The Macedonia senior national team held its first gathering and completed its first training session yesterday ahead of the new Nations League cycle. Our team will play four matches in League B against Switzerland, Slovenia and Scotland.
Stole Dimitrievski, Ezgjan Alioski, Elmin Rastoder and Hristijan Maleski have additionally joined the national team camp. Darko Churlinov will be unable to feature in the upcoming matches due to administrative problems related to his stay in Poland.
The first challenge for Goce Sedloski’s players is the duel with Switzerland on 26 September in Skopje, followed by the away match against Slovenia on 29 September, the away match against Switzerland on 6 October in Lucerne and the match against Scotland on 3 October in Skopje.
Ahead of the first match, Agon Elezi, who is in excellent form with Sarajevo, emphasises that the national team’s focus at this moment is entirely directed towards Switzerland.
„First of all, it is a huge pleasure and privilege to be part of this national team again, part of this fantastic group. It is true that four very difficult matches await us, but at the moment there is only one for us—the one against Switzerland on Saturday. We all know their qualities and we must focus only on ourselves and avoid making mistakes, because every mistake we make could cost us dearly.”.
“Switzerland showed at the World Cup that they are in serious form and that they possess great quality in every individual player. But we need to focus on ourselves and have confidence that we can achieve a positive result. That is how we will approach the match. The most important thing in the previous matches was getting to know the new coaching staff, the new players and the new ideas. I believe they brought us a lot and that we learned a great deal.”.
“The most important thing was to create a good atmosphere among us, among the players, and that proved to be the case. We are all in a good atmosphere, we have good cohesion, and now we just need to transfer that onto the pitch, starting on Saturday.”
The Macedonia–Switzerland match will be played on 26 September, kicking off at 20:45 at the Todor Proeski National Arena in Skopje.
