Throughout its history, the Netherlands national team won the European Championship and four times became the bronze medalist of the main football forum of the continent. In qualifying for Euro 2020, the “Flying Dutchman” won six victories in eight rounds and drew once, which brought 19 points and second place after Germany. By the way, it was the German team that was the only worthy opponent in Group C. In the League of Nations, Frank De Boer’s wards took second place, losing only one point to the Italian national team. In the opening match of the selection for the 2022 World Cup, “Clockwork Orange” failed to cope with the Turkish national team (2:4) on the road, followed by two dry victories over Latvia (2:0) and Gibraltar (7:0). In preparation for the start of the tournament, the “orange” drew with Scotland (2:2) and beat Georgia (3:0). The team already has the first losses. De Ligt, who has a groin injury, will not be able to help his team.
The North Macedonian national team will make their debut in the final tournament of the European Championship. In qualifying for Euro 2020 the Balkan team finished third, losing to Poland and today’s opponent. The Red Lynx got their ticket to the main football forum in Europe thanks to their success in the playoffs of the UEFA Nations League, where they defeated Kosovo and Georgia (1:0) in the final. In the last tournament the Macedonian national team could not make it to League B, losing in the group to the Armenian national team. In the qualifying round for the 2022 World Cup, the red lions started with a fiasco in a duel with Romania (2:3), followed by a victory over Liechtenstein (5:0) and sensationally outplayed Germany (2:1). On June 4th Igor Angelovsky’s charges held a control match in preparation for the start of the Euro against the national team of Kazakhstan, in which they did not leave the opponent any chance (4:0).
