North Macedonia arrive at Old Trafford for the Euro 2024 qualifier against England on Monday night as underdogs but should not be underestimated. Just ask Germany and Italy, who faced them in the last World Cup qualifiers and endured home defeats.
When North Macedonia qualified for Euro 2020, it could be argued they did so thanks only to a new Uefa invention that allowed countries to get there via the Nations League. The team from a Balkan state with a population of two million topped a group in section D – the lowest of the lot – that also contained Armenia, Liechtenstein and Gibraltar, then beat Kosovo and Georgia in the playoffs.
