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Albania beat Macedonia in WC qualifier

Xinhua, September 7, 2016 Adjust font size:

Albania won the first three points for the World Cup 2018 qualifications after defeating Macedonia 2-1 at Loro Borici stadium in Shkodra, northwestern part of Albania.

The match started On Monday but it was interrupted at 75th minute with the score 1-1 due to the torrential rain.

The 15 remaining minutes restarted on Tuesday at 14:00 hours where Albania scored the winning goal.

The goals were scored by Armando Sadiku and Bekim Balaj for the Albanian team and Ezgjan Alioski for the Macedonian team. Endit