The Macedonian U-21 national team recorded its first victory in the qualifying cycle for the European Championship, after celebrating a 2:1 victory over Armenia tonight in Bitola, at the "Petar Milosevic" stadium, as part of the third round.<\/p>\n
After a deficit in the first half, coach Goran Stani\u0107's team managed to make a complete turnaround thanks to the two goals of Dimitar Trajkov, who first scored in the 54th minute and then in the 83rd minute, bringing Macedonia the much-desired first three points in this group. At the same time, those were also the first two goals scored by our team in these qualifiers.<\/p>\n
Macedonia opened the match solidly, with desire and initiative from the first minutes. After Trajkov's two chances, one with a kick and the other with a header from close range, it felt like the team was looking for an early lead. However, that did not happen. Apart from Trajkov's chances, Macedonia did not create a serious threat in the first half.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, Armenia was focused on defense, with occasional attempts through counterattacks. One such attack proved successful, after an assist from Hakobyan, Hovhannisyan found himself in a favorable position, placed a precise shot towards the far post and beat Dzekov. Our team obviously did not expect such a development of events and failed to consolidate by the end of the half.<\/p>\n
In the second half, Macedonia went for an equalizer and succeeded in their intention. After several attempts by Memetriza and Danev, Trajkov finally "broke the ice", after a perfectly executed corner kick, the Rabotnicki striker jumped five meters from the goal and headed in to level the score at 1:1.<\/p>\n
In the period that followed, Macedonia took the initiative and constantly attacked in search of the winning goal. We got it in an unusual way, after a diagonal from Trajkov from their own half, directed towards Zenku, the ball unexpectedly bounced a few meters before the outgoing Armenian goalkeeper, Davtyan, transferred it and ended up in the guest net.<\/p>\n
With this triumph, Macedonia won the first three points in the qualifiers and looks forward to the next matches with optimism.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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