The winning goal for England was scored by Lucas Nmeca in 14’. The Macedonian team missed an excellent strike to follow up in the first half by Emil Abaz, and in the second half, our captain Davor Zdravkovski missed another great strike. On the second duel in the group, France scored 4:0 against the host, Cyprus.

In the last 3^rd round, Macedonia will play against Cyprus for the 3^rd place in the tournament. Placement in the elite round of the qualification will be given to the best 2 teams out of the 13 groups, as well as the five best placed 3^rd place teams. Macedonia failed to place due to the 2 defeats by the favored teams of France and England.

England – Macedonia 1:0 (1:0)

Stadium: “Papiakos”, Cyprus

Goals Scored: Nmecha 14’ (A)

England: Woolston, Yates, Davies, Humphries, Maddox (Patching 72’), Nmecha (Willock 62’), Coulson, Collinge, Ndukwu, Wakefield (Holland 56’), Kane

Macedonia: Trajchevski, Gichevski (Dodev 74’), Chuljevikj, Toshevski, M. Ristovski (Krstevski 60’), Zdravkovski, Abaz, K. Ristovski, Terziev (Mitrev 62’), Hani, Sadiki