National cup

National stadium
Spectators: 1028 (Terracing: 772, Seating: 236, VIP seats: 20) In the 9th minute, Big Diamond left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Netherlands fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Netherlands's Big Diamond got a good chance for a goal in the 13th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Macedonia's Spase Kastrati played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Big Diamond in the 18th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Frits van Gaal in the 19th minute of play forced Macedonia's goalkeeper Spase Kastrati to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Netherlands's Tadej Pogačar proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 26th minute of the match, managed to save Netherlands from getting a goal against them. 28 minutes into the match, Netherlands's goal looked a bit too open when Deljan Nastevski came free, but Tadej Pogačar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 29 played minutes Macedonia got a freekick which was hit by Stevan Rajkovski. Tadej Pogačar made a fantastic save in the 31st minute, when Jakov Bundev sent off a good shot on target. 32 minutes into the match, Netherlands's goal looked a bit too open when Vidoe Gegovski came free, but Tadej Pogačar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 33 minutes into the match, Big Diamond notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Macedonia's Spase Kastrati. Spase Kastrati was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Netherlands's Tadej Pogačar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Deljan Nastevski in the 38th minute of play. 39 minutes into the match, Netherlands's goal looked a bit too open when Deljan Nastevski came free, but Tadej Pogačar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Big Diamond's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Spase Kastrati was relentless in the 43rd minute of the game. Spase Kastrati made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Boukjan Bunt in the 46th minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Deljan Nastevski stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 54 minutes into the match, Macedonia's goal looked a bit too open when Big Diamond came free, but Spase Kastrati reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Spase Kastrati showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Boukjan Bunt, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Boukjan Bunt kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Spase Kastrati. That made the score 0-4 in the 69 minute of play. Macedonia made a substitution. Emilijano Kitanovski replaced Dalibor Stefanovski. An unexpectedly hard shot by Deljan Nastevski in the 77th minute of play forced Netherlands's goalkeeper Tadej Pogačar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tadej Pogačar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jakov Bundev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Spase Kastrati made a fantastic save in the 80th minute, when Frits van Gaal sent off a good shot on target. In the 80th minute, Frits van Gaal reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Spase Kastrati. The goal made the score 0-5. Netherlands's Tadej Pogačar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Deljan Nastevski in the 93rd minute of play. The Macedonia supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Netherlands's performance. The match ended with a win for Netherlands.