The Macedonian national team under 18 played 2:2 against their peers from Slovakia in a friendly match in Dunajska Streda. Our young players played well against the host team and deservedly won a positive result with good play.
Slovakia had a good start to the match and took a 1:0 lead through Filip Rajčan. However, our young players managed to make a complete turnaround before halftime, first scoring after a set piece in the 26th minute, with Mustafi's goal after a cross by Taleski, and then with a nice goal from distance by Iljazi in the 44th minute.
In the second half, Sejmenov missed 100% chances for 3:1, and the penalty came in the 56th minute when Novak equalized the score. In the 65th minute, goalkeeper Trajkov saved a penalty for Slovakia. Before the end, we had a chance to take a new lead, but Roci's shot ended up in the crossbar of the home goal.
Slovakia under 18:
23. Tomas Jablonicki, 3. Roman Skalican, 4. Maevan Vincent, 5. Peter Pitel, 7. Adam Labo (66' 6 Alex Žiga), 10. Martin Jencush, 11. Maros Novak (75' 9 David Poltak), 13. William Vrabel, 15. Maxim Mateash (86' 16 Fedor Cassana), 18. Filip Rajcan. (66` 17. Patrick Teiser), 19. Mario Rabatin (46` 8. Mate Roland Feher); Selector: Martin Fabush
Macedonia under 18:
1. Aleksandar Trajkov, 3. Stefan Sekirski, 4. Stefan Stamatoski, 5. Andrej Dimovski, 6. Muhamed Mustafi, 7. Damjan Bucevski (60` 18. Ivo Markovski), 8. Gabriel Talevski (60` 9. Luka Varoshanoski), 9. Matej Sejmenov (66` 16. Florent Osmani), 10. Ivan Tanchev (75` 11 Martin Gorgiev), 13. Flori Ilijazi (75` 2 Alban Roci), 20. Bojan Velkov; Coach: Dimitar Kapinkovski
The two national teams will play the second test match on Thursday.
