Macedonia

U17: Macedonia – Cyprus 1:2

Macedonia ended the EURO qualifiers with a third defeat, this time by hosts Cyprus.

The U17 national team failed to at least win a point in the qualifications for the 2015 U17 European Championship. If none believed that the young macedonian can qualify, it was expected at least a better position than the bottom in the final standings. Instead, Macedonia is left as dead last with no points won and only one goal scored.

The last game against Cyprus, host of this qualification tournament, started good for Macedonia. Milan Ristovski brought the lead to the Lynx early in the 3rd minute bringing also a glimpse of hope for a good result. Cyprus tied the score in the 24th minute through Nikolas Matthaiou and added a winner in the second half thanks to Kostas Pileas.

Macedonia Macedonia U17 – Cyprus U17 Cyprus 1:2 (1:1)
Scorers: 3′ Milan Ristovski – 24′ Nikolas Matthaiou, 65′ Kostas Pileas
Macedonia: Risto Jankov; Filip Gichevski (80′ Todor Todoroski), Antonio Mitrev, Belmin Chulevikj, Kiril Ristovski; Darko Dodev (41′ Milosh Tosheski), Davor Zdravkovski (C), Nehar Sadiki, Emil Abaz; Mario Krstovski, Milan Ristovski.
Cyprus: Giannis Michail; Sean Ioannou (41′ Andreas Neophytou), Christos Kallis, Panagiotis Artymatas (C), Kostas Pileas; Nikolas Matthaiou (80’+2 Stylianos Kallenos), Marios Andreou, Grigoris Kastanos, Symeon Kkone, Michalis Charalampous, Michalis Papakonstantinou (71′ Andreas Chapeshis).
Referee: Suren Baliyan (Armenia)
Yellow cards: M. Ristovski, Sadiki, K. Ristovski, Mitrev (M), Kastanos, Neophytou, Matthaiou (C)
Red cards: /

The other match of the group which was a direct battle for the first place in which England beat France with 3:1.

Group 4  MP  W  D  L  GD  P
England England 3 3 0 0 8:2 9
France France 3 2 0 1 8:3 6
Cyprus Cyprus 3 1 0 2 3:9 3
Macedonia Macedonia 3 0 0 3 1:6 0

 

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