FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

North Macedonia vs Romania, 2022 World Cup Qualifying - UEFA, Group Stage

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North Macedonia
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Romania

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North Macedonia are hosting Romania at Tose Proeski Arena, Skopje, North Macedonia, starting on . The match is a part of the FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Foul by Nicolae Claudiu Stanciu (Romania).
  • 1': Tihomir Kostadinov (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 2': Offside, North Macedonia. Stole Dimitrievski tries a through ball, but Milan Ristovski is caught offside.
  • 4': Attempt blocked. Stefan Spirovski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tihomir Kostadinov.
  • 14': Attempt saved. Darko Churlinov (North Macedonia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 15': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Vlad Chiriches.
  • 16': Attempt missed. Jovan Markovic (Romania) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Dragos Nedelcu.
  • 17': Dennis Man (Romania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 17': Foul by Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia).
  • 18': Hand ball by Jovan Markovic (Romania).
  • 19': Attempt missed. Stefan Spirovski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
  • 22': Attempt saved. Deian Sorescu (Romania) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Dennis Man.
  • 22': Corner, Romania. Conceded by Stole Dimitrievski.
  • 23': Offside, Romania. Florin Nita tries a through ball, but Jovan Markovic is caught offside.
  • 24': Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 24': Foul by Nicolae Claudiu Stanciu (Romania).
  • 26': Foul by Milan Ristovski (North Macedonia).
  • 26': Ionut Nedelcearu (Romania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 26': Milan Ristovski (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 29': Hand ball by Darko Churlinov (North Macedonia).
  • 30': Attempt missed. Nicolae Claudiu Stanciu (Romania) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
  • 33': Attempt saved. Darko Churlinov (North Macedonia) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Darko Velkovski.
  • 34': Attempt saved. Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Visar Musliu.
  • 40': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Camora.
  • 41': Camora (Romania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 41': Foul by Tihomir Kostadinov (North Macedonia).
  • 44': Attempt missed. Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Ezgjan Alioski.
  • 45': Corner, Romania. Conceded by Darko Velkovski.
  • 45'+1': Attempt missed. Ionut Nedelcearu (Romania) with an attempt from the left side of the six yard box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Nicolae Claudiu Stanciu with a cross following a corner.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, North Macedonia 0, Romania 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins North Macedonia 0, Romania 0.
  • 47': Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 47': Foul by Alexandru Cicâldau (Romania).
  • 48': Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 48': Foul by Dragos Nedelcu (Romania).
  • 48': Dragos Nedelcu (Romania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 49': Attempt blocked. Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 51': Attempt saved. Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Milan Ristovski.
  • 51': Attempt missed. Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right.
  • 52': Foul by Stefan Spirovski (North Macedonia).
  • 52': Nicolae Claudiu Stanciu (Romania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 53': Attempt missed. Jovan Markovic (Romania) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Andrei Ratiu.
  • 54': Foul by Alexandru Cicâldau (Romania).
  • 54': Tihomir Kostadinov (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 54': Deian Sorescu (Romania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 54': Foul by Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia).
  • 57': Hand ball by Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia).
  • 58': Attempt saved. Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Eljif Elmas.
  • 62': Attempt missed. Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Enis Bardhi.
  • 63': Substitution, Romania. Andrei Cordea replaces Jovan Markovic.
  • 63': Substitution, Romania. Razvan Marin replaces Dragos Nedelcu.
  • 64': Substitution, North Macedonia. Kire Ristevski replaces Darko Velkovski.
  • 64': Substitution, North Macedonia. Adis Jahovic replaces Milan Ristovski.
  • 65': Attempt missed. Nicolae Claudiu Stanciu (Romania) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Dennis Man.
  • 66': Attempt blocked. Tihomir Kostadinov (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 66': Andrei Cordea (Romania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 66': Foul by Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia).
  • 70': Attempt blocked. Stefan Ristovski (North Macedonia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Adis Jahovic.
  • 70': Alexandru Cicâldau (Romania) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 70': Foul by Tihomir Kostadinov (North Macedonia).
  • 71': Tihomir Kostadinov (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 72': Attempt saved. Razvan Marin (Romania) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nicolae Claudiu Stanciu.
  • 72': Offside, Romania. Razvan Marin tries a through ball, but Andrei Cordea is caught offside.
  • 72': Offside, North Macedonia. Stefan Spirovski tries a through ball, but Adis Jahovic is caught offside.
  • 73': Attempt saved. Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kire Ristevski with a headed pass.
  • 74': Substitution, Romania. Marius Marin replaces Deian Sorescu.
  • 75': Foul by Stefan Ristovski (North Macedonia).
  • 75': Ionut Nedelcearu (Romania) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 76': Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 76': Foul by Nicolae Claudiu Stanciu (Romania).
  • 78': Substitution, North Macedonia. Aleksandar Trajkovski replaces Stefan Spirovski.
  • 78': Substitution, North Macedonia. Boban Nikolov replaces Darko Churlinov.
  • 79': Foul by Razvan Marin (Romania).
  • 79': Tihomir Kostadinov (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 80': Alexandru Cicâldau (Romania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 80': Foul by Boban Nikolov (North Macedonia).
  • 81': Offside, Romania. Marius Marin tries a through ball, but Dennis Man is caught offside.
  • 83': Foul by Tihomir Kostadinov (North Macedonia).
  • 83': Nicolae Claudiu Stanciu (Romania) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 85': Visar Musliu (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 86': Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 86': Foul by Andrei Cordea (Romania).
  • 87': Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 87': Foul by Camora (Romania).
  • 88': Foul by Stefan Ristovski (North Macedonia).
  • 88': Nicolae Claudiu Stanciu (Romania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90': Substitution, North Macedonia. Stefan Askovski replaces Enis Bardhi.
  • 90'+1': Offside, North Macedonia. Tihomir Kostadinov tries a through ball, but Stefan Askovski is caught offside.
  • 90'+2': Foul by Dennis Man (Romania).
  • 90'+2': Visar Musliu (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+3': Foul by Boban Nikolov (North Macedonia).
  • 90'+3': Nicolae Claudiu Stanciu (Romania) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, North Macedonia 0, Romania 0.
  • 0': Match ends, North Macedonia 0, Romania 0.

Statistics

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11 Fouls 14
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
3 Offsides 3
2 Corner Kicks 2
6 Saves 2
42.2 Possession 57.8
7 SHOTS 14
2 ON GOAL 6
0.3 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
261 Accurate Passes 383
350 Passes 482
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.8
1 Accurate Crosses 1
12 Crosses 16
0.1 Cross % 0.1
46 Long Balls 63
16 Accurate Long Balls 31
0.3 Long Balls % 0.5
0 Blocked Shots 4
8 Effective Tackles 8
12 Tackles 15
0.7 Tackle % 0.5
12 Interceptions 12
17 Effective Clearances 10
17 Clearances 10

Game Information

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

Venue: Tose Proeski Arena
Location: Skopje, North Macedonia
Attendance: 5,260

WCQ - UEFA Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Belgium 8 +22 18
2 Wales 8 +10 16
3 North Macedonia 8 +3 13
4 Kazakhstan 8 -4 8
Full Table

Line-Ups

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

No. Name
1 Stole Dimitrievski (GK)
6 Visar Musliu Yellow Card
14 Darko Velkoski
8 Ezgjan Alioski
13 Stefan Ristovski
10 Enis Bardhi
20 Stefan Spirovski
21 Tihomir Kostadinov Yellow Card
19 Milan Ristovski Yellow Card
11 Darko Churlinov
7 Eljif Elmas
North Macedonia Substitutes:
Bojan Miovski, Damjan Siskovski, Dejan Iliev, Aleksandar Trajkovski, Stefan Askovski, Daniel Avramovski, Boban Nikolov, Kire Ristevski, Adis Jahovic, Nikola Serafimov, Todor Todoroski, Jani Atanasov.

ROU Romania (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Florin Nita (GK)
5 Ionut Nedelcearu
6 Vlad Chiriches
22 Mário Camora
2 Andrei Ratiu
14 Dragos Nedelcu Yellow Card
8 Alexandru Cicaldau
23 Nicolae Stanciu
9 Jovan Markovic
13 Deian Sorescu
20 Dennis Man
Romania Substitutes:
Cristian Manea, Andrei Vlad, Marius Marin, Darius Olaru, Razvan Marin, Virgil Ghita, Alin Tosca, Adrian Rus, Andrei Cordea.

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