SKOPJE. Germany tops North Macedonia 4-0 after a incredible match. K. Havertz (50′), T. Werner (70′), T. Werner (73′) and J. Musiala (83′). Its vastly superior ball possession (74%) was among the key factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Toše Proeski Arena stadium in Skopje on Monday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Danny Desmond Makkelie with the help of Hessel Steegstra and Jan de Vries. The 4th official was Sander van der Eijk. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9.8 degrees Celsius or 49.68 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.
Match Statistics
- ! 26 Ball Possession 74
Shots
- 7 Total 24
- 1 On Target 8
- 6 Off Target 16
- 1 Shots blocked 3
- 71 Attack 174
- 21 Dangerous attack 69
- 72 Ball safe 98
- 0 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 7
- 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 13 Total 8
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Germany was in firm control of the ball 74% while North Macedonia was struggling with a 26% ball possession.
Germany was more aggressive with 69 dangerous attacks and 24 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Germany won the contest.
North Macedonia shot 7 times, 1 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Germany shot 24 times, 8 on target, 16 off target.
Cards
North Macedonia received 1 yellow card (S. Ristovski). On the opposite side, Germany received 1 yellow card (K. Havertz).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Group I
Group J
After this match, North Macedonia will stay with 12 points like Armenia to stay in the 4th place. On the other side, Germany will have 21 points to stay in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the WC Qualification Europe, North Macedonia will play away against Armenia on the 11th of November with a 2-1 head to head in favor of North Macedonia (2 draws).
Germany will host Liechtenstein on the 11th of November with a 3-0 head to head statistic in favor of Germany (0 draws).
North Macedonia – Formation
North Macedonia
77'
70'
North Macedonia adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Blagoja Milevski decided to play with the following team: Stole Dimitrievski , Stefan Ristovski , Darko Velkovski , Visar Musliu , Ezgjan Alioski , Tihomir Kostadinov , Arijan Ademi , Boban Nikolov , Eljif Elmas , Darko Churlinov and Adis Jahović .
The home team had on the bench: Aleksandar Trajkovski, Stefan Spirovski , Stefan Aškovski , Bojan Miovski , Erdal Rakip , Damjan Shishkovski, Jani Atanasov, Todor Todoroski, Gjoko Zajkov, Nikola Serafimov, Dejan Iliev and Kire Ristevski .
North Macedonia could not rely on the presence of S. Spirovski (injured).
Substitutions
North Macedonia made 5 changes: A. Ademi for S. Spirovski (29′), A. Jahovic for B. Miovski (58′), B. Nikolov for E. Rakip (58′), T. Kostadinov for K. Ristevski (77′) and S. Ristovski for S. Ashkovski (77′).
Best player: Stole Dimitrievski
The player that probably impressed the most for North Macedonia was the goalkeeper: Stole Dimitrievski. His rating is 7.32. He performed 7 saves.
Germany – Formation
Germany
50'
Also Germany adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
On the opposite side, Hans-Dieter Flick played with: Manuel Neuer , Lukas Klostermann , Niklas Süle , Thilo Kehrer , David Raum , Leon Goretzka , Joshua Kimmich , Serge Gnabry , Thomas Müller , Kai Havertz and Timo Werner .
They had on the bench: Matthias Ginter, Marco Reus, Florian Wirtz , Leroy Sané, Jonas Hofmann , Karim Adeyemi , Florian Neuhaus , Bernd Leno, Marc-André ter Stegen, Nico Schlotterbeck and Jamal Musiala .
Substitutions
Germany made 5 changes: L. Goretzka for F. Wirtz (61′), K. Havertz for K. Adeyemi (61′), T. Werner for J. Musiala (74′), S. Gnabry for J. Hofmann (74′) and T. Muller for F. Neuhaus (80′).
Best player: Thomas Müller
The player that probably impressed the most for Germany was Thomas Müller even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 46 passes (71% accurate) and 6 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 5 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the WC Qualification Europe.
- Romania – Armenia – 1-0
- North Macedonia – Germany – 0-4
- Iceland – Liechtenstein – 4-0
- Slovenia – Russia – 1-2
- Cyprus – Malta – 2-2
- Croatia – Slovakia – 2-2
- Norway – Montenegro – 2-0
- Netherlands – Gibraltar – 6-0
- Latvia – Turkey – 1-2
- Estonia – Wales – 0-1
- Belarus – Czech Republic – 0-2
