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ECQ 2008: Andorra - Macedonia

4.2K views 137 replies 19 participants last post by  Alex-10  
#1 ·
I'm expecting 3-0 for this match!
 
#7 ·
This is a must win for our side and after that performance against England, I expect us to win easily. These 3 points will be very valuable!:thumbsup:
 
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#8 ·
The key will be to gett un early goal, then Andorra will most likely try to open up,, if we dont score early it will gett hard to score but i think we will win at the end, if we score early it will make it easyer....

This is a new Macedonia over the last year, we are rock on away pitch, the Andorra pitch are small and that should suit us since we play a new super short passing game that Katanec have adopted into the game.

0-1 or 0-3 !! depend on if we score fast or not...
 
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#11 ·
for sure they will play with 9 man defence,, but its importent we score as fast as possible since hopefully they will open up....

But i,m optesmist, we use the technique better then we have don before,,, its importents we dont give them time to breathe, wave after wave after wave
 
#15 ·
That Macedonian radio has never worked for me, so I'll probably have to rely on liveupdate from you, Im relieved a lot after the England game and our boys will show a even better performance against much weaker opponents.

Katanec is a very organised coach and he thinks things through and I must say its very impressive. :smileani:
 
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#17 ·
Lol

But yes i will be home since visast will not show this game for sure and also ther is a huge chance MKTVsat will show it even if they did not say it yet.... No one care if Andorra games are on the sat for free as the Estonia game.

Best of all my TV and radio (i have macedonian radio on the satelit as well) is only one metre from the PC :pp

I will be home at 14.00,,, if game would have started 14.00 i would have been "sick" :pp and home all day long hehe...
 
#18 ·
I just hope to see completely other team than the team against England. I want the players who played against England to be rested and the others to get the chance
I want to see Tasevski, Shakiri, Vasoski, Popov and definitely I want to see STEVICA RISTIC in the attack!!!
 
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#19 ·
Guys you now what ? I think Goran should have taken a tactical yellow card against England and rested against Andorra,,, we should have use Andorra in a tactical way to gett rid of the yellow cards...

Tasevski would have done a great jobb in this game vs andorra anyway so Pandev should have taken a tactical VS england... For exampel it would be good if Petrov take a tactical yellow card against andorra so he can start with 0 yellow cards after the winter break...

This thing are importent to have in plan for a coach as well, its tactic..
 
#21 ·
I hope it will be a 5-0. That would be good for our goaldiffernce. But watch out, England only won 1-0 against hem, and they destroyed us on the last qualifications
 
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Here is some info and pictures on the stadium in the Andorra capital La Vella.. Not as glamorous as old trafford but i still think the stadium is prity oki and look cosy as the city do... The pitch look prity small but i think that will only suit the team with better short passing game and better technique and that is Macedonia of course... The altitude is 1409 metre so that should not bring problem,,, less then 1500 is no problem...


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#25 ·
And here is where the players will stay over the next 5 days...

The Airplane left Manchester for Barcelona 40 min ago, its about 70 min buss trip from Barcelona to La Vella so they should be there around 20.30 this evening...

They will fly back to Skopje on Thursday afternoon...


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#26 ·
vlepnat said:
England won 5-0 at home
Oh yes your right...sry

Here some facts about Andorra, they are 160 in the fifa ranking and there last succes in the past years was a 0-0 at home against Finland in the Qualification for the WC06, they also beat us at home with 1-0 and made a draw in Skopje. In a friendly with China on 2004 the drawed also 0-0 at home and in a friendly in 2002 with Albania they won 2-0 at home.

So that means they are only succesful when they play at home...So watch out Katanec and co.