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Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) In the 4th minute Deljan Nastevski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Xove Tijerina saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dalibor Stefanovski charged in rather forcefully in the 5th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Dalibor Stefanovski the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Dalibor Stefanovski hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. Macedonia's Spase Kastrati played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rosario Cepa in the 6th minute of play. 8 minutes into the match, Uruguay's goal looked a bit too open when Deljan Nastevski came free, but Xove Tijerina reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rosario Cepa'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 15th minute of play. Xove Tijerina showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Deljan Nastevski, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. Xove Tijerina made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ramadan Hristov in the 24th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Rosario Cepa in the 27th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Spase Kastrati prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 29th minute Vidoe Gegovski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Xove Tijerina saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Macedonia's zone, Gitano Rubiero stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Spase Kastrati came out of the goal and Gitano Rubiero tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Uruguay's attentive Yaniusky Pardo managed to snatch the ball when Ivo Projkov made a throw-in in the 40th minute of the game. Rosario Cepa might have been able to make a better finish in the 46th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Spase Kastrati. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Rosario Cepa 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 Rosario Cepa, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. The referee felt a red card was in order, 48 minutes into the game, when Diego Godin put in a rough tackle. The referee gave Macedonia a penalty, 49 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Ramadan Hristov, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Uruguay's Xove Tijerina. 1-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Rosario Cepa was the one to do the kick off. Primitivo Grau received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Spase Kastrati tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 58th minute, Primitivo Grau managed to get in a good position for a shot. Uruguay's supporters rose to their feet, but Primitivo Grau was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Spase Kastrati breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Xove Tijerina showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Deljan Nastevski, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Xove Tijerina showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vidoe Gegovski in the 61st minute of the match. If Vidoe Gegovski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Uruguay made a substitution. Celso Maestre replaced Yaniusky Pardo. Macedonia made a substitution. Artan Topalovski replaced Trpe Salihu. Macedonia's Diljan Dzaferi was substituted for Ramadan Hristov. After a rather tough play, Macedonia's Ivo Projkov got a free kick in the 67th minute. When the match had gone on for 68 minutes, Rosario Cepa put it in 2-1 from a short distance just to the right of Spase Kastrati. Macedonia's Spase Kastrati played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Primitivo Grau in the 73rd minute of play. Uruguay made a substitution. Agustín Álvarez replaced Rosario Cepa. After 76 minutes Macedonia's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Primitivo Grau who took care of the corner kick. Deljan Nastevski received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Xove Tijerina came out and tried to block the shot, but Deljan Nastevski slotted it home off the left post making it 2-2 in the 77th minute. Xove Tijerina showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Diljan Dzaferi, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. Polentzi Coviella hit a great freekick 98 minutes into the match. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.