North Macedonia vs Spain, 2016 European Championship Qualifying, Group Stage 2016

Juan Mata's goal helps Spain to tight victory at Macedonia

Defending champions Spain edged Macedonia 1-0 in Skopje on Tuesday evening to take another step towards qualification for Euro 2016.

• 0': Game on!
• 0': That last goal was assisted by Juan Mata (Cross from Right Wing)
• 2': Throw-in: Daniel Carvajal takes it (Attacking)
• 2': Throw-in: Vladica Brdarovski takes it (Defending)
• 5': Throw-in: Daniel Carvajal takes it (Defending)
• 5': Tome Pacovski takes a long goal kick
• 6': Throw-in: Juan Bernat takes it (Attacking)
• 7': Leonard Zuta commits a foul on David Silva resulting on a free kick for Spain
• 7': Juan Mata takes a direct freekick with his left foot from the right channel. Outcome: cross
• 8': Juan Mata crosses the ball. Outcome: open play
• 8': Juan Mata hits a good right footed shot, but it is off target. Outcome: open play
• 8': Oh no! That was a bit unlucky, Tome Pacovski has just scored on his own net! Macedonia now trails 0 - 1
• 9': Stefan Askovski takes the corner kick from the right byline with his left foot and hits an inswinger to the centre, resulting in: clearance
• 9': Gerard Piqué clears the ball from danger.
• 9': Throw-in: Leonard Zuta takes it (Attacking)
• 10': Vladica Brdarovski commits a foul on Isco resulting on a free kick for Spain
• 10': Isco takes a direct freekick with his left foot from his own half. Outcome: pass
• 11': Diego Costa hits a good right footed shot, but it is off target. Outcome: miss left
• 11': Tome Pacovski takes a long goal kick
• 12': Throw-in: Daniel Carvajal takes it (Defending)
• 13': Throw-in: Juan Bernat takes it (Attacking)
• 13': Throw-in: Vladica Brdarovski takes it (Defending)
• 13': Throw-in: Vladica Brdarovski takes it (Attacking)
• 13': Milovan Petrovic commits a foul on Santi Cazorla resulting on a free kick for Spain
• 14': Sergio Ramos takes a direct freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: pass
• 14': Throw-in: Vladica Brdarovski takes it (Defending)
• 14': Throw-in: Vladica Brdarovski takes it (Attacking)
• 15': Tome Pacovski takes a long goal kick
• 16': Juan Bernat commits a foul on Ferhan Hasani resulting on a free kick for Macedonia
• 16': Stefan Askovski takes a direct freekick with his left foot from the right channel. Outcome: cross
• 17': Stefan Askovski crosses the ball. Outcome: clearance
• 17': Sergio Ramos clears the ball from danger.
• 17': Throw-in: Leonard Zuta takes it (Attacking)
• 17': Milovan Petrovic hits a good right footed shot, but it is off target. Outcome: over bar
• 17': David De Gea takes a short goal kick
• 19': Santi Cazorla takes the corner kick from the left byline with his right foot and hits an inswinger to the centre, resulting in: shot
• 19': David Silva hits a good left footed shot. Outcome: save
• 20': Tome Pacovski makes a very good save (Parry)
• 20': Throw-in: Leonard Zuta takes it (Attacking)
• 20': Throw-in: Leonard Zuta takes it (Attacking)
• 21': Throw-in: Daniel Carvajal takes it (Defending)
• 22': Throw-in: Daniel Carvajal takes it (Attacking)
• 23': Throw-in: Gerard Piqué takes it (Defending)
• 25': Throw-in: Leonard Zuta takes it (Attacking)
• 25': Leonard Zuta crosses the ball. Outcome: save
• 26': David De Gea makes a good save (Catch)
• 26': Tome Pacovski takes a short goal kick
• 28': Kire Ristevski commits a foul on Santi Cazorla resulting on a free kick for Spain
• 28': David Silva takes a direct freekick with his left foot from the right channel. Outcome: shot
• 29': David Silva drills a left footed shot that gets deflected. Outcome: hit wall
• 29': Juan Mata takes the corner kick from the right byline with his left foot and hits an inswinger to the centre, resulting in: clearance
• 29': Vance Sikov clears the ball from danger.
• 30': Diego Costa commits a foul on Vladica Brdarovski resulting on a free kick for Macedonia
• 30': Diego Costa is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
• 31': Vance Sikov takes a direct freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: open play
• 31': Throw-in: Leonard Zuta takes it (Attacking)
• 31': Throw-in: Leonard Zuta takes it (Attacking)
• 32': David De Gea takes a short goal kick
• 33': Milovan Petrovic commits a foul on Daniel Carvajal resulting on a free kick for Spain
• 33': Milovan Petrovic is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
• 34': Sergio Busquets takes a direct freekick with his right foot from the left channel. Outcome: pass
• 35': Milovan Petrovic commits a foul on Juan Mata resulting on a free kick for Spain
• 35': Santi Cazorla takes a direct freekick with his right foot from the right channel. Outcome: pass
• 35': David Silva takes the corner kick from the left byline with his right foot and hits an inswinger to the centre, resulting in: clearance
• 35': Vance Sikov clears the ball from danger.
• 36': Santi Cazorla takes the corner kick from the left byline with his right foot and hits an inswinger to the centre, resulting in: open play
• 37': Tome Pacovski takes a direct freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: open play
• 38': Throw-in: Leonard Zuta takes it (Defending)
• 40': Throw-in: Juan Bernat takes it (Attacking)
• 40': Tome Pacovski takes a long goal kick
• 42': Daniel Carvajal hits a good right footed shot, but it is off target. Outcome: hit bar
• 42': Juan Bernat hits a good left footed shot, but it is off target. Outcome: over bar
• 42': Tome Pacovski takes a long goal kick
• 44': Throw-in: Leonard Zuta takes it (Defending)
• 45': Diego Costa hits a good header, but it is off target. Outcome: miss left
• 45': Tome Pacovski takes a long goal kick
• 45': The referee has signaled the end of the first half
• 45'+2': Isco drills a good right footed shot. Outcome: blocked
• 45'+2': Vance Sikov blocks the shot
• 45': The second half is under way
• 47': Sergio Busquets commits a foul on Ferhan Hasani resulting on a free kick for Macedonia
• 47': Sergio Busquets is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
• 48': Ferhan Hasani takes a direct freekick with his right foot from the right channel. Outcome: shot
• 49': Ferhan Hasani hits a good right footed shot, but it is off target. Outcome: miss left
• 49': David De Gea takes a long goal kick
• 49': David Silva commits a foul on Kire Ristevski resulting on a free kick for Macedonia
• 49': Nikola Gligorov takes a direct freekick with his left foot from the left channel. Outcome: open play
• 50': Throw-in: Vladica Brdarovski takes it (Defending)
• 50': David Silva commits a foul on Vladica Brdarovski resulting on a free kick for Macedonia
• 50': Vance Sikov takes a direct freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: open play
• 52': Mirko Ivanovski commits a foul on Sergio Busquets resulting on a free kick for Spain
• 52': Juan Bernat takes a direct freekick with his left foot from the left channel. Outcome: open play
• 54': Vladica Brdarovski commits a foul on Juan Bernat resulting on a free kick for Spain
• 54': Juan Bernat takes a direct freekick with his left foot from the left wing. Outcome: pass
• 54': Santi Cazorla takes the corner kick from the left byline with his right foot and passes it to a teammate resulting in: open play
• 55': Isco hits a good right footed shot, but it is off target. Outcome: miss right
• 55': Tome Pacovski takes a long goal kick
• 55': Mirko Ivanovski commits a foul on Juan Bernat resulting on a free kick for Spain
• 55': Sergio Ramos takes a direct freekick with his left foot from his own half. Outcome: pass
• 56': Throw-in: Daniel Carvajal takes it (Attacking)
• 58': Tome Pacovski takes a short goal kick
• 58': Nikola Gligorov commits a foul on Sergio Busquets resulting on a free kick for Spain
• 58': David Silva takes a direct freekick with his left foot from the left channel. Outcome: pass
• 60': Sergio Ramos commits a foul on Mirko Ivanovski resulting on a free kick for Macedonia
• 60': Ferhan Hasani takes a direct freekick with his right foot from the right channel. Outcome: pass
• 61': Stefan Askovski commits a foul on Gerard Piqué resulting on a free kick for Spain
• 61': Spain makes a sub: Paco Alcacer enters for Diego Costa. Reason: Tactical
• 61': David De Gea takes a direct freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: pass
• 65': Tome Pacovski takes a long goal kick
• 65': Throw-in: Daniel Carvajal takes it (Defending)
• 67': Santi Cazorla drills a good right footed shot. Outcome: blocked
• 67': Kire Ristevski blocks the shot
• 68': Stefan Askovski commits a foul on Sergio Busquets resulting on a free kick for Spain
• 68': Spain makes a sub: Koke enters for Santi Cazorla. Reason: Tactical
• 69': Macedonia makes a sub: Aleksandar Trajkovski enters for Mirko Ivanovski. Reason: Tactical
• 69': Sergio Busquets takes a direct freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: pass
• 70': Throw-in: Daniel Carvajal takes it (Attacking)
• 70': Throw-in: Daniel Carvajal takes it (Attacking)
• 70': Throw-in: Juan Bernat takes it (Attacking)
• 71': Offside called on Paco Alcacer
• 71': Tome Pacovski takes an indirect freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: open play
• 71': Ferhan Hasani commits a foul on Isco resulting on a free kick for Spain
• 72': Sergio Busquets takes a direct freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: pass
• 72': Throw-in: Daniel Carvajal takes it (Attacking)
• 73': Throw-in: Leonard Zuta takes it (Defending)
• 73': Throw-in: Daniel Carvajal takes it (Attacking)
• 75': Marjan Radeski commits a foul on Isco resulting on a free kick for Spain
• 75': Isco takes a direct freekick with his right foot from the left channel. Outcome: pass
• 75': Throw-in: Leonard Zuta takes it (Defending)
• 77': Macedonia makes a sub: Enis Bardi enters for Stefan Askovski. Reason: Tactical
• 77': Throw-in: Juan Bernat takes it (Attacking)
• 78': David Silva takes the corner kick from the left byline with his left foot and hits an outswinger to the centre, resulting in: shot
• 78': Sergio Ramos hits a good header, but it is off target. Outcome: over bar
• 78': Spain makes a sub: Andrés Iniesta enters for Isco. Reason: Tactical
• 79': Tome Pacovski takes a long goal kick
• 79': David De Gea takes a short goal kick
• 81': Vladica Brdarovski commits a foul on Sergio Ramos resulting on a free kick for Spain
• 81': Koke takes a direct freekick with his right foot from the left channel. Outcome: pass
• 82': Andrés Iniesta commits a foul on Vladica Brdarovski resulting on a free kick for Macedonia
• 82': Tome Pacovski takes a direct freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: open play
• 82': Ferhan Hasani commits a foul on Sergio Busquets resulting on a free kick for Spain
• 82': Sergio Ramos takes a direct freekick with his left foot from his own half. Outcome: pass
• 84': Juan Mata hits a good left footed shot. Outcome: blocked
• 84': Vance Sikov blocks the shot
• 84': Macedonia makes a sub: Agim Ibraimi enters for Marjan Radeski. Reason: Tactical
• 85': Tome Pacovski takes a long goal kick
• 87': Ferhan Hasani commits a foul on Sergio Ramos resulting on a free kick for Spain
• 87': Sergio Ramos takes a direct freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: pass
• 87': David Silva commits a foul on Leonard Zuta resulting on a free kick for Macedonia
• 87': Vance Sikov takes a direct freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: pass
• 89': Throw-in: Leonard Zuta takes it (Defending)
• 89': Leonard Zuta commits a foul on Juan Mata resulting on a free kick for Spain
• 89': Juan Mata takes a direct freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: open play
• 90': The referee has signaled the end of the second half
• 90': End of the game
• 90'+2': Tome Pacovski takes a long goal kick
• 90'+2': Throw-in: Daniel Carvajal takes it (Attacking)