The Macedonian U-18 national team played two friendly matches against the corresponding national team of Montenegro in Strumica. The team led by Dimitar Kapinkovski recorded a 2:1 victory.
In the first friendly match, our team decided the winner after the first 45 minutes with two goals. Ditmir Hodzha scored twice for Macedonia. The Rabotnicki player opened the scoring in the 20th minute, and in the 29th minute increased the lead to 2:0. The opponent only managed to reduce the score in the 84th minute through Veljko Mijovic.
First control match
Macedonia – Montenegro 2:1 (2:0);
Scorers: (1:0 – Ditmir Hodza 20', 2:0 – Ditmir Hodza 29', 2:1 – Veljko Mijovic 84')
MACEDONIA: Aleksandar Trajkov, Kristijan Markoski (58' Alban Roci), Muhamed Mustafi, Andrej Dimovski (58' Luka Varošanoski), Damjan Bucevski (58' Ivo Markovski), David Angelevski (58' Gabriel Taleski), Ditmir Hodzha (90' Flori Iljazi), Nenad Damjanovski (58' Ivan Tanchev), Laurent Jacu (58' Bojan Velkov), Jovan Mrmačoski (58' Florent Osmani), Stefan Sekirski (58' Martin Džangarovski).
Selector: Dimitar Karpinkovski.
CRAIN MOUNTAIN: Dimitrije Minij, Petar Sekulovic (from 84' Stefan Delic), Aleksa Perisic (from 72' Andrija Perisic), Novak Fatic, David Maras, Viktor Lesjak (from 72' Veljko Mijovic), Vuk Pavicevic (from 72' Andrej Kartal), Andrija Vukoje, Marko Popovic (from 57' Vukota Knezevic), Petar Jasovic (from 57' Djordje Fabris), Viktor Bubanja (from 57' Jovan Andjic).
Coach: Nenad Vukcevic.
In the second control match, we saw a much more uncertain match. Our young players took the lead 1:0 in the 21st minute with an own goal by Novak Fatić. The opponent quickly consolidated their ranks and in the 27th minute through Andrija Vukoje equalized the score. The scorer of the winning goal for Macedonia was Ivo Markovski in the 49th minute of the match.
Second control match
Macedonia – Montenegro 2:1 (1:1)
Scorers: (1:0 – Novak Fatić (own goal) 21', 1:1 – Andrija Vukoje 27', 2:1 – Ivo Markoski 49')
MACEDONIA: Antonij Trajkovski, Martin Dzhangarovski (from 60. Stefan Sekirski), Andrej Dimovski, Gabriel Taleski (from 60. David Angelevski), Stefan Brankovski, Ivo Markovski (from 60. Johan Zizajkovski), Bojan Velkov, Luka Varoshanoski, Ivan Tanchev, Alban Roci (from 71. Slavcho Misajlovski), Flori Ilazi (from 60. Florent Osmani).Selector: Dimitar Kapinkovski.
Montenegro: Edin Lekic, Aleksa Perisic, Novak Fatic (from 46. David Maras), Vukota Knezevic (from 73. Marko Popovic), Andrija Vukoje (from 46. Viktor Leljak), Djordje Fabris (from 55. Vuk Pavicevic), Andrija Perisic (from 73. Petar Sekulovic), Andrej Kartal (from 55. Viktor Bubanja), Jovan Andjic, Veljko Mijovic (from 73. Petar Jasovic), Liburn Lazoja.
Coach: Nenad Vukcevic.
