The Macedonian U-21 national team suffered its fourth defeat in the European Championship qualifiers, after being defeated by Sweden tonight in Bitola.
photo by FFM
The young Macedonians opened the match at the “Petar Miloševski” stadium excellently and took the lead with Elezi’s goal after a nice action with Hamza, but then the Swedes completely took over the rhythm of the game. With two quick goals by Richie Omorowa in the 32nd and 33rd minute, the guests made a turnaround and went into halftime with a 1:2 advantage.
At the start of the second half, Macedonia played more offensive, but that did not bring results, on the contrary, Momodou Sonko increased the lead for Sweden in the 60th minute and resolved all dilemmas. Until the end, Sweden skillfully controlled the match and with the goal of Amin Boudri in the 79th minute set the final score to 1:4.
Goran Stanić’s team remains on the fifth position in Group E with three points, and in the next round they will play against the leaders, the Polish national team.
Petar Miloshevski stadium in Bitola 
Macedonia – 
Sweden 1:4 (1:2)
Goals: 12′ Dashmir Elezi – 32′, 33′ Richie Omorowa, 60′ Momodou Sonko, 79′ Amin Boudri
Macedonia: Vasko Vasilev; Andrija Dimeski, Anes Meljichi, Gjorge Djekov, Memetriza Hamza, (C) Matej Angelov, Matej Gashtarov (62′ Muhamed Elmas), Adrian Zendelovski (88′ Mateo Sofijanoski), Dimitar Danev (61′ Mihail Talevski), Dashmir Elezi (80′ Martin Gjorgievski), Dimitar Trajkov. Coach: Goran Stanikj
Sweden: Elis Bishesari; Hampus Skoglund, Bleon Kurtulus, (C) Nils Zätterström, Matteo Perez Vinlöf (82′ Olle Samuelsson), Alieu Njie (67′ Marcus Rafferty), Markus Karlsson, Amin Boudri, Momodou Sonko (67′ Lukas Björklund), Richie Omorowa (77′ Ludwig Malachowski Thorell), Jonah Kusi-Asare (77′ Noah Tolf). Coach: Daniel Bäckström
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