National stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725,
Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Diljan Dzaferi made the kick off which started today's match. After 4 minutes, Baškim Sumulikovski mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Macedonia and the Bosnia And Hercegovina players grew even worse after the yellow card. Baškim Sumulikovski kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. Macedonia's Spase Kastrati proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 5th minute of the match, managed to save Macedonia from getting a goal against them. Muamer Fahrić didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Deljan Nastevski went, in the 6th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Macedonia's Spase Kastrati proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 10th minute of the match, managed to save Macedonia from getting a goal against them. Bosnia And Hercegovina were awarded a corner in the 11th minute after Macedonia's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Hakija Hamdić took the corner. 16 minutes into the match, Macedonia's goalkeeper Spase Kastrati had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Erik Kulaš. In the 19th minute the ball was on its way in behind Macedonia's goalkeeper Spase Kastrati, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vidoe Gegovski in the 20th minute of play forced Bosnia And Hercegovina's goalkeeper Muamer Fahrić to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ramadan Hristov in the 22nd minute of play forced Bosnia And Hercegovina's goalkeeper Muamer Fahrić to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Macedonia's Spase Kastrati proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 23rd minute of the match, managed to save Macedonia from getting a goal against them. Spase Kastrati made an important save on a dangerous shot by Erik Kulaš in the 25th minute. Erik Kulaš in the 29thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Spase Kastrati, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Erik Kulaš in the 31st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Spase Kastrati saved Macedonia from getting behind. Spase Kastrati showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Branislav Cokić, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. After having played for 35 minutes, Branislav Cokić managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Bosnia And Hercegovina's supporters crossed their fingers, but Branislav Cokić was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Erik Kulaš in the 42nd minute of play forced Macedonia's goalkeeper Spase Kastrati to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Erik Kulaš received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Spase Kastrati tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After the first half Macedonia were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.
When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Erik Kulaš made a kick off. Bosnia And Hercegovina's Muamer Fahrić proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 53rd minute of the match, managed to save Bosnia And Hercegovina from getting a goal against them. Deljan Nastevski's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Muamer Fahrić firmly grabbed it by the left post. Muamer Fahrić took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Diljan Dzaferi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Erik Kulaš had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a little luck, Bosnia And Hercegovina's Muamer Fahrić got control of the ball when Deljan Nastevski tried to sneak it across the goal line. 61 minutes into the match, Bosnia And Hercegovina's goal looked a bit too open when Deljan Nastevski came free, but Muamer Fahrić reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Deljan Nastevski could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 63rd minute of the match, but Muamer Fahrić made a huge save. Deljan Nastevski could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 67th minute of the match, but Muamer Fahrić made a huge save. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Deljan Nastevski in the 67th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Muamer Fahrić saved Bosnia And Hercegovina from getting behind. Bosnia And Hercegovina's Jahija Selimotić was substituted for Zumbul Nurković. Bosnia And Hercegovina's Dragoljub Krajišnik was substituted for Bojan Saraba. In the 77th minute Vidoe Gegovski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Muamer Fahrić saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Vuk Urgovski got free with Muamer Fahrić in the 79th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 80th minute Deljan Nastevski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Muamer Fahrić saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 82nd minute, Vuk Urgovski made a precise shot to the right of Muamer Fahrić. Bosnia And Hercegovina's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Bosnia And Hercegovina's Muamer Fahrić proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 87th minute of the match, managed to save Bosnia And Hercegovina from getting a goal against them. Bosnia And Hercegovina's Muamer Fahrić played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jakov Bundev in the 90th minute of play. Through an outstanding action, after 91 minutes, Muamer Fahrić successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After 93 minutes, Stevan Rajkovski mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Macedonia and the Bosnia And Hercegovina players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Macedonia's Stevan Rajkovski got a free kick in the 93rd minute. Muamer Fahrić showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jakov Bundev in the 95th minute of the match. When the match was over Macedonia could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Bosnia And Hercegovina throughout the match.
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