Recap
After failing in the previous qualifying phase, Macedonian football federation gives another chance to coach Dragan Kanatlarovski, who in my opinion is a really bad coach. In the premiere, they make a huge upset with a 0-1 win against Sweden. They didn’t impressed with the football they played, because after the 7th minute goal by Nikolov, they park the bus in front of their goal. The goalkeeper Alchevski had a fantastic day with 4-5 superb saves, and was man of the match. The Netherlands welcomed Moldova in the first round, and comfortably won by 3-0. They have a phenomenal generation with Ajax prospects Taylor, Salah-Eddine, Hato, Rensch, Babadi (PSV), Emegha (Strasbourg) and van Bommel (AZ Alkmaar) who are standard players in their teams. The match will be played at „Petar Miloshevski“ stadium, which is a small stadium with a good field, so I can’t imagine how Macedonia U21 will take a positive result.