The Macedonian U19 national team recorded two friendly wins over their Azeri counterparts.
In two friendly games played on Wednesday and on Friday in Skopje, Macedonia managed to beat the visitors from Azerbaijan twice. In the first game Macedonia celebrated thanks to two converted penalties in a span of only three minutes. In the second game Azerbaijan took the lead after only ten minutes of play, but Macedonia managed to turn around the result. Abaz equalized before the break, while Elmas later scored the winner.
Petar Miloshevski training center, Skopje (played on Friday)
Macedonia U19 – Azerbaijan U19 2:1 (1:1)
Scorers: 39′ Emil Abaz, 52′ Elif Elmas – 10′ Fərid Nəbiyev
Macedonia: Risto Jankov; Vane Jovanov (46′ Viktor Stojkovski), Filip Mihailov (32′ Aljban Sulejmani), Antonio Mitrev (59′ Esmin Lichina), Nehar Sadiki, Shefit Shefiti (49′ Darko Dodev), Ahon Hani (86′ Mihail Manevski), Elif Elmas, Emil Abaz (77′ Mario Krstovski), Milan Ristovski (59′ Darko Dodevski), Davor Zdravkovski (C) (80′ Hristijan Stevkovski).
Azerbaijan: Süleyman Süleymanov (77′ Asim Abdullazade); Əli Əliyev (71′ Elvin Dəmirov), Emil Əliyev (88′ Bahadur Həziyev), Sərxan Əhmədli (30′ Tural Bayramlı), Emin Suliyev (30′ Əli Şirinov), Fuad Bayramov (46′ Amin Seydiyev), Murad Xaçayev, Xaliq İbrahimov (46′ Ömər Buludov), Fərid Nəbiyev, İsmayıl İbrahimli (C) (71′ Yusif Cəfərov), Rövlan Muradov (77′ Nicat Süleymanov).
Yellow cards: Abaz, Stojkovski (M), Xaçayev (A)
Red cards: 78′ Jankov (M)
Referee: Dalibor Gjorgjevski (MKD)
Assistants: Orce Stefanovski, Martin Petkovski (MKD)
Fourth official: Igor Stojchevski (MKD)
Petar Miloshevski training center, Skopje (played on Wednesday)
Macedonia U19 – Azerbaijan U19 2:0 (0:0)
Scorers: 47′ (pen) Davor Zdravkovski, 49′ (pen) Milan Ristovski
Macedonia: Risto Jankov; Viktor Stojkovski (46′ Vane Jovanov), Mihail Manevski (73′ Agon Hani), Darko Dodevski (46′ Filip Mihailov), Nehar Sadiki, Esmin Lichina (73′ Antonio Mitrev), Emil Abaz (81′ Darko Dodev), Elif Elmas (81′ Shefit Shefiti), Milan Ristovski (73′ Mario Krstovski), Davor Zdravkovski (C), Aljban Sulejmani (46′ Daniel Milovanovikj).
Azerbaijan: Elnur Orucov (C) (80′ Asim Abdullazade); Amin Seydiyev (37′ Ömər Buludov), Elvin Dəmirov, Əli Əliyev, Hacıağa Hacıyev, Fuad Bayramov, Murad Xaçayev, Bahadur Həziyev (37′ Fərid Nəbiyev), Yusif Cəfərov (37′ Tural Bayramlı), İsmayıl İbrahimli, Rövlan Muradov (80′ Əli Şirinov).
Yellow cards: Cəfərov, Hacıyev, Dəmirov, Orucov (A)
Red cards: /
Referee: Furkan Idrizi (MKD)
Assistants: Nebojsha Gjorgjievski, Darko Jovchevski (MKD)
Fourth official: Faton Mustafi (MKD)