At the National Stadium in Ta' Qali, teams that had been trailing behind the top three favorites in our quintet met for this round. Ultimately, the higher-ranked Macedonians managed to beat Malta again in the tournament.

We remind you that the first meeting of these opponents in Skopje resulted in a home victory with a score of 2-1.

EURO 2024. Qualifying Tournament. Group S

6th Round

Malta — North Macedonia — 0:2 (0:2)

Goals: Elmas (5), Manev (41).

Malta: Bonello, Kamenzuli, Muscat, Pepe, Borg, D. Mbong (Attard, 46), Teuma, Kristensen (Yannick, 46), Guillaume (Piber, 89), Jones (Montebello, 46), Nwoko (P. Mbong, 72).

North Macedonia: Shishkovsky, Manev, Alioski, Zajkov (Serifmov, 77), Musliu, Dimoski (Ashkovsky, 85), Bardy, Alimi, Atanasov (Elezi, 77), Elmas, Miovsky (Ristovsky, 90+3).

Yellow cards: Teuma (27), Borg (39), Kamenzuli (66) — Shishkovsky (85), Musliu (88).

Italy — Ukraine — 2:1 (2:1)

Goals: Fratessi (12, 29) — Yarmolenko (41).

Tournament table of Group S

7th Round 

14.10. Ukraine — North Macedonia 

14.10. Italy — Malta