UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Spain WLWWW 1
–
North Macedonia LLDLL 0
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ESP101
MKD000
City Stadium Skopje · 30,000 att.

Match Report

NIKOLAY DOYCHINOV/AFP/Getty Images

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.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
18
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
6
Corner Kicks
1
1
Saves
1
76
Possession
24
12
SHOTS
3
5
ON GOAL
1
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
1
Accurate Crosses
0
1
Crosses
2
1.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
0
Blocked Shots
3
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
2
Clearances
2

Head to Head

ESP leads series 2-0

Lineups

MKD

  1. 1Tome PacovskiG
  2. 2Vladica BrdarovskiD
  3. 6Vance SikovD
  4. 14Kire RistevskiD
  5. 18Leonard ZutaD
  6. 23Stefan AskovskiD
  7. 16Nikola GligorovM
  8. 17Milovan PetrovicM
  9. 11Ferhan HasaniM
  10. 19Marjan RadeskiF
  11. 21Mirko IvanovskiF

Substitutes

  1. 12Stole DimitrievskiG
  2. 22Daniel BozinovskiG
  3. 3Egzijan AlilovskiD
  4. 4Gjoko ZajkovD
  5. 7Aleksandar TrajkovskiM
  6. 9Muarem MuaremM
  7. 10Agim IbraimiM
  8. 13Enis BardiM
  9. 8Krste VelkoskiF
  10. 15Boban NikolovF
  11. 20Baze IlijoskiF

ESP

  1. 12David de GeaG
  2. 17Dani CarvajalD
  3. 3Gerard PiquéD
  4. 15Sergio RamosD
  5. 14Juan BernatD
  6. 20Santi CazorlaM
  7. 5Sergio BusquetsM
  8. 22IscoM
  9. 13Juan MataM
  10. 21David SilvaM
  11. 19Diego CostaF

Substitutes

  1. 1Iker CasillasG
  2. 23Sergio RicoG
  3. 2César AzpilicuetaD
  4. 4Marc BartraD
  5. 16JuanfranD
  6. 18Jordi AlbaD
  7. 6Andrés IniestaM
  8. 8KokeM
  9. 10Cesc FàbregasM
  10. 7VitoloF
  11. 9Paco AlcácerF
  12. 11PedroF

Timeline

  1. 8' Oh no! That was a bit unlucky, Tome Pacovski has just scored on his own net! Macedonia now trails 0 - 1
  2. 30' Diego Costa is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  3. 33' Milovan Petrovic is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  4. 47' Sergio Busquets is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  5. 61' Spain makes a sub: Paco Alcacer enters for Diego Costa. Reason: Tactical
  6. 68' Spain makes a sub: Koke enters for Santi Cazorla. Reason: Tactical
  7. 69' Macedonia makes a sub: Aleksandar Trajkovski enters for Mirko Ivanovski. Reason: Tactical
  8. 77' Macedonia makes a sub: Enis Bardi enters for Stefan Askovski. Reason: Tactical
  9. 78' Spain makes a sub: Andrés Iniesta enters for Isco. Reason: Tactical
  10. 84' Macedonia makes a sub: Agim Ibraimi enters for Marjan Radeski. Reason: Tactical
  11. 90' End of the game

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