The Macedonian national team, which on Saturday, October 22, will face the Saudi Arabian national team in a competitive match, held its first training session today in Abu Dhabi. Our standard representative, Darko Velkovski, joined the team.

The attacker of Shkendija from Tetovo, Vlatko Stojanovski believes that all football players who will get a chance from the head coach Blagoja Milevski will give the maximum in the strong control match.

"This is a test match both for us and for them. I think it is a quality team that will play in the World Cup. I expect a quality match, I think that all the players will give their best to prove to the coach that he can count on some names from this team in the next matches as well," said Stojanovski.

Metodija Maksimov from Rabotnicki also believes that the football players who have been called up for this match will try to show their worth.

"We started the preparations in Abu Dhabi, the focus is on Saudi Arabia, a strong national team that will be a strong test for us. We want to show that we are worth it and that the coach can count on us. I hope that things will go according to our plan," said Maksimov.