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| - Veteran captain Goran Pandev started up front for North Macedonia in their first match at a major tournament as an independent nation against Austria at Euro 2020 on Sunday. The game is the first in Group C ahead of the Netherlands' clash with Ukraine in Amsterdam later in the day. Former Inter Milan forward Pandev, 37, will be one of the key men for Igor Angelovski's Macedonians along with Napoli midfielder Eljif Elmas. Austria coach Franco Foda stuck with Stuttgart striker Sasa Kalajdzic, with Real Madrid-bound David Alaba starting on the left wing, playing further forward than he does at club level. Starting line-ups: Austria (4-4-1-1) Daniel Bachmann; Andreas Ulmer, Martin Hinteregger, Aleksandar Dragovic, Stefan Lainer; David Alaba (capt), Xaver Schlager, Konrad Laimer, Christoph Baumgartner; Marcel Sabitzer; Sasa Kalajdzic Coach: Franco Foda (GER) North Macedonia (3-5-2) Stole Dimitrievski; Visar Musliu, Darko Velkovski, Stefan Ristovski; Ezgjan Alioski, Eljif Elmas, Arijan Ademi, Enis Bardi, Boban Nikolov; Aleksandar Trajkovski, Goran Pandev (capt) Coach: Igor Angelovski (MKD) Referee: Andreas Ekberg (SWE) afp
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