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Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Roy Makaay made the kick off and thus started the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vidoe Gegovski in the 3rd minute of play forced Croatia's goalkeeper Nebojša Jerić to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nebojša Jerić showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ramadan Hristov in the 7th minute of the match. Roy Makaay sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Roy Makaay got free with Spase Kastrati in the 13th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Nebojša Jerić made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ramadan Hristov in the 16th minute of play. 19 minutes had been played when some careless play by Macedonia's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. John Terry was slow to take the kick. During this time Croatia's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Croatia's corner John Terry fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Spase Kastrati quite easily take care of the ball. 20 minutes into the match, Roy Makaay dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Spase Kastrati, 1-0. Spase Kastrati showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roy Makaay in the 24th minute of the match. After 26 minutes of play, Macedonia's Ramadan Hristov made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nebojša Jerić was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Diljan Dzaferi in the 31st minute of play forced Croatia's goalkeeper Nebojša Jerić to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Macedonia's Spase Kastrati played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Roy Makaay in the 32nd minute of play. 36 minutes into the match, Macedonia's goalkeeper Spase Kastrati had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Roy Makaay. 37 minutes into the match, Macedonia's goalkeeper Spase Kastrati had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Roy Makaay. After taking down the ball on Croatia's corner John Terry fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Spase Kastrati quite easily take care of the ball. Nebojša Jerić made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Deljan Nastevski in the 46th minute of play. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Diljan Dzaferi made a kick off. After taking down the ball on Croatia's corner John Terry fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Spase Kastrati quite easily take care of the ball. Nikola Haramina kicked well hit freekick during the 59th minute of the match. Croatia's Silvio Ham was substituted for Luka Mata. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roy Makaay in the 63rd minute of play forced Macedonia's goalkeeper Spase Kastrati to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Spase Kastrati showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roy Makaay in the 64th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Croatia defense, Deljan Nastevski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nebojša Jerić. The Croatia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nebojša Jerić should have stopped the shot. Macedonia's Vuk Urgovski was substituted for Ramadan Hristov. Macedonia's Emilijano Kitanovski was substituted for Baškim Sumulikovski. Nebojša Jerić took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Deljan Nastevski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Roy Makaay might have been able to make a better finish in the 73rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Spase Kastrati. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Roy Makaay ran back to his position shaking his head. Spase Kastrati showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roy Makaay, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roy Makaay in the 79th minute of play forced Macedonia's goalkeeper Spase Kastrati to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Spase Kastrati didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Roy Makaay went, in the 79th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. Nebojša Jerić made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vidoe Gegovski in the 82nd minute of play. After a rather tough play, Macedonia's Stevan Rajkovski got a free kick in the 83rd minute. 84 minutes into the match, Roy Makaay had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Spase Kastrati. Macedonia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Roy Makaay was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2. Roy Makaay's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Spase Kastrati read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 89th minute of play. Spase Kastrati took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nikola Vlašić, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Vuk Urgovskis short, quick shot in the 91stth minute got Nebojša Jerić to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in.