FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

Liechtenstein vs North Macedonia, 2022 World Cup Qualifying - UEFA, Group Stage

· FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA
Liechtenstein
    FT
    0 - 4
    North Macedonia
    • 39': Darko Velkoski
    • 66': Ezgjan Alioski (P)
    • 74': Boban Nikolov
    • 83': Darko Churlinov

    About

    Liechtenstein are hosting North Macedonia at Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein, starting on . The match is a part of the FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 3': Attempt missed. Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ezgjan Alioski.
    • 3': Attempt saved. Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Darko Churlinov.
    • 12': Attempt missed. Milan Ristovski (North Macedonia) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Ezgjan Alioski with a cross.
    • 13': Arijan Ademi (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 13': Foul by Jens Hofer (Liechtenstein).
    • 16': Attempt missed. Stefan Spirovski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
    • 18': Attempt saved. Milan Ristovski (North Macedonia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Arijan Ademi.
    • 18': Attempt blocked. Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 18': Offside, North Macedonia. Eljif Elmas tries a through ball, but Aleksandar Trajkovski is caught offside.
    • 25': Foul by Milan Ristovski (North Macedonia).
    • 25': Nicolas Hasler (Liechtenstein) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 25': Milan Ristovski (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 29': Attempt missed. Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
    • 31': Attempt missed. Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Arijan Ademi.
    • 31': Attempt blocked. Darko Churlinov (North Macedonia) right footed shot from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Ezgjan Alioski.
    • 33': Aron Sele (Liechtenstein) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 33': Foul by Arijan Ademi (North Macedonia).
    • 33': Attempt blocked. Noah Frick (Liechtenstein) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked.
    • 35': Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 35': Foul by Fabio Wolfinger (Liechtenstein).
    • 35': Attempt missed. Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Aleksandar Trajkovski with a cross following a set piece situation.
    • 38': Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 38': Foul by Fabio Wolfinger (Liechtenstein).
    • 38': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Aron Sele.
    • 39': Darko Velkovski (North Macedonia) hits the right post with a header from very close range. Assisted by Aleksandar Trajkovski with a cross following a corner.
    • 39': Goal! Liechtenstein 0, North Macedonia 1. Darko Velkovski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kire Ristevski following a corner.
    • 42': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Nicolas Hasler.
    • 43': Aron Sele (Liechtenstein) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 43': Foul by Stefan Ristovski (North Macedonia).
    • 45': Attempt missed. Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Aleksandar Trajkovski.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, Liechtenstein 0, North Macedonia 1.
    • 45': Second Half begins Liechtenstein 0, North Macedonia 1.
    • 45': Substitution, Liechtenstein. Livio Meier replaces Noah Frick.
    • 49': Foul by Fabio Wolfinger (Liechtenstein).
    • 49': Kire Ristevski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 49': Fabio Wolfinger (Liechtenstein) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 52': Foul by Arijan Ademi (North Macedonia).
    • 52': Nicolas Hasler (Liechtenstein) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 52': Hand ball by Daniel Kaufmann (Liechtenstein).
    • 52': Daniel Kaufmann (Liechtenstein) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
    • 56': Attempt missed. Milan Ristovski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Stefan Ristovski.
    • 58': Foul by Milan Ristovski (North Macedonia).
    • 58': Livio Meier (Liechtenstein) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 59': Attempt saved. Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ezgjan Alioski.
    • 61': Substitution, North Macedonia. Bojan Miovski replaces Milan Ristovski.
    • 61': Substitution, Liechtenstein. Seyhan Yildiz replaces Fabio Wolfinger.
    • 63': Penalty North Macedonia. Arijan Ademi draws a foul in the penalty area.
    • 63': Penalty conceded by Livio Meier (Liechtenstein) after a foul in the penalty area.
    • 64': VAR Decision: Penalty North Macedonia.
    • 66': Goal! Liechtenstein 0, North Macedonia 2. Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the centre of the goal.
    • 68': Attempt missed. Nicolas Hasler (Liechtenstein) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
    • 69': Attempt missed. Bojan Miovski (North Macedonia) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Stefan Ristovski.
    • 69': Attempt blocked. Stefan Spirovski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 70': Substitution, North Macedonia. Stefan Askovski replaces Arijan Ademi.
    • 70': Substitution, North Macedonia. Boban Nikolov replaces Ezgjan Alioski.
    • 72': Attempt saved. Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Aleksandar Trajkovski.
    • 72': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Benjamin Büchel.
    • 74': Goal! Liechtenstein 0, North Macedonia 3. Boban Nikolov (North Macedonia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Darko Velkovski.
    • 75': Substitution, Liechtenstein. Martin Büchel replaces Aron Sele.
    • 75': Attempt saved. Bojan Miovski (North Macedonia) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Stefan Ristovski with a cross.
    • 76': Substitution, North Macedonia. Gjoko Zajkov replaces Darko Velkovski.
    • 76': Substitution, North Macedonia. Erdal Rakip replaces Stefan Ristovski.
    • 78': Attempt saved. Stefan Spirovski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
    • 79': Substitution, Liechtenstein. Rafael Grünenfelder replaces Sandro Wolfinger because of an injury.
    • 79': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Andreas Malin.
    • 80': Attempt saved. Boban Nikolov (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Stefan Askovski.
    • 83': Goal! Liechtenstein 0, North Macedonia 4. Darko Churlinov (North Macedonia) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the bottom right corner.
    • 89': Attempt missed. Bojan Miovski (North Macedonia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Stefan Askovski with a through ball.
    • 90'+1': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Daniel Kaufmann.
    • 90'+1': Attempt missed. Kire Ristevski (North Macedonia) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Aleksandar Trajkovski with a cross following a corner.
    • 90'+3': Second Half ends, Liechtenstein 0, North Macedonia 4.
    • 0': Match ends, Liechtenstein 0, North Macedonia 4.

    Statistics

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    5 Fouls 6
    1 Yellow Cards 2
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 0
    5 Corner Kicks 0
    0 Saves 7
    79.2 Possession 20.8
    26 SHOTS 2
    12 ON GOAL 0
    0.5 On Target % 0.0
    1 Penalty Goals 0
    1 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    726 Accurate Passes 121
    788 Passes 207
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.6
    9 Accurate Crosses 0
    33 Crosses 3
    0.3 Cross % 0.0
    61 Long Balls 52
    50 Accurate Long Balls 12
    0.8 Long Balls % 0.2
    2 Blocked Shots 1
    7 Effective Tackles 7
    10 Tackles 15
    0.7 Tackle % 0.5
    13 Interceptions 8
    5 Effective Clearances 32
    5 Clearances 32

    Game Information

    Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

    Venue: Rheinpark Stadion
    Location: Vaduz, Liechtenstein
    Attendance: 1,628

    WCQ - UEFA Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Belgium 0 0 0
    2 Kazakhstan 0 0 0
    3 Liechtenstein 0 0 0
    4 North Macedonia 0 0 0
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    LIE Liechtenstein (5-3-2)

    No. Name
    1 Benjamin Büchel (GK)
    4 Daniel Kaufmann Yellow Card
    23 Jens Hofer
    6 Andreas Malin
    3 Maximilian Göppel
    20 Sandro Wolfinger
    16 Fabio Wolfinger Yellow Card
    18 Nicolas Hasler
    8 Aron Sele
    7 Yanik Frick
    10 Noah Frick
    Liechtenstein Substitutes:
    Alexander Marxer, Daniel Brandle, Roman Spirig, Lorenzo Lo Russo, Seyhan Yildiz, Martin Büchel, Marco Marxer, Rafael Grünenfelder, Claudio Majer, Ridvan Kardesoglu, Livio Meier.

    MKD North Macedonia (4-1-4-1)

    No. Name
    1 Stole Dimitrievski (GK)
    4 Kire Ristevski
    14 Darko Velkoski
    20 Stefan Spirovski
    8 Ezgjan Alioski
    13 Stefan Ristovski
    7 Eljif Elmas
    5 Arijan Ademi
    9 Aleksandar Trajkovski
    11 Darko Churlinov
    19 Milan Ristovski Yellow Card
    North Macedonia Substitutes:
    Boban Nikolov, Nikola Serafimov, Bojan Miovski, Stefan Askovski, Todor Todoroski, Gjoko Zajkov, Adis Jahovic, Jani Atanasov, Nikola Gjorgjev, Dejan Iliev, Erdal Rakip, Damjan Siskovski.

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