The Macedonian U21 national football team suffered another defeat on their visit to Montenegro.

Coach Stanikj’s team led 0:1 at half-time, but in the second half the home team scored three goals in a relatively short period. This is Macedonia’s third defeat after the opening matches against Poland and Italy.

Macedonian first attempt at the opponent’s goal was by Memetriza Hamza, who shot excellently with his left foot, but goalkeeper Radanović intervened. The corner kick that was taken then brought the lead. After a short play, it was Memetriza Hamza who crossed excellently, and Melikji, on the five-pointer, hit the ball into Radanović’s right corner.

The home team tried twice, with shots from outside the penalty area and also with a shot from close range, but Vasko Vasilev was excellent and reliable in the first half.

Our biggest chance for a double lead came after a double pass by Dashmir Elezi, who, from close range to opponents goal, shot beautifully from the first, but the Montenegrin goalkeeper was up to the task this time.

In the 56th minute, Vukanić took a shot and Vasko Vasilev deflected the ball into his own box , where Perisić ran in and scored an equalizer.

Macedonia tried again to take the lead and moved to the opponent half. This allowed the host to have space for counterattacks, and one of them brought them the lead with a goal by Medo Juković.

Five minutes later, in the 73rd minute the host increased the lead. Vuković crossed from the right, the ball reached Mrvaljević, and he scored with the help of one of the Macedonian players who hit the ball.

In the stoppage time, Dimitar Trajkov set the final result of the match.

After this match, Macedonia is on the fourth place on the table in the qualifying group.

Besa Arena in Tuzi
Montenegro – Macedonia 2:1 (0:1)
Goals: 56′ Vladimir Perišić, 68′ Medo Juković, 73′ Balša Mrvaljević  – 13′ Anes Melikji, 90’+1 Dimitar Trajkov
Montenegro: Balša Radanović, Nikola Vuković, Stefan Melentijević, Marko Franeta, Danilo Vukanić (82′ Lazar Savović), Nenad Krivokapić (46′ Balša Radusinović), Dragan Miranović, Lazar Knežević (57′ Medo Juković), Balša Mrvaljević (90’+3 Kristijan Radunović), Vladimir Perišić.
Selektor: Goran Perišić.
Macedonia: Vasko Vasilev, Dimitar Danev, Anes Meljikji, Gjorgje Djekov, Andrija Dimeski, Matej Angelov, Matej Gashtarov (80′ Shaban Zenku), Dimitar Trajkov, Memetriza Hamza, Dashmir Elezi (72′ Mihail Talevski), Martin Gjorgievski (57′ Teodor Nikoloski).
Coach: Goran Stanikj

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