North Macedonia coach Igor Angelovski known as up three upcoming skills for the June 11-July 11 European championship on Thursday because the Balkan nation goals to make an affect in their maiden look on the massive stage.
Uncapped 22-year-old goalkeeper Riste Jankov and 23-year-old ahead Milan Ristovski made it to the 26-man squad alongside midfielder Darko Churlinov, who made his debut in a 2017 pleasant towards Belarus.
The 20-year-old Churlinov has not featured at senior stage since however earned a spot at Euro 2020 after scoring 5 targets in 16 video games for the Under-21 aspect, whereas Ristovski has been in nice kind for his membership Spartak Trnava.
“The three of them should be on the Euro 2020 as a result of they’re the way forward for (North) Macedonian soccer and are additionally enjoying commonly for his or her golf equipment,” Angelovski told a news conference.
“This is a great group of players and I believe in them. They have achieved a historic success by qualifying and we will now do everything in our power to make an impact.
“We have set our ambitions high and as our goal is to reach the knockout stages. It’s been an incredible journey and we now have to be focused on the task ahead.”
North Macedonia are in Group C alongside the Netherlands, Ukraine and Austria. They play Austria on June 13 and Ukraine on June 17 in Bucharest earlier than going through the Dutch in Amsterdam 4 days later.
Having gained their fourth-tier group in the 2018-19 Nations League, North Macedonia superior to Euro 2020 with a 1-0 victory at Georgia in their playoff closing final November following a 2-1 dwelling win over neighbours Kosovo.
The success proved to be a significant confidence increase because the North Macedonians additionally made an excellent begin to their 2022 World Cup qualifying marketing campaign with two wins in the opening three video games, together with a surprising 2-1 away defeat of Germany in March.
Angelovski was assured the consequence confirmed his aspect was able to mixing it with Europe’s greatest.
“Our win towards Germany has proven that we’ve the power to face our floor towards the highest groups,” he said. “The Euro 2020 group gives us a chance to reach the last 16 but we will have to be at our very best in all three games.”
The squad:
Goalkeepers: Stole Dimitrievski (Rayo Vallecano), Damjan Shishkovski (Doxa), Riste Jankov (Rabotnicki Skopje)
Defenders: Stefan Ristovski (Dinamo Zagreb), Visar Musliu (Fehervar), Egzon Bejtulai (Shkendija), Kire Ristevski (Ujpest), Gjoko Zajkov (Charleroi), Darko Velkovski (Rijeka), Ezgjan Alioski (Leeds United)
Midfielders: Arijan Ademi (Dinamo Zagreb), Enis Bardhi (Levante), Stefan Spirovski (AEK Larnaca), Boban Nikolov (Lecce), Tihomir Kostadinov (Ruzomberok), Ferhan Hasani (Partizani Tirana), Eljif Elmaz (Napoli), Daniel Avramovski (Kayzerispor), Darko Churlinov (Vfb Stuttgart), Marjan Radeski (Akademija Pandev)
Forwards: Goran Pandev (Genoa), Aleksandar Trajkovski (Real Mallorca), Ivan Trichkovski (AEK Larnaca), Vlatko Stojanovski(Chambly), Krste Velkovski (Sarajevo), Milan Ristovski (Spartak Trnava).
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