Macedonia's under-21 national team suffered a 2-0 defeat to Serbia in the friendly match played in Novi Sad. Aleksandar Tanevski's charges put in a committed and solid performance against a quality opponent, but failed to cap their display with a positive result.
Serbia took the lead in the 16th minute through Veljko Milosavljević, and the teams went into the break with the home side holding a narrow advantage.
In the second half, Tanevski made several changes, giving a larger number of players the opportunity to feature.
Macedonia had several good moments; in the 64th minute, Trajkov found the net following an assist from Velkov, but the goal was disallowed for offside. We threatened twice with shots that went wide of the post, while in the final ten minutes we tried to apply greater pressure and get an equaliser. However, there was no concrete finishing in front of the opponents' goal. In stoppage time, Serbia took advantage of an opportunity to score a second goal, with Đorđe Petrović making it 2-0 in the 92nd minute.
MACEDONIA: Lj. Džekov (c), Velkov, Murati, Đ. Džekov, Danev, Nikolovski, Veličkovski, Gjorgjievski, Trajkov, Arizankoski, Manojlov.
