It underlines England got another good result as they have for a long time now in qualifiers. A win over almost anyone in European football now is no given at all, as most of the top football nations have found out.
Wales very fortunate to get a draw, outplayed by the Georgians particularly in the second half. Their's is probably the most competitive group in the European section and they'll be lucky to even get a play-off place if they play like this again...
I watched the game live here in Mexico City Kiwi so you were not alone. How it only finished 2-1 I'll never know. The Mexicans had loads of chances and should have won by a hatful.
The other teams will of course be ****ting themselves by having to face the might of uber qualifiers and tournament failures, England.
Nope. English first, then British as far as sport is concerned. The Welsh were unbearably cocky in the Euros and I really hope they come unstuck.
It would appear that we are at least on a par with Italy? 11 Sep 2012 Italy v Malta W 2-0 FIFA World Cup 26 Mar 2013 Malta v Italy W 0-2 FIFA World Cup 13 Oct 2014 Malta v Italy W 0-1 UEFA European Championship 03 Sep 2015 Italy v Malta W 1-0 UEFA European Championship
Bad goal for the Republic of Ireland to concede, against the run of play, just before half-time against footballing minnow Moldova (1-1). please log in to view this image
It was poor performance and result by Wales. Georgia are a poor footballing nation and Wales should have beaten them. It was a **** result by Wales. Yes, England picked up three points. But Malta at Wembley are weak opponents and it should have been more convincing.
No, because they won WC in 2006 and was at the Final of the Euros in 2012. What's England's done in the modern game? Nothing.
I think you have spectacularly missed the point. The fact that Italy have been relatively successful is exactly the point. They didn't hammer Malta either.
You would know about spectacularly missing everything. You do it every week Col Oh and Italy just came back from 2-1 to beat Macedonia. Not a bad job considering. Whereas England have not been "relatively successful" in any way shape or form for the past 50 years, so you don't get the point. Only winning trophies count
It is true that these are facts. I was wondering if Italy were pacing themselves in their typical controlled way, or has Malta suddenly become a much better footballing nation. I even checked their recent results and see that in September they lost 5-1 to Scotland. Q.E.D.
It's OK, Col. Your misunderstanding directly stems from you not having gone to school to get educated. Still lashing out with assumptions as usual, aren't you, because you really don't know. It's OK mate. We all know the truth. We'll take care of it. We'll take it from here. Keep your nonsensical stuff to yourself mate.
You clearly realise that you've made a bit of a knob of yourself and are now writing complete gibberish.
Like Malta, Macedonia have also demostrated quite a stingy defense over the past six years, with close scorelines playing against a variety of other footballing nations. At first glance, you might have expected Italy to hammer Macedonia by a wider scoreline than 3-2, as iwas the case in England's 2-0 victory over Malta. 2010 Friendly 3 March 2010 Friendly Macedonia 2 – 1 Montenegro [show]Skopje, Macedonia 29 May 2010 Friendly Azerbaijan 1 – 3 Macedonia [show]Bischofshofen, Austria 2 June 2010 Friendly Romania 0 – 1 Macedonia [show]Villach, Austria 11 August 2010 Friendly please log in to view this image Malta 1 – 1 please log in to view this image Macedonia [show]Ta' Qali, Malta 17 November 2010 Friendly Albania 0 – 0 Macedonia [show]Korçë, Albania 22 December 2010 Friendly China PR 1 – 0 Macedonia [show]Guangzhou, China UEFA Euro 2012 Qualifiers 3 September 2010 Group B Slovakia 1 – 0 Macedonia [show]Bratislava, Slovakia 7 September 2010 Group B Macedonia 2 – 2 Armenia [show]Skopje, Macedonia 8 October 2010 Group B Andorra 0 – 2 Macedonia [show]Andorra la Vella, Andorra 12 October 2010 Group B Macedonia 0 – 1 Russia [show]Skopje, Macedonia 2011 Friendly 9 February 2011 Friendly Macedonia 0 – 1 Cameroon [show]Skopje, Macedonia 10 August 2011 Friendly Azerbaijan 0 – 1 Macedonia [show]Baku, Azerbaijan 15 November 2011 Friendly Macedonia 0 – 0 Albania [show]Prilep, Macedonia UEFA Euro 2012 Qualifiers 26 March 2011 Group B Republic of Ireland 2 – 1 Macedonia [show]Dublin, Republic of Ireland 4 June 2011 Group B Macedonia 0 – 2 Republic of Ireland [show]Skopje, Macedonia 2 September 2011 Group B Russia 1 – 0 Macedonia [show]Moscow, Russia 6 September 2011 Group B Macedonia 1 – 0 Andorra [show]Skopje, Macedonia 7 October 2011 Group B Armenia 4 – 1 Macedonia [show]Yerevan, Armenia 11 October 2011 Group B Macedonia 1 – 1 Slovakia [show]Skopje, Macedonia 2012 Friendly 29 February 2012 Friendly Luxembourg 2 – 1 Macedonia [show]Luxembourg City, Luxembourg 26 May 2012 Friendly Portugal 0 – 0 Macedonia [show]Leira, Portugal 29 May 2012 Friendly Angola 0 – 0 Macedonia [show]Estoril, Portugal 15 August 2012 Friendly Macedonia 1 – 0 Lithuania [show]Skopje, Macedonia 14 November 2012 Friendly Macedonia 3 – 2 Slovenia [show]Skopje, Macedonia 14 December 2012 Friendly Poland 4 – 1 Macedonia [show]Antalya, Turkey FIFA World Cup 2014 Qualifiers 7 September 2012 Group A Croatia 1 – 0 Macedonia [show]Zagreb, Croatia 11 September 2012 Group A Scotland 1 – 1 Macedonia [show]Glasgow, Scotland 12 October 2012 Group A Macedonia 1 – 2 Croatia [show]Skopje, Macedonia 16 October 2012 Group A Macedonia 1 – 0 Serbia [show]Skopje, Macedonia 2013 Friendly 6 February 2013 Friendly Macedonia 3 – 0 Denmark [show]Skopje, Macedonia 3 June 2013 Friendly Sweden 1 – 0 Macedonia [show]Malmö, Sweden 11 June 2013 Friendly Norway 2 – 0 Macedonia [show]Oslo, Norway 14 August 2013 Friendly Macedonia 2 – 0 Bulgaria [show]Skopje, Macedonia FIFA World Cup 2014 Qualifiers 22 March 2013 Group A Macedonia 0 – 2 Belgium [show]Skopje, Macedonia 26 March 2013 Group A Belgium 1 – 0 Macedonia [show]Brussels, Belgium 6 September 2013 Group A Macedonia 2 – 1 Wales [show]Skopje, Macedonia 10 September 2013 Group A Macedonia 1 – 2 Scotland [show]Skopje, Macedonia 11 October 2013 Group A Wales 1 – 0 Macedonia [show]Cardiff, Wales 15 October 2013 Group A Serbia 5 – 1 Macedonia [show]Jagodina, Serbia 2014 Friendly 5 March 2014 Friendly Macedonia 2 – 1 Latvia [show]Skopje, Macedonia 26 May 2014 Friendly Cameroon 2 – 0 Macedonia [show]Kufstein, Austria 30 May 2014 Friendly Qatar 0 – 0 Macedonia [show]Rieti, Italy 18 June 2014 Friendly China PR 2 – 0 Macedonia [show]Shenyang, China 22 June 2014 Friendly China PR 0 – 0 Macedonia [show]Jinan, China UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifiers 8 September 2014 Group C Spain 5 – 1 Macedonia [show]Valencia, Spain 9 October 2014 Group C Macedonia 3 – 2 Luxembourg [show]Skopje, Macedonia 12 October 2014 Group C Ukraine 1 – 0 Macedonia [show]Lviv, Ukraine 15 November 2014 Group C Macedonia 0 – 2 Slovakia [show]Skopje, Macedonia 2015 Friendly 30 March 2015 Friendly Macedonia 0 – 0 Australia [show]Skopje, Macedonia 12 November 2015 Friendly Macedonia 4 – 1 Montenegro [show]Skopje, Macedonia 17 November 2015 Friendly Macedonia 0 – 1 Lebanon [show]Skopje, Macedonia UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifiers 27 March 2015 Group C Macedonia 1 – 2 Belarus [show]Skopje, Macedonia 14 June 2015 Group C Slovakia 2 – 1 Macedonia [show]Žilina, Slovakia 5 September 2015 Group C Luxembourg 1 – 0 Macedonia [show]Luxembourg City, Luxembourg 8 September 2015 Group C Macedonia 0 – 1 Spain [show]Skopje, Macedonia 9 October 2015 Group C Macedonia 0 – 2 Ukraine [show]Skopje, Macedonia 12 October 2015 Group C Belarus 0 – 0 Macedonia [show]Barysaw, Belarus 2016 Friendly 23 March 2016 Friendly Slovenia 1 – 0 Macedonia [show]Koper, Slovenia 29 March 2016 Friendly Macedonia 0 – 2 Bulgaria [show]Skopje, Macedonia 29 May 2016 Friendly Azerbaijan 1 – 3 Macedonia [show]Bad Erlach, Austria 2 June 2016 Friendly Macedonia 1 – 3 Iran [show]Skopje, Macedonia FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifiers 5 September 2016 Group G Albania 2–1 Macedonia [show]Shkodër, Albania 6 October 2016 Group G Macedonia 1 - 2 v Israel [show]Skopje, Macedonia 9 October 2016 Group G Macedonia 2 - 3 v Italy [show]Skopje, Macedonia 12 November 2016 Group G Spain v Macedonia [show]Granada, Spain 2017 FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifiers 24 March 2017 Group G Liechtenstein v Macedonia [show]Vaduz, Liechtenstein 11 June 2017 Group G Macedonia v Spain [show]Skopje, Macedonia 2 September 2017 Group G Israel v Macedonia [show]Israel 5 September 2017 Group G Macedonia v Albania [show]Skopje, Macedonia 6 October 2017 Group G Italy v Macedonia [show]Italy 9 October 2017 Group G Macedonia v Liechtenstein [show]Skopje, Macedonia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonia_national_football_team_results
