National Team Without a Goal: Five Matches Without Scoring, Sedloski Asks for Support for the Players
The Macedonian national football team has entered a deep crisis — a third loss, no points and no goals scored in the Nations League, with coach Sedloski saying: 'support the footballers, you can criticize me.'
The Macedonian national football team suffered a new Nations League defeat, going without a scored goal for five consecutive matches — a situation analysts describe as one of the most inferior in the team's recent history, noting the national side "has never been this inferior, not even in its darkest days."
Coach Blaze Sedloski, ahead of the match, asked the team to show character against a higher-quality opponent that "had never visited Skopje" before, but the result stayed the same — a third loss, zero points, zero goals. After the match, Sedloski took responsibility on himself: "support the footballers, you can criticize me," while some players, including Elmas and Musliu, admitted the performance had been "very poor."
The crisis raises questions about Sedloski's position as coach going forward, but the more concrete concern is structural — five goalless matches point to an attacking problem that goes beyond one bad game or one tough opponent, requiring a deeper look at the squad and tactics ahead of upcoming qualifying obligations.
MKNews Hub · Macedonia · October 4, 2026
