Czechia vs North Macedonia, 2024 International Friendly
· International FriendlyCzechs beat North Macedonia 2-1 in their final Euro 2024 warm-up
The Czech Republic laboured to a 2-1 win over North Macedonia with two second-half penalties on Monday in their final tune-up for Euro 2024 as the hosts rarely threatened a team that failed to qualify for the tournament in Germany.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 1': Foul by Ladislav Krejcí (Czechia).
- 6': Foul by Darko Velkovski (North Macedonia).
- 6': Jan Kuchta (Czechia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 7': Attempt missed. Adam Hlozek (Czechia) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
- 8': Attempt saved. Patrik Schick (Czechia) header from very close range is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Tomás Soucek with a headed pass.
- 8': Corner, Czechia. Conceded by Stole Dimitrievski.
- 10': Foul by Jan Kuchta (Czechia).
- 10': Stole Dimitrievski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 11': Foul by Tomás Soucek (Czechia).
- 11': Tihomir Kostadinov (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 12': Foul by Isnik Alimi (North Macedonia).
- 12': Lukás Provod (Czechia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 16': Foul by Visar Musliu (North Macedonia).
- 16': Jan Kuchta (Czechia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 17': Attempt missed. Adam Hlozek (Czechia) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
- 19': Attempt blocked. Adam Hlozek (Czechia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 19': Corner, Czechia. Conceded by Visar Musliu.
- 19': Attempt missed. Patrik Schick (Czechia) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Lukás Provod with a cross following a corner.
- 21': Foul by Adam Hlozek (Czechia).
- 21': Isnik Alimi (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 22': Foul by Gjoko Zajkov (North Macedonia).
- 22': Jan Kuchta (Czechia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 25': Offside, Czechia. Jan Kuchta is caught offside.
- 26': Corner, Czechia. Conceded by Ezgjan Alioski.
- 27': Attempt saved. Ladislav Krejcí (Czechia) header from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by David Doudera with a cross.
- 27': Foul by Jan Kuchta (Czechia).
- 27': Stole Dimitrievski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 28': Darko Velkovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 28': Foul by Adam Hlozek (Czechia).
- 30': Foul by Patrik Schick (Czechia).
- 30': Jani Atanasov (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 32': Attempt saved. Isnik Alimi (North Macedonia) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Stefan Ashkovski.
- 34': Attempt missed. Tomás Soucek (Czechia) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Vladimír Coufal.
- 35': Foul by Jan Kuchta (Czechia).
- 35': Gjoko Zajkov (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 40': Attempt missed. Adam Hlozek (Czechia) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Vladimír Coufal with a cross.
- 40': Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 40': Foul by Lukás Provod (Czechia).
- 43': Attempt blocked. Lukás Provod (Czechia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 45'+1': Attempt missed. Tomás Soucek (Czechia) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, Czechia 0, North Macedonia 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Czechia 0, North Macedonia 0.
- 46': Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 46': Foul by Tomás Holes (Czechia).
- 49': Corner, Czechia. Conceded by Visar Musliu.
- 49': Attempt missed. Ladislav Krejcí (Czechia) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Lukás Provod with a cross following a corner.
- 52': Attempt missed. Lukás Provod (Czechia) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Ladislav Krejcí.
- 53': Delay in match because of an injury Jani Atanasov (North Macedonia).
- 53': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 54': Foul by Tomás Soucek (Czechia).
- 54': Isnik Alimi (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 56': Attempt saved. Jani Atanasov (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Eljif Elmas.
- 56': Corner, Czechia. Conceded by Gjoko Zajkov.
- 57': Penalty Czechia. Tomás Soucek draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 57': Penalty conceded by Visar Musliu (North Macedonia) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 60': Ladislav Krejcí (Czechia) is shown the yellow card.
- 60': Visar Musliu (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card.
- 60': Goal! Czechia 1, North Macedonia 0. Patrik Schick (Czechia) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
- 62': Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 62': Foul by Vladimír Coufal (Czechia).
- 62': Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 62': Foul by Adam Hlozek (Czechia).
- 65': Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) hits the right post with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Eljif Elmas.
- 65': Goal! Czechia 1, North Macedonia 1. Isnik Alimi (North Macedonia) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner.
- 66': Substitution, Czechia. Mojmír Chytil replaces Patrik Schick.
- 66': Substitution, Czechia. David Jurásek replaces Vladimír Coufal.
- 66': Substitution, Czechia. Pavel Sulc replaces Adam Hlozek.
- 68': Corner, Czechia. Conceded by Visar Musliu.
- 69': Attempt missed. Tomás Soucek (Czechia) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Lukás Provod with a cross following a corner.
- 69': Delay in match because of an injury Gjoko Zajkov (North Macedonia).
- 71': Gjoko Zajkov (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card.
- 72': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 72': Substitution, Czechia. Tomás Chory replaces Jan Kuchta.
- 72': Substitution, Czechia. Antonín Barák replaces Lukás Provod.
- 72': Substitution, North Macedonia. Nikola Serafimov replaces Gjoko Zajkov because of an injury.
- 74': Attempt blocked. Pavel Sulc (Czechia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 75': Foul by Tomás Chory (Czechia).
- 75': Nikola Serafimov (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 76': Attempt blocked. Tomás Chory (Czechia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by David Jurásek.
- 77': Substitution, North Macedonia. Milan Ristovski replaces Aleksandar Trajkovski.
- 77': Substitution, North Macedonia. Bojan Dimoski replaces Stefan Ashkovski.
- 78': Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 78': Foul by Antonín Barák (Czechia).
- 78': Delay in match because of an injury Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia).
- 79': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 79': Offside, North Macedonia. Milan Ristovski is caught offside.
- 80': Attempt blocked. Pavel Sulc (Czechia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tomás Chory with a headed pass.
- 80': Corner, Czechia. Conceded by Isnik Alimi.
- 81': Attempt missed. Tomás Soucek (Czechia) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Antonín Barák with a cross following a corner.
- 82': Attempt missed. Robin Hranác (Czechia) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Antonín Barák.
- 83': Corner, Czechia. Conceded by Isnik Alimi.
- 84': Corner, Czechia. Conceded by Isnik Alimi.
- 85': Attempt blocked. Ladislav Krejcí (Czechia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 88': Attempt missed. Isnik Alimi (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Jani Atanasov.
- 89': Foul by Robin Hranác (Czechia).
- 89': Milan Ristovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 89': Substitution, Czechia. Ondrej Lingr replaces Tomás Holes.
- 90': Substitution, North Macedonia. Lirim Qamili replaces Ezgjan Alioski.
- 90': Substitution, North Macedonia. Ahmed Iljazovski replaces Eljif Elmas.
- 90'+1': Attempt missed. Tomás Soucek (Czechia) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Pavel Sulc.
- 90'+5': Corner, Czechia. Conceded by Nikola Serafimov.
- 90'+5': Attempt missed. Pavel Sulc (Czechia) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right following a corner.
- 90'+5': Attempt missed. Ondrej Lingr (Czechia) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right misses to the left. Assisted by Pavel Sulc following a corner.
- 90'+7': Penalty Czechia. Mojmír Chytil draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 90'+7': Penalty conceded by Darko Velkovski (North Macedonia) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 90'+8': Goal! Czechia 2, North Macedonia 1. Antonín Barák (Czechia) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
- 90'+10': Second Half ends, Czechia 2, North Macedonia 1.
- 0': Match ends, Czechia 2, North Macedonia 1.
Statistics
 MKD |
CZE |
|
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Fouls | 16 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 1 |
| 0 | Corner Kicks | 10 |
| 2 | Saves | 2 |
| 36.9 | Possession | 63.1 |
| 5 | SHOTS | 24 |
| 3 | ON GOAL | 5 |
| 0.6 | On Target % | 0.2 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 2 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 2 |
| 204 | Accurate Passes | 390 |
| 292 | Passes | 458 |
| 0.7 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 0 | Accurate Crosses | 9 |
| 2 | Crosses | 44 |
| 0.0 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 65 | Long Balls | 55 |
| 20 | Accurate Long Balls | 35 |
| 0.3 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
| 0 | Blocked Shots | 5 |
| 10 | Effective Tackles | 11 |
| 15 | Tackles | 12 |
| 0.7 | Tackle % | 0.9 |
| 9 | Interceptions | 6 |
| 38 | Effective Clearances | 6 |
| 38 | Clearances | 6 |
Game Information
Competition: International Friendly
Venue: Malšovická Aréna
Location: Hradec Králové, Czechia
Attendance: 8,864
Venue: Malšovická Aréna
Location: Hradec Králové, Czechia
Attendance: 8,864
Line-Ups
Czechia (3-1-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Jindrich Stanek (GK) |
| 4 | Robin Hranác |
| 18 | Ladislav Krejcí  |
| 3 | Tomás Holes |
| 22 | Tomás Soucek |
| 9 | Adam Hlozek |
| 14 | Lukás Provod |
| 12 | David Doudera |
| 5 | Vladimír Coufal |
| 11 | Jan Kuchta |
| 10 | Patrik Schick |
North Macedonia (3-5-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Stole Dimitrievski (GK) |
| 14 | Darko Velkoski |
| 6 | Visar Musliu |
| 5 | Gjoko Zajkov |
| 18 | Tihomir Kostadinov |
| 16 | Isnik Alimi |
| 21 | Jani Atanasov |
| 8 | Ezgjan Alioski |
| 3 | Stefan Askovski |
| 7 | Eljif Elmas |
| 9 | Aleksandar Trajkovski |
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