North Macedonia‘s hopes of maintaining their place in League B of the UEFA Nations League, after their impressive promotion last season, are rapidly fading. Following a second consecutive defeat, they remain pointless and anchored at the bottom of Group B1.
In Slovenia, North Macedonia withstood the pressure from the hosts throughout the first half but conceded two decisive goals in the second half, to which they had no response. Their upcoming home fixture against Scotland will ultimately decide the group’s bottom team.
UEFA Nations League 2026-27
Slovenia 2–0 North Macedonia (0–0)
Goals: Lovrić S. 55′ (1–0); Matko 82′ (2–0)
Slovenia: Oblak; Karničnik; Bijol; Janža; Drkušić (Zec, 85′); Brekalo D.; Begić T. (Matko, 71′); Lovrić S. (Zabukovnik, 71′); Gnezda Čerin (Elšnik, 85′); Šturm D.; Vipotnik (Celar, 71′)
Substitutions: Zabukovnik (from 71′); Matko (from 71′); Celar (from 71′); Zec (from 85′); Elšnik (from 85′)
Reserves: Vidovšek; Leban; Balkovec; Kuzmič; Horvat T.; Svetlin; Šporar
Yellow cards: Matko 78′
North Macedonia: Dimitrievski; Stojchevski A.; Melhiči (Musliu, 71′); Mladenovski; Gaštarov; Elezi (Bardi, 61′); Atanasov (Stankovski, 71′); Elmas; Omeragić; Mitrovski (Maleski, 61′)
Substitutions: Bardi (from 61′); Maleski (from 61′); Musliu (from 71′); Stankovski (from 71′)
Reserves: Taleski; Shishkovski; Ilievski B.; Zaikov; Doriev; Miovski; Rastoder
Yellow cards: Stojchevski A. 51′; Atanasov 57′
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