North Macedonia, with a population of just two million people, has made a new history in the history of their football! After the first victory over European champions Italy in history, the Dream of the World Cup is just one step away. Some say that Italy's elimination is the best thing for Portugal, but the North Macedonian players believe that the biggest positive this time belongs to themselves.
Since their return to UEFA in October 1993, North Macedonian football has developed almost in a similar way to the year of professionalization of Chinese football, and in 28 years they are very likely to become the fifth Balkan team in the former Yugoslavia to reach the world cup finals after Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. You know, in the past ten years, North Macedonia has been the defeated player of the Chinese men's football team, the national football team has won the team 3 times, 2 times to draw, the last time was the debut of the then national football coach Pele in 2014, the national football team in Shenyang home 2-0 opponent.
But in the past 8 years, North Macedonian football has undergone earth-shaking changes, not only successfully reaching the final round of Euro 2020, but also defeating former World Cup champions Germany at one point in this World Preliminary Tournament. The international ranking is also stable in the top 60-70, and the strength and ranking are higher than those of the national football team. Although the total value of the match against Italy was only about 35 million euros, less than 1/10 of the Italian team, they had to resist the Italian team's 32-foot shot throughout the whole process, and killed Italy in the stoppage time stage of the game, using the last fatal knife to make the Italian miss the World Cup for two consecutive times.
North Malaysia defeated its opponents in the way that was once the habit of Italians, and in the absence of a famous coach, no naturalization, no big name, it created a miracle with the power of the flood. The whole team was united in morale, and the morale of the North Macedonian fans shouted slogans to reach the World Cup finals. Next, they will meet portugal on March 30, next Wednesday, to compete for a ticket to the World Cup. If it can be successful, then the Qatar World Cup will usher in a new face. The World Cup has never lacked a cold goal, if North Macedonia can qualify, it will be one of the biggest dark horses in the history of the European region in the World Preliminary Round, and its sensational effect is no less than that of the Iceland team in the World Cup in Russia.