The Macedonian youth champion faced a bitter elimination after conceding 9 goals in the return leg against German champion Hoffenheim.
photo by TSG 1899 Hoffenheim: one of the nine celebrations
Knowing who the opponent is, the elimination was expected even before the first match. The young Macedonians lost 3:0 in Strumica and today added another defeat, this time with 9:0.
However, the big defeat doesn’t overshadow what they actually achiever – Brera Strumica is the first Macedonian youth team to advance from the opening round in the UEFA Youth League. Every other previous attempt by all other participants ended in a failure.
Dietmar-Hopp-Stadion in Sinsheim 
Hoffenheim – 
Brera Strumica 9:0 (4:0)
Goals: 5′ David Creta, 12′, 27′ Emil Kramer, 42′ Tamay Dügdü, 54′ Lukas Bruegmann, 59′, 63′ Josef Haßfeld, 83′ Jacob Meeß, 86′ Miguel Poyatos
Hoffenheim: Nico Biedermann – Miguel Poyatos, Julian Schuster, Nouh Tidjani, Finn Sherlock – Kryštof Čížek (46′ Nevio Zumpano), Jacob Meeß, Emil Kramer (C) (46′ Tom Fiederer) – Tyler Jacob (46′ Lukas Bruegmann), David Creta (58′ Josef Haßfeld), Tamay Dügdü (46′ Nevio Ostheimer). Coach: Paul Ehmann
Brera Strumica: ALeksandar Trajkov – Gjorge Tanchev (C), Andrej Dimovski, Mario Mitrev, Martin Gjorgjiev (65′ Viktor Manchovski) – Gabriel Taleski (46′ Gligor Buchkov), Bojan Velkov – Ivan Shirikj (46′ Pavel Stojanov), Ivan Tanchev, Riste Milev (58′ Filip Kuleski) – Matej Sejmenov (58′ Ivan Vasilev). Coach: Gjorgji Stojchev
Referee: Snir Levy 
Yellow cards: Mitrev, Velkov, Tanchev (BS)