoure, Maxime Bernauer, Alec Georgen; Bilal Boutobba, Bradlay Danger, Jean-Victor Makengo, Nanitamo Ikone (61′ Maxime Pelican); Timothé Cognat (C), Yann Karamoh (51′ Odsonne Edouard).
Macedonia: Filip Trajchevski; Filip Gichevski (62′ Ristovski), Antonio Mitrev, Belmin Chulevikj, Todor Todoroski; Emil Abaz, Milosh Tosheski (56′ Semir Ljumani), Esmin Lichina (41′ Nehar Sadiki), Darko Dodev; Todor Zdravkovski (C), Mario Krstovski.
Referee: Alexandru Tean (Moldova)
Yellow cards: Dodev, Mitrev (M)
Red cards: /
In the other game of the opening round, England beat the hosts Cyprus with 4:1. Macedonia’s next game is on Monday against the other group favourites, England, while France will face Cyprus.
| Group 4 | MP | W | D | L | GD | P | |
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England | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4:1 | 3 |
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France | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3:0 | 3 |
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Cyprus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1:4 | 0 |
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Macedonia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0:3 | 0 |