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How North Macedonia could line up against Netherlands

How North Macedonia could line up against Netherlands
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Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at how North Macedonia could line up for Monday's European Championship clash with Netherlands.

North Macedonia manager manager Igor Angelovski may go with the team which improved after the second half of Thursday's 2-1 defeat to Ukraine as his side heads to Amsterdam to take on the Netherlands on Monday.

The eastern European minnows' defeat condemned them to crashing out of the tournament with a game to spare, meaning that they only really have pride to play for against group winners Netherlands.

However, North Macedonia have shown plenty of spirit and perhaps more quality than many expected them to despite losing to Austria and Ukraine in their opening two matches, with Goran Pandev's and Ezgjan Alioski's solitary strikes in the two losses providing precious memories which their fans will salvage for many years to come.

Indeed, Alioski's rebound after the Leeds United full-back had missed a penalty prior to the hour mark provided hope of mounting a comeback against the Blue and Yellow, with Darko Churlinov and Aleksandr Trajkovski's half-time introductions appearing to improve their ability to retain possession and mount chances against Andriy Shevchenko's side.

As such, Angelovski may start the duo in place of Boban Nikolov, who appeared to struggle out of position at right wing-back, and Stefan Spirovski.

Otherwise, the 45-year-old is unlikely to make any changes, with Pandev and the mercurial Elif Elmas of Napoli likely to continue in tandem in attack.

North Macedonia possible starting lineup: Dimitrievski; Ristovski, Velkovski, Musliu; Trajkovski, Ademi, Churlinov, Bardhi, Alioski; Elmas, Pandev

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