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Aug 18 2004
Stojkov shoots down Armenia
F.Y.R. Macedonia’s bid for a place in the 2006 UEFA European Under-21
Championship finals got off to a good start with a comfortable 4-0
victory against Armenia.
F.Y.R. Macedonia have made a winning start in Group 1
Took control
The home side had not won a competitive U21 match since June 2001,
but they took control in the early stages of the Group 1 tie and
never looked back after Aco Stojkov had opened the scoring on 27
minutes.
Hat-trick complete
On the half-hour Darko Tasevski set up Stojkov to double the lead and
after Goran Todorcev had struck the third from outside the area on 48
minutes, Stojkov completed his hat-trick from the penalty spot with
three minutes remaining. The Macedonians now hold the early lead in a
group where Romania, their next opponents on 3 September, beat
Finland 1-0 yesterday.
Next fixture
Armenia will hope to revive their bid for one of the two play-off
places on offer when they welcome Finland on 8 September, by which
time the Czech Republic and the Netherlands will also have begun
their campaigns in the six-team group.
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