Macedonia’s U20 national team ended its campaign at the Mediterranean Games in Taranto with a defeat, losing 1:5 to Morocco’s U19 selection.
Morocco took the lead through Hamza Radji in the first minute, but Macedonia responded immediately. In the 4th minute, Darjan Tasev scored the equaliser to make it 1:1.
The score remained unchanged until the 36th minute, when Zinebi Talbi restored Morocco’s lead. In the second half, the opponents confirmed their victory with three more goals. Mounsef scored for 3:1, after which Esadi and Gourari scored to seal the final 5:1.
With this defeat, Macedonia’s selection finished its campaign at the Mediterranean Games in last place in the group, with one point earned.
MACEDONIA – MOROCCO
Stadium: „Giovanni Paolo II“, Taranto
Archers: 0:1 Hamza Radji 1`, 1:1 Darjan Tasev`,1:2 Zinebi Talbi 36`, 1:3 Mohamed Mounsef 58`, 1:4 Karim Esadi 78`, 1:5 Abdelghafour Gourari 84`
MACEDONIA: Stefan Jovanovski, Zlatko Radeski, Andrej Velkov, Adis Murati, Luka Atanasovski, Emir Shabotiq, David Mateski (M. Nikolovski), Harun Nezirovski (N. Manojlov), Darjan Tasev (V. Delov), David Golubov (S. Arifi), Andrej Stojanovski (L. Bojadžiev); Head coach: Aleksandar Tanevski;
