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In the Nacionalna Arena Filip II Makedonski in Skopje the friendship game between Macedonia and Turkey takes place on Monday evening. It is a reunion after eleven years, because the last duel took place in June 2006 and ended with 1: 0 for Macedonia.
FYR Macedonia :
For the Macedonian national team it was also the last victory over Turkey, because in the remaining four duels there was only one tie and three defeats. In the World Cup qualifying group G, the team occupies the penultimate table position and took only three counters from five games. You are still miles away from participating in a world championship. In the games in Albania (1: 2), against Israel (1: 2) and Italy (2: 3), however, there were very close defeats. Against Albania, Macedonia conceded 2: 1 a minute before the game. Against Israel they missed a penalty in stoppage time and against Italy they played a 2: 1 lead and conceded the 2: 3 after 90 minutes. Their only victory was against Liechtenstein (3-0). Of course football is a result sport, but the results show a further development of the Macedonians, who certainly do not just want to serve as a “beating boy”. The team played the last test match against Belarus in late March and won 3-0. Among the scorers was Goran Pandev, who is captain in the team. In the previous qualifying, however, it was Ilija Nestorovski, who scored the most goals. In four games he comes on four goals and a template.
Turkey:
The Turkish national team occupies the 4th group place with 8 points in the World Cup qualifying group I and is thus on a par with the 3rd, the Ukraine. Iceland is lagging behind two counters, and the top scorers in Croatia are already 5 points. That is why they are also under great pressure in this group. Lastly, however, the Turkish form showed upwards, as after the 2-0 defeat in Iceland followed a 2-0 over Kosovo as well as a 2-0 over Finland. The following friendly match against Moldova (3: 1) was also won. Coach Fatih Terim will surely try out some variants in this friendly game, but overall he has a very interesting and strong squad. Especially in the offensive, they have great potential with players like Arda Turan, Emre Mor, Cenk Tosun, Enes Ünal or Burak Yilmaz. The midfield has been significantly rejuvenated with players like Deniz Türüc, Emre Akbaba, Cengiz Under or Yusuf Yazici. In the 3: 1 success over Moldova, the 19-year-old Under also made an exclamation mark by marking a goal.
FYR Macedonia vs Turkey head to head matches
04.06.06 FI FYR Macedonia Turkey 1 : 0
11.06.03 EUR Turkey FYR Macedonia 3 : 2
12.10.02 EUR FYR Macedonia Turkey 1 : 2
06.06.01 WC Turkey FYR Macedonia 3 : 3
28.03.01 WC FYR Macedonia Turkey 1 : 2