The young national team of Macedonia under 21 officially started preparations in Skopje for the October round of qualifications for placing in the European Championship.

On October 11, at the "Petar Milosevski" training center, our national team will welcome Moldova. On October 15, we will play as a guest against the selection of Georgia.

The head coach of Macedonia under the age of 21 gave his comments about the upcoming challenges of his national team.

- We welcome the match with Moldova with special desire and motivation, considering what happened in our first mutual duel where we recorded an unfortunate defeat.

- I hope and believe that we will manage to play with quality, fighting and maximum sacrifice, achieving victory against a difficult rival. It is certain that there is no easy opponent in these qualifications and no match can be won easily, so it will be the same in the next duels against Moldova and Georgia.

- For this gathering, the playing staff will undergo changes. To our great pleasure, two of our players, Mario Ilievski and Andrej Stojchevski, have been called up to the A national team of Macedonia. We have 10 footballers who have been the bearers of this generation for a long time and 10 young footballers who we will slowly prepare for the next qualifying cycle that follows.

- As for Georgia, we expect a difficult match, where we will get a real picture of our team.

- Every call for the national team is a great motive in itself. The players should understand that the national team is always in the first place and should play and fight for Macedonia with great desire and dedication, no matter who the opponent is on the other side.