In the first of two friendlies by the U19 national teams of Macedonia and Slovenia, the first encounter ended without a winner in a 1:1 draw.

Slovenia U19 took the initial lead in the 30th minute to take a 1:0 lead at halftime before striker Lavdrim Skenderi equalized for Macedonia in the 65th minute to bring the score at 1:1.  That would be the final score as well in a match played in the Slovenian city of Dekani where the second friendly between these youth national teams will also take place this Thursday.

Manager Mensur Jakupi fielded the following starting 11 for Macedonia U19:  Iliev, Murati, Zafirovski, Tosevski, Musliu, Bejtulai, Skenderi, Nikolov, Mitrevski, Kolanoski, Gocevski.

Also played:  Aleksovski, Karimani, Atanasov, Dzinov, Jonuzi, Kocev, Aleksov, Nikov.