This was their first win in their history against a team from FIFA top 10. After HT when we were already qualified and we stopped playing, trying not to get an injury on that horrible pitch, Macedonians saw their chance and gave everything to get one of the greatest results in their history. We had nothing against them beating us. The point meant nothing to us, the 3 points were huge for them.
I'm never happy when we lose, but in this case i think losing was better than drawing. It was a friendly match after all, but if we played 0:0 or 1:1 the world would have thought that the 2 friendly nations fixed the match. This way it's less suspicious (even though i'm absolutely sure it would have been a draw if Russians won in Israel)
And Vlatko, it was kind of important for us not to win this match . Because if we won we could have been group holders at the EURO, together with Austria, Greece and Switzerland and we could have found ourself in some group of death. This way we'll be in second pot and get AUT, SUI or GRE as group holders. It's much better than getting a group with Italy, England and France.
I'm glad for Macedonia and my friends from Macedonia for the greatest win in their history and i'm glad noone got injured on that pitch.
Congrats xcen3x.
Now lets win in England