UEFA Nations League

North Macedonia vs Estonia, 2020-21 UEFA Nations League, Group Stage

· UEFA Nations League
North Macedonia
  • 29': Ivan Trickovski
  • 68': Vlatko Stojanovski
FT
2 - 1
Estonia
  • 52': Rauno Sappinen

About

North Macedonia are hosting Estonia at Tose Proeski Arena, Skopje, North Macedonia, starting on . The match is a part of the UEFA Nations League.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 9': Foul by Stefan Spirovski (North Macedonia).
  • 9': Rauno Sappinen (Estonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 10': Foul by Rauno Sappinen (Estonia).
  • 10': Visar Musliu (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 11': Corner, Estonia. Conceded by Boban Nikolov.
  • 12': Attempt missed. Karol Mets (Estonia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high following a corner.
  • 13': Offside, North Macedonia. Ivan Trickovski tries a through ball, but Ilija Nestorovski is caught offside.
  • 14': Foul by Rauno Sappinen (Estonia).
  • 14': Stefan Ristovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 15': Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 15': Foul by Mihkel Ainsalu (Estonia).
  • 16': Foul by Visar Musliu (North Macedonia).
  • 16': Konstantin Vassiljev (Estonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 19': Offside, North Macedonia. Darko Velkovski tries a through ball, but Ivan Trickovski is caught offside.
  • 19': Foul by Artur Pikk (Estonia).
  • 19': Stefan Spirovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 20': Attempt missed. Ivan Trickovski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a set piece situation.
  • 23': Attempt saved. Vladislav Kreida (Estonia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Konstantin Vassiljev.
  • 23': Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 23': Foul by Artur Pikk (Estonia).
  • 25': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Artur Pikk.
  • 26': Attempt saved. Boban Nikolov (North Macedonia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Darko Velkovski.
  • 26': Offside, North Macedonia. Boban Nikolov tries a through ball, but Ivan Trickovski is caught offside.
  • 28': Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 28': Foul by Taijo Teniste (Estonia).
  • 29': Attempt missed. Stefan Spirovski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a set piece situation.
  • 29': Goal! North Macedonia 1, Estonia 0. Ivan Trickovski (North Macedonia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Stefan Spirovski following a set piece situation.
  • 32': Attempt saved. Ivan Trickovski (North Macedonia) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Eljif Elmas with a cross.
  • 33': Foul by Boban Nikolov (North Macedonia).
  • 33': Vladislav Kreida (Estonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 34': Boban Nikolov (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 38': Attempt missed. Rauno Sappinen (Estonia) right footed shot from the right side of the box is just a bit too high.
  • 42': Foul by Ilija Nestorovski (North Macedonia).
  • 42': Vladislav Kreida (Estonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45': Foul by Stefan Spirovski (North Macedonia).
  • 45': Sergei Zenjov (Estonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 45': Stefan Spirovski (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+1': Attempt missed. Konstantin Vassiljev (Estonia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left from a direct free kick.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, North Macedonia 1, Estonia 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins North Macedonia 1, Estonia 0.
  • 46': Attempt missed. Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Stefan Ristovski.
  • 47': Foul by Sergei Zenjov (Estonia).
  • 47': Stefan Ristovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 48': Rauno Sappinen (Estonia) has gone down, but the referee deems it simulation.
  • 49': Rauno Sappinen (Estonia) is shown the yellow card.
  • 50': Foul by Ilija Nestorovski (North Macedonia).
  • 50': Mihkel Ainsalu (Estonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 51': Foul by Visar Musliu (North Macedonia).
  • 51': Rauno Sappinen (Estonia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 52': Goal! North Macedonia 1, Estonia 1. Rauno Sappinen (Estonia) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mihkel Ainsalu.
  • 54': Foul by Karol Mets (Estonia).
  • 54': Ivan Trickovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 54': Foul by Sergei Zenjov (Estonia).
  • 54': Stefan Ristovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 55': Substitution, Estonia. Erik Sorga replaces Konstantin Vassiljev.
  • 56': Attempt saved. Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ivan Trickovski.
  • 57': Hand ball by Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia).
  • 58': Attempt missed. Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Ilija Nestorovski.
  • 59': Substitution, North Macedonia. Tihomir Kostadinov replaces Stefan Spirovski.
  • 59': Substitution, North Macedonia. Vlatko Stojanovski replaces Aleksandar Trajkovski.
  • 60': Offside, Estonia. Joonas Tamm tries a through ball, but Erik Sorga is caught offside.
  • 61': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Artur Pikk.
  • 63': Substitution, Estonia. Henri Anier replaces Rauno Sappinen.
  • 63': Substitution, Estonia. Frank Liivak replaces Sergei Zenjov.
  • 64': Attempt saved. Stefan Ristovski (North Macedonia) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Egzon Bejtulai with a cross.
  • 64': Foul by Taijo Teniste (Estonia).
  • 64': Stefan Ristovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 65': Attempt blocked. Boban Nikolov (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ivan Trickovski.
  • 67': Attempt saved. Vlatko Stojanovski (North Macedonia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Ivan Trickovski.
  • 67': Attempt missed. Boban Nikolov (North Macedonia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Vlatko Stojanovski with a through ball.
  • 68': Goal! North Macedonia 2, Estonia 1. Vlatko Stojanovski (North Macedonia) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Eljif Elmas with a cross.
  • 69': Vlatko Stojanovski (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  • 70': Boban Nikolov (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 70': Foul by Vladislav Kreida (Estonia).
  • 71': Boban Nikolov (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 71': Foul by Vladislav Kreida (Estonia).
  • 72': Attempt saved. Vlatko Stojanovski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Stefan Ristovski.
  • 74': Hand ball by Vlatko Stojanovski (North Macedonia).
  • 75': Offside, Estonia. Taijo Teniste tries a through ball, but Henri Anier is caught offside.
  • 76': Foul by Darko Velkovski (North Macedonia).
  • 76': Henri Anier (Estonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 76': Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card.
  • 77': Corner, Estonia. Conceded by Stefan Ristovski.
  • 78': Substitution, North Macedonia. Ljupco Doriev replaces Ilija Nestorovski.
  • 79': Substitution, Estonia. Martin Miller replaces Vlasiy Sinyavskiy.
  • 79': Substitution, Estonia. Georgi Tunjov replaces Mihkel Ainsalu.
  • 79': Attempt missed. Ljupco Doriev (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
  • 82': Boban Nikolov (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 82': Foul by Georgi Tunjov (Estonia).
  • 82': Georgi Tunjov (Estonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 83': Foul by Tihomir Kostadinov (North Macedonia).
  • 83': Frank Liivak (Estonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 83': Attempt saved. Joonas Tamm (Estonia) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 83': Corner, Estonia. Conceded by Visar Musliu.
  • 85': Substitution, North Macedonia. Gjoko Zajkov replaces Eljif Elmas.
  • 86': Attempt missed. Vlatko Stojanovski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Ljupco Doriev with a cross.
  • 88': Attempt saved. Ljupco Doriev (North Macedonia) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Egzon Bejtulai.
  • 88': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Karl Hein.
  • 89': Foul by Artur Pikk (Estonia).
  • 89': Ivan Trickovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90'+2': Offside, North Macedonia. Damjan Siskovski tries a through ball, but Vlatko Stojanovski is caught offside.
  • 90'+2': Attempt missed. Henri Anier (Estonia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Joonas Tamm with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
  • 90'+3': Foul by Joonas Tamm (Estonia).
  • 90'+3': Tihomir Kostadinov (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90'+3': Foul by Artur Pikk (Estonia).
  • 90'+3': Tihomir Kostadinov (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, North Macedonia 2, Estonia 1.
  • 90'+5': Karol Mets (Estonia) is shown the yellow card.
  • 0': Match ends, North Macedonia 2, Estonia 1.

Statistics

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17 Fouls 11
3 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 4
3 Corner Kicks 3
7 Saves 2
41.4 Possession 58.6
7 SHOTS 17
3 ON GOAL 9
0.4 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
202 Accurate Passes 340
315 Passes 442
0.6 Pass Completion % 0.8
0 Accurate Crosses 5
9 Crosses 16
0.0 Cross % 0.3
74 Long Balls 61
27 Accurate Long Balls 34
0.4 Long Balls % 0.6
0 Blocked Shots 1
9 Effective Tackles 9
12 Tackles 15
0.8 Tackle % 0.6
16 Interceptions 8
14 Effective Clearances 17
14 Clearances 17

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Nations League

Venue: Tose Proeski Arena
Location: Skopje, North Macedonia

UEFA Nations League Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Romania 6 +15 18
2 Kosovo 6 +3 12
3 Cyprus 6 -11 6
4 Lithuania 6 -7 0
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Line-Ups

MKD North Macedonia (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
22 Damjan Siskovski (GK)
6 Visar Musliu
14 Darko Velkoski
13 Stefan Ristovski
2 Egzon Bejtulai
21 Eljif Elmas
16 Boban Nikolov Yellow Card
20 Stefan Spirovski
23 Ilija Nestorovski
7 Ivan Trickovski
9 Aleksandar Trajkovski
North Macedonia Substitutes:
Ljupco Doriev, Martin Bogatinov, Gjoko Zajkov, Vlatko Stojanovski, Tihomir Kostadinov.

EST Estonia (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
12 Karl Hein (GK)
18 Karol Mets Yellow Card
4 Joonas Tamm
3 Artur Pikk
23 Taijo Teniste
14 Konstantin Vassiljev
20 Mihkel Ainsalu
5 Vladislav Kreida
15 Rauno Sappinen Yellow Card
16 Vlasiy Sinyavskiy
10 Sergei Zenjov
Estonia Substitutes:
Frank Liivak, Michael Lilander, Nikita Baranov, Märten Kussk, Henri Anier, Georgi Tunjov, Martin Miller, Erik Sorga, Marko Meerits, Edgar Tur, Matvei Igonen, Markus Soomets.

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