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FOOTBALL:
YUGOSLAVIA - Macedonia 3-1
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| Yugoslav players celebrate one of Stojkovic's goals |
Belgrade, September 5 - Partizan Stadium. Attendance: 20,000. Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden). Booked: Saveljic, Kovacevic (Yugoslavia) and Serafimovski (Macedonia).
YUGOSLAVIA: Kralj, Mirkovic, Krstajic, Jokanovic, Djukic, Saveljic, D. Stankovic (Govedarica), Mijatovic, Milosevic (Kovacevic), Stojkovic (Savicevic), Drulovic.
MACEDONIA: Milosevski, Stavrevski, Jovanovski (Serafimovski), Babunski, Savevski, Veselinovski, Micevski (Gerasimovski), Hristov, Ciric (Memedi), Saciri.
PLAYER OF THE MATCH: Dragan Stojkovic (YUGOSLAVIA).
Player of the match Dragan Stojkovic
(right) and Dejan Stankovic
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1-0, 36th minute: The Yugoslavs took a lead through Stojkovic after a Predrag Mijatovic cross found him at the far post.
2-0, 54th minute: Mijatovic was the provider again when he put Stojkovic through with a defence-splitting pass and the veteran skipper blasted the ball into the roof of the net.
2-1, 63nd minute: Sasa Ciric scored from penalty spot after second-half substitute Zarko Serafimovski was felled in the box.
3-1, 77th minute: Macedonia's player Boban Babunski deflected Savicevic's
speculative shot from the left flank past helpless goalkeeper Petar Milosevski.
PREVIOUS RESULTS IN GROUP EIGHT
- September 5, 1998, Republic of Ireland - Croatia 2-0
- September 6, 1998, Macedonia - Malta 4-0
- October 10, 1998, Malta - Croatia 1-4
- October 14, 1998, Croatia - Macedonia 3-2
- October 14, 1998, Republic of Ireland - Malta 5-0
- November 18, 1998, YUGOSLAVIA - Republic of Ireland1-0
- November 18, 1998, Malta - Macedonia 1-2
- February 10, 1999, Malta - YUGOSLAVIA 0-3
- June 5, 1999, Macedonia - Croatia 1-1
- June 8, 1999, YUGOSLAVIA - Malta 4-1
- June 9, 1999, Republic of Ireland - Macedonia 1-0
- August 18, 1999, YUGOSLAVIA - Croatia 0-0
- August 21, 1999, Croatia - Malta 2-1
- September 1, 1999, Republic of Ireland - YUGOSLAVIA 2-1
- September 4, 1999, Croatia - Republic of Ireland 1-0
- September 5, 1999, YUGOSLAVIA - Macedonia 3-1
CURRENT STANDINGS IN GROUP EIGHT
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Games Played |
W |
D |
L |
F/A |
Points |
| CROATIA |
7 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
11-7 |
14 |
| YUGOSLAVIA |
6 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
12-4 |
13 |
| REPUBLIC OF IRELAND |
6 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
10-3 |
12 |
| MACEDONIA |
6 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
10-9 |
7 |
| MALTA |
7 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
4-24 |
0 |
FOLLOWING MATCHES IN GROUP EIGHT
- September 8, 1999, Malta - Republic of Ireland
- September 8, 1999, Macedonia - YUGOSLAVIA
- October 10, 1999, Croatia - YUGOSLAVIA
- October 10, 1999, Macedonia - Republic of Ireland
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