The young national team of Macedonia under 21 years old (footballers born in 2004 and 2005) had the first meeting today at the "Park" hotel ahead of the two control matches with the corresponding selection of Kosovo.

The control matches will be played at the "Petar Milosevski" training center, in Skopje, on November 14 starting at 1:00 p.m. and November 17 at 12:00 p.m.

The midfielder of the Macedonian national team, Matej Angelov, gave his opinion and comments on the new generation of young footballers, as well as on the upcoming matches with Kosovo.

- For these control matches, we have called a larger number of football players. In the duels with Kosovo, we will have to show our quality and justify the coach's trust. I think that this new generation has the quality and potential to achieve positive results. Several football players, including myself, had the opportunity to be a part of the previous generation, and that was a great and valuable experience for us, which I believe will have a positive impact.

- The two control matches with Kosovo will serve us as well as possible to prepare and play for the upcoming challenges that await us in the next qualifying cycle. As football players, we make ourselves available to the coach and the professional team as much as possible, we are ready to respond positively to what is asked of us on the field. We want to do our best in the next matches with Kosovo, to confirm our quality.

- From the new generation, we can expect a great unity, a competitive spirit and a desire to prove it. We want to show great fight, desire and motivation in every match, regardless of the opponent, that's the only way the national team shirt should be represented.

The Macedonian national team, led by Dragi Kanatlarovski, will officially begin preparations for the control duels with Kosovo today at 5:30 p.m.