Luxembourg vs North Macedonia, 2016 European Championship Qualifying, Group Stage 2016
· UEFA European Championship QualifyingLuxembourg stun Macedonia with late penalty save, stoppage-time winner
Luxembourg registered their first win since 2013 -- a run of 14 games -- as they sunk Macedonia 1-0 in Euro 2016 qualifying group C.
Match Timeline
- 0': Game on!
- 1': Aleksandar Trajkovski takes the corner kick from the left byline with his right foot and hits an inswinger to the centre, resulting in: out of play
- 1': Agim Ibraimi takes the corner kick from the right byline with his right foot and hits an inswinger to the centre, resulting in: clearance
- 2': Ben Payal clears the ball from danger.
- 2': Aurelien Joachim commits a foul on Aleksandar Trajkovski resulting on a free kick for Macedonia
- 2': Daniel Mojsov takes a direct freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: open play
- 3': Throw-in: Vance Sikov takes it (Defending)
- 6': Agim Ibraimi hits a good right footed shot, but it is off target. Outcome: save
- 6': Jonathan Joubert makes a very good save (Catch)
- 6': Throw-in: Ricardo Aleixo Delgado takes it (Attacking)
- 6': Jonathan Joubert takes a long goal kick
- 7': Lars Gerson takes the corner kick from the right byline with his right foot and hits an inswinger to the centre, resulting in: clearance
- 8': Leonard Zuta clears the ball from danger.
- 8': Throw-in: Leonard Zuta takes it (Defending)
- 10': Daniel Da Mota Alves crosses the ball. Outcome: open play
- 11': Mirko Ivanovski commits a foul on Ben Payal resulting on a free kick for Luxembourg
- 11': Maxine Chanot takes a direct freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: open play
- 12': Laurent Jans commits a foul on Agim Ibraimi resulting on a free kick for Macedonia
- 12': Agim Ibraimi takes a direct freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: pass
- 13': Stefan Ristovski commits a foul on Ben Payal resulting on a free kick for Luxembourg
- 14': Ben Payal takes a direct freekick with his right foot from the right channel. Outcome: open play
- 14': Offside called on Leonard Zuta
- 14': Jonathan Joubert takes a direct freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: pass
- 16': Lars Gerson commits a foul on Leonard Zuta resulting on a free kick for Macedonia
- 16': Agim Ibraimi takes a direct freekick with his right foot from the right channel. Outcome: open play
- 17': Jonathan Joubert takes a long goal kick
- 18': Throw-in: Besart Abdurahimi takes it (Attacking)
- 18': Throw-in: Ricardo Aleixo Delgado takes it (Defending)
- 18': Leonard Zuta commits a foul on Christopher Martins Pereira resulting on a free kick for Luxembourg
- 18': Christopher Martins Pereira takes a direct freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: open play
- 19': Throw-in: Stefan Ristovski takes it (Defending)
- 19': Throw-in: Stefan Ristovski takes it (Defending)
- 21': Throw-in: Ricardo Aleixo Delgado takes it (Defending)
- 21': Jonathan Joubert takes a long goal kick
- 22': Throw-in: Ricardo Aleixo Delgado takes it (Attacking)
- 23': Lars Gerson takes the corner kick from the left byline with his right foot and hits an inswinger to the centre, resulting in: foul
- 23': Christopher Martins Pereira commits a foul on Tome Pacovski resulting on a free kick for Macedonia
- 23': Tome Pacovski takes a direct freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: open play
- 24': Throw-in: Leonard Zuta takes it (Defending)
- 25': Throw-in: Leonard Zuta takes it (Attacking)
- 26': Tome Pacovski takes a short goal kick
- 26': Throw-in: Ricardo Aleixo Delgado takes it (Attacking)
- 29': Throw-in: Ricardo Aleixo Delgado takes it (Defending)
- 30': Aurelien Joachim hits a good header, but it is off target. Outcome: over bar
- 30': Jonathan Joubert takes a long goal kick
- 30': Leonard Zuta commits a foul on Ricardo Aleixo Delgado resulting on a free kick for Luxembourg
- 31': Leonard Zuta is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
- 31': Chris Philipps takes a direct freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: pass
- 31': Jonathan Joubert takes a long goal kick
- 32': Christopher Martins Pereira crosses the ball. Outcome: save
- 32': Tome Pacovski makes a very good save (Catch)
- 35': Jonathan Joubert takes a long goal kick
- 37': Macedonia makes a sub: Kire Ristevski enters for Daniel Mojsov. Reason: Injury
- 39': Tome Pacovski takes a long goal kick
- 40': Kire Ristevski commits a foul on Christopher Martins Pereira resulting on a free kick for Luxembourg
- 40': Lars Gerson takes a direct freekick with his right foot from the left channel. Outcome: shot
- 41': Stefan Ristovski is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
- 41': Lars Gerson hits a good right footed shot, but it is off target. Outcome: miss right
- 42': Agim Ibraimi commits a foul on Lars Gerson resulting on a free kick for Luxembourg
- 42': Lars Gerson takes a direct freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: pass
- 43': Christopher Martins Pereira commits a foul on Aleksandar Trajkovski resulting on a free kick for Macedonia
- 43': Christopher Martins Pereira is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
- 43': Leonard Zuta takes a direct freekick with his left foot from the left wing. Outcome: open play
- 44': Throw-in: Nikola Gligorov takes it (Attacking)
- 45': Leonard Zuta commits a foul on Christopher Martins Pereira resulting on a free kick for Luxembourg
- 45': Chris Philipps takes a direct freekick with his right foot from the left channel. Outcome: cross
- 45': The referee has signaled the end of the first half
- 45'+1': Chris Philipps crosses the ball. Outcome: save
- 45'+1': Tome Pacovski makes a very good save (Catch)
- 45'+2': Throw-in: Stefan Ristovski takes it (Defending)
- 45': The second half is under way
- 47': Milovan Petrovic hits a good right footed shot, but it is off target. Outcome: miss left
- 47': Jonathan Joubert takes a long goal kick
- 48': Throw-in: Laurent Jans takes it (Defending)
- 49': Throw-in: Daniel Da Mota Alves takes it (Attacking)
- 49': Lars Gerson takes the corner kick from the right byline with his right foot and hits an inswinger to the near post, resulting in: open play
- 50': Throw-in: Laurent Jans takes it (Defending)
- 51': Throw-in: Vance Sikov takes it (Defending)
- 51': Daniel Da Mota Alves commits a foul on Stefan Ristovski resulting on a free kick for Macedonia
- 52': Stefan Ristovski takes a direct freekick with his right foot from the left channel. Outcome: open play
- 53': Besart Abdurahimi hits a good right footed shot. Outcome: save
- 54': Jonathan Joubert makes a very good save (Catch)
- 54': Besart Abdurahimi commits a foul on Ben Payal resulting on a free kick for Luxembourg
- 54': Besart Abdurahimi is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
- 55': Chris Philipps takes a direct freekick with his right foot from the left channel. Outcome: pass
- 56': Aleksandar Trajkovski takes the corner kick from the left byline with his right foot and hits an inswinger to the far post, resulting in: clearance
- 56': Ricardo Aleixo Delgado clears the ball from danger.
- 57': Throw-in: Laurent Jans takes it (Defending)
- 59': Throw-in: Christopher Martins Pereira takes it (Attacking)
- 60': Daniel Da Mota Alves commits a foul on Leonard Zuta resulting on a free kick for Macedonia
- 60': Tome Pacovski takes a direct freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: pass
- 61': Milovan Petrovic commits a foul on Christopher Martins Pereira resulting on a free kick for Luxembourg
- 61': Chris Philipps takes a direct freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: open play
- 63': Agim Ibraimi takes the corner kick from the right byline with his right foot and hits an inswinger to the far post, resulting in: out of play
- 64': Luxembourg makes a sub: Stefano Bensi enters for Maurice Deville. Reason: Tactical
- 65': Agim Ibraimi takes the corner kick from the right byline with his right foot and hits an inswinger to the centre, resulting in: out of play
- 65': Jonathan Joubert takes a long goal kick
- 66': Lars Gerson takes the corner kick from the left byline with his right foot and hits an inswinger to the centre, resulting in: shot
- 67': Maxine Chanot hits a good header, but it is off target. Outcome: miss right
- 67': Tome Pacovski takes a long goal kick
- 67': Daniel Da Mota Alves commits a foul on Milovan Petrovic resulting on a free kick for Macedonia
- 68': Milovan Petrovic takes a direct freekick with his right foot from the right channel. Outcome: open play
- 72': Luxembourg makes a sub: Sebastien Thill enters for Christopher Martins Pereira. Reason: Tactical
- 73': Throw-in: Laurent Jans takes it (Attacking)
- 73': Macedonia makes a sub: Baze Ilijoski enters for Aleksandar Trajkovski. Reason: Tactical
- 74': Jonathan Joubert takes a long goal kick
- 75': Baze Ilijoski commits a foul on Ben Payal resulting on a free kick for Luxembourg
- 76': Stefano Bensi takes a direct freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: pass
- 76': Stefan Ristovski commits a foul on Daniel Da Mota Alves resulting on a free kick for Luxembourg
- 76': Daniel Da Mota Alves takes a direct freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: open play
- 77': Ricardo Aleixo Delgado crosses the ball. Outcome: clearance
- 77': Besart Abdurahimi clears the ball from danger.
- 77': Throw-in: Daniel Da Mota Alves takes it (Attacking)
- 77': Throw-in: Stefan Ristovski takes it (Defending)
- 78': Offside called on Aurelien Joachim
- 78': Kire Ristevski takes a direct freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: pass
- 79': Throw-in: Laurent Jans takes it (Attacking)
- 80': Macedonia makes a sub: Stefan Askovski enters for Agim Ibraimi. Reason: Tactical
- 81': Throw-in: Leonard Zuta takes it (Defending)
- 81': Throw-in: Stefan Ristovski takes it (Defending)
- 82': Ben Payal commits a foul on Nikola Gligorov resulting on a free kick for Macedonia
- 83': Nikola Gligorov takes a direct freekick with his right foot from the right channel. Outcome: pass
- 83': Throw-in: Stefan Ristovski takes it (Attacking)
- 84': Ben Payal commits a foul on Besart Abdurahimi resulting on a penalty for Macedonia
- 85': Besart Abdurahimi places the penalty kick with his right foot to the lower left corner and the goalkeepper saves it!
- 85': Jonathan Joubert makes a very good save (Punch)
- 85': Besart Abdurahimi commits a foul on Ben Payal resulting on a free kick for Luxembourg
- 85': Daniel Da Mota Alves takes a direct freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: pass
- 86': Sebastien Thill hits a good right footed shot, but it is off target. Outcome: miss right
- 86': Tome Pacovski takes a long goal kick
- 87': Jonathan Joubert takes a long goal kick
- 88': Tome Pacovski takes a short goal kick
- 89': Throw-in: Daniel Da Mota Alves takes it (Attacking)
- 90': Ben Payal commits a foul on Mirko Ivanovski resulting on a free kick for Macedonia
- 90': The referee has signaled the end of the second half
- 90': End of the game
- 90'+1': Nikola Gligorov takes a direct freekick with his right foot from the right channel. Outcome: open play
- 90'+1': Stefan Askovski commits a foul on Aurelien Joachim resulting on a free kick for Luxembourg
- 90'+1': Chris Philipps takes a direct freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: pass
- 90'+2': Kire Ristevski is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
- 90'+2': Kire Ristevski commits a foul on Stefano Bensi resulting on a free kick for Luxembourg
- 90'+2': Stefano Bensi takes a direct freekick with his right foot from the left channel. Outcome: open play
- 90'+3': Sebastien Thill hits a good left footed shot. Outcome: goal
- 90'+3': Goal!! Sebastien Thill hits a very good left footed shot to the upper left corner from the right penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Luxembourg now leads 1 - 0
Statistics
MKD |
LUX![]() |
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|---|---|---|
| 14 | Fouls | 11 |
| 4 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 1 |
| 5 | Corner Kicks | 4 |
| 3 | Saves | 3 |
| 39 | Possession | 61 |
| 3 | SHOTS | 5 |
| 1 | ON GOAL | 1 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.2 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 1 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 0 | Accurate Passes | 0 |
| 0 | Passes | 0 |
| 0.0 | Pass Completion % | 0.0 |
| 0 | Accurate Crosses | 1 |
| 0 | Crosses | 4 |
| 0.0 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Long Balls | 0 |
| 0 | Accurate Long Balls | 0 |
| 0.0 | Long Balls % | 0.0 |
| 0 | Blocked Shots | 0 |
| 0 | Effective Tackles | 0 |
| 0 | Tackles | 0 |
| 0.0 | Tackle % | 0.0 |
| 0 | Interceptions | 0 |
| 0 | Effective Clearances | 0 |
| 2 | Clearances | 2 |
Game Information
Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifying
Venue: Josy Barthel Stadium
Location: ,
Attendance: 1,667
Venue: Josy Barthel Stadium
Location: ,
Attendance: 1,667
EURO Qualifying Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | England | 8 | +18 | 20 |
| 2 | Italy | 8 | +7 | 14 |
| 3 | Ukraine | 8 | +3 | 14 |
| 4 | North Macedonia | 8 | -10 | 8 |
Line-Ups
Luxembourg
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Jonathan Joubert (GK) |
| 4 | Ricardo Aleixo Delgado |
| 6 | Chris Philipps |
| 2 | Maxime Chanot |
| 18 | Laurent Jans |
| 8 | Christopher Martins Pereira |
| 7 | Lars Gerson |
| 10 | Ben Payal |
| 9 | Daniel da Mota |
| 21 | Maurice Deville |
| 13 | Aurélien Joachim |
North Macedonia
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Tome Pacovski (GK) |
| 13 | Stefan Ristovski |
| 6 | Vance Sikov |
| 5 | Daniel Mojsov |
| 18 | Leonard Zuta |
| 16 | Nikola Gligorov |
| 17 | Milovan Petrovic |
| 10 | Agim Ibraimi |
| 19 | Besart Abdurahimi |
| 7 | Aleksandar Trajkovski |
| 21 | Mirko Ivanovski |
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