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National stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Nikola Vlašić made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 4th minute, Joško Poklepović made a precise shot to the right of Spase Kastrati. Macedonia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. Ramadan Hristov blasted a shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Emil Cvitanović having to make a save. Through an outstanding action, after 9 minutes, Spase Kastrati successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Macedonia's Ramadan Hristov got a good chance for a goal in the 11th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Ramadan Hristov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Spase Kastrati showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Juninho Pernambucano, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Ognen Čaparovski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Emil Cvitanović having to interfere. Spase Kastrati made a fantastic save in the 30th minute, when Nikola Vlašić sent off a good shot on target. After a rather tough play, Macedonia's Stevan Rajkovski got a free kick in the 31st minute. 35 minutes into the game, Croatia's Nikola Vlašić nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Spase Kastrati made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Joško Poklepović got free with Spase Kastrati in the 41st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to Macedonia getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Ognen Čaparovski hit a great ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Croatia's Joško Poklepović slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Spase Kastrati. That made the score 3-0 after 45 minutes of play. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Ramadan Hristov made a kick off. Miran Tudor fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Spase Kastrati having to interfere. Juninho Pernambucano received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Spase Kastrati tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Macedonia made a substitution. Emilijano Kitanovski replaced Baškim Sumulikovski. Macedonia's Jordan Donevski was substituted for Ognen Čaparovski. In the 70th match minute, Macedonia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jordan Donevski to maneuver through the defense. Spase Kastrati came out of the goal in the 71st minute to try and stop a shot by Croatia's Miran Tudor. But to his dismay, Miran Tudor quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0. In the 73rd minute, John Terry hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Deljan Nastevski might have been able to make a better finish in the 74th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Emil Cvitanović. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Deljan Nastevski ran back to his position shaking his head. Emil Cvitanović showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Deljan Nastevski, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. Spase Kastrati took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Juninho Pernambucano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Spase Kastrati took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Miran Tudor, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Spase Kastrati showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Miran Tudor in the 87th minute of the match. Spase Kastrati made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Juninho Pernambucano in the 93rd minute of play. Deljan Nastevski received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Emil Cvitanović came out and tried to block the shot, but Deljan Nastevski slotted it home off the left post making it 4-1 in the 95th minute. Macedonia's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.