UEFA European Championship Qualifying

North Macedonia vs Ukraine, 2024 European Championship Qualifying, Group Stage

· UEFA European Championship Qualifying
North Macedonia
  • 31': Enis Bardhi (P)
  • 39': Eljif Elmas
  • Red Card 72': Visar Musliu
FT
2 - 3
Ukraine
  • 62': Illia Zabarnyi
  • 67': Yukhym Konoplia
  • 83': Viktor Tsygankov

About

North Macedonia are hosting Ukraine at Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje, North Macedonia, starting on . The match is a part of the UEFA European Championship Qualifying.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Attempt missed. Vitalii Mykolenko (Ukraine) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Andrii Yarmolenko with a cross.
  • 4': Foul by Andrii Yarmolenko (Ukraine).
  • 4': Ilija Nestorovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 5': Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 5': Foul by Andrii Yarmolenko (Ukraine).
  • 8': Foul by Stefan Ristovski (North Macedonia).
  • 8': Taras Stepanenko (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 8': Stefan Ristovski (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 9': Foul by Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia).
  • 9': Oleksandr Tymchyk (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 11': Foul by Ilija Nestorovski (North Macedonia).
  • 11': Illia Zabarnyi (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 13': Attempt blocked. Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ilija Nestorovski.
  • 13': Foul by Mykhailo Mudryk (Ukraine).
  • 13': Stefan Ashkovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 14': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Oleksandr Tymchyk.
  • 14': Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 14': Foul by Viktor Tsygankov (Ukraine).
  • 15': Attempt missed. Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
  • 18': Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 18': Foul by Oleksandr Tymchyk (Ukraine).
  • 21': Attempt blocked. Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Eljif Elmas.
  • 22': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Illia Zabarnyi.
  • 23': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Heorhii Sudakov.
  • 23': Delay in match because of an injury Gjoko Zajkov (North Macedonia).
  • 24': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 24': Attempt blocked. Arijan Ademi (North Macedonia) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Aleksandar Trajkovski with a cross.
  • 25': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Vitalii Mykolenko.
  • 26': Hand ball by Stefan Ristovski (North Macedonia).
  • 27': Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 27': Foul by Taras Stepanenko (Ukraine).
  • 27': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Oleksandr Tymchyk.
  • 28': Penalty conceded by Mykola Matvienko (Ukraine) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
  • 29': VAR Decision: Penalty North Macedonia.
  • 30': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 31': Goal! North Macedonia 1, Ukraine 0. Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 32': Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 32': Foul by Viktor Tsygankov (Ukraine).
  • 33': Attempt blocked. Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ilija Nestorovski.
  • 33': Attempt missed. Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
  • 35': Attempt saved. Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 36': Andrii Yarmolenko (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 36': Foul by Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia).
  • 37': Offside, Ukraine. Andrii Yarmolenko tries a through ball, but Artem Dovbyk is caught offside.
  • 37': Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 37': Foul by Viktor Tsygankov (Ukraine).
  • 38': Foul by Artem Dovbyk (Ukraine).
  • 38': Gjoko Zajkov (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 39': Goal! North Macedonia 2, Ukraine 0. Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Stefan Ristovski.
  • 43': Hand ball by Oleksandr Tymchyk (Ukraine).
  • 44': Arijan Ademi (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 44': Foul by Taras Stepanenko (Ukraine).
  • 45': Attempt saved. Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
  • 45': Attempt blocked. Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) left footed shot from very close range is blocked.
  • 45': Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 45': Foul by Artem Dovbyk (Ukraine).
  • 45'+1': Artem Dovbyk (Ukraine) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, North Macedonia 2, Ukraine 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins North Macedonia 2, Ukraine 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Ukraine. Vladyslav Vanat replaces Artem Dovbyk.
  • 45': Substitution, Ukraine. Yukhym Konoplya replaces Oleksandr Tymchyk.
  • 46': Foul by Taras Stepanenko (Ukraine).
  • 46': Ilija Nestorovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 47': Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 47': Foul by Viktor Tsygankov (Ukraine).
  • 49': Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 49': Foul by Heorhii Sudakov (Ukraine).
  • 53': Arijan Ademi (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 53': Foul by Taras Stepanenko (Ukraine).
  • 54': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Yukhym Konoplya.
  • 54': Attempt saved. Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ezgjan Alioski.
  • 54': Anatolii Trubin (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 54': Foul by Ilija Nestorovski (North Macedonia).
  • 54': Visar Musliu (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card.
  • 56': Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 56': Foul by Andrii Yarmolenko (Ukraine).
  • 57': Offside, North Macedonia. Stole Dimitrievski tries a through ball, but Ilija Nestorovski is caught offside.
  • 58': Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Visar Musliu.
  • 62': Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Stefan Ashkovski.
  • 62': Goal! North Macedonia 2, Ukraine 1. Illia Zabarnyi (Ukraine) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Viktor Tsygankov with a cross following a corner.
  • 64': Substitution, North Macedonia. Vladica Brdarovski replaces Stefan Ashkovski.
  • 64': Substitution, North Macedonia. Jani Atanasov replaces Arijan Ademi.
  • 65': Substitution, North Macedonia. Milan Ristovski replaces Ilija Nestorovski.
  • 65': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Yukhym Konoplya.
  • 66': Substitution, Ukraine. Ruslan Malinovskyi replaces Andrii Yarmolenko.
  • 67': Goal! North Macedonia 2, Ukraine 2. Yukhym Konoplya (Ukraine) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mykhailo Mudryk with a cross.
  • 68': Foul by Ruslan Malinovskyi (Ukraine).
  • 68': Stefan Ristovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 68': Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 68': Foul by Yukhym Konoplya (Ukraine).
  • 70': Delay in match because of an injury Mykhailo Mudryk (Ukraine).
  • 70': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 72': Foul by Jani Atanasov (North Macedonia).
  • 72': Ruslan Malinovskyi (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 72': Foul by Visar Musliu (North Macedonia).
  • 72': Vladyslav Vanat (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 72': Second yellow card to Visar Musliu (North Macedonia) for a bad foul.
  • 73': Attempt missed. Viktor Tsygankov (Ukraine) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right from a direct free kick.
  • 76': Substitution, North Macedonia. Ljupcho Doriev replaces Aleksandar Trajkovski.
  • 78': Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Vladica Brdarovski.
  • 78': Attempt missed. Viktor Tsygankov (Ukraine) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Heorhii Sudakov with a through ball.
  • 79': Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 79': Foul by Viktor Tsygankov (Ukraine).
  • 80': Foul by Mykola Matvienko (Ukraine).
  • 80': Milan Ristovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 82': Offside, North Macedonia. Stole Dimitrievski tries a through ball, but Milan Ristovski is caught offside.
  • 83': Goal! North Macedonia 2, Ukraine 3. Viktor Tsygankov (Ukraine) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Mykhailo Mudryk with a through ball.
  • 90': Foul by Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia).
  • 90': Viktor Tsygankov (Ukraine) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 90': Substitution, Ukraine. Serhii Sydorchuk replaces Mykhailo Mudryk.
  • 90': Substitution, North Macedonia. Dorian Babunski replaces Vladica Brdarovski.
  • 90'+1': Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 90'+1': Foul by Serhii Sydorchuk (Ukraine).
  • 90'+3': Substitution, Ukraine. Oleksandr Zubkov replaces Viktor Tsygankov.
  • 90'+4': Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Gjoko Zajkov.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, North Macedonia 2, Ukraine 3.
  • 90'+5': Damjan Shishkovski (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+5': Vitalii Mykolenko (Ukraine) is shown the yellow card.
  • 0': Match ends, North Macedonia 2, Ukraine 3.

Statistics

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23 Fouls 9
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 1
1 Offsides 2
4 Corner Kicks 7
3 Saves 0
51.5 Possession 48.5
6 SHOTS 12
3 ON GOAL 5
0.5 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 1
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
353 Accurate Passes 317
436 Passes 403
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
3 Accurate Crosses 4
11 Crosses 16
0.3 Cross % 0.3
48 Long Balls 46
27 Accurate Long Balls 16
0.6 Long Balls % 0.3
0 Blocked Shots 5
10 Effective Tackles 3
12 Tackles 13
0.8 Tackle % 0.2
7 Interceptions 4
15 Effective Clearances 7
15 Clearances 7

Game Information

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifying

Venue: Toše Proeski Arena
Location: Skopje, North Macedonia
Attendance: 14,370

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
Full Table

Line-Ups

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

No. Name
1 Stole Dimitrievski (GK)
4 Gjoko Zajkov
6 Visar Musliu Yellow Card
13 Stefan Ristovski Yellow Card
10 Enis Bardhi
5 Arijan Ademi
7 Eljif Elmas
8 Ezgjan Alioski
3 Stefan Askovski
9 Aleksandar Trajkovski
23 Ilija Nestorovski
North Macedonia Substitutes:
Damjan Siskovski, Bojan Dimoski, Darko Velkoski, Ljupco Doriev, Vladica Brdarovski, David Babunski, Jovan Manev, Agon Elezi, Milan Ristovski, Dejan Iliev, Dorian Babunski, Jani Atanasov.

UKR Ukraine (4-4-2)

No. Name
12 Anatoliy Trubin (GK)
22 Mykola Matviyenko
13 Illia Zabarnyi
16 Vitaliy Mykolenko Yellow Card
18 Oleksandr Tymchyk
21 Georgiy Sudakov
6 Taras Stepanenko
10 Mykhailo Mudryk
7 Andriy Yarmolenko
11 Artem Dovbyk Yellow Card
15 Viktor Tsygankov
Ukraine Substitutes:
Oleksandr Zubkov, Eduard Sobol, Georgiy Bushchan, Vladyslav Vanat, Oleksandr Svatok, Serhiy Kryvtsov, Yukhym Konoplia, Andriy Lunin, Serhiy Sydorchuk, Danylo Ignatenko, Ruslan Malinovskyi, Vitaliy Buyalskiy.

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