Macedonia U21 led by coach Temelkovski started their World Cup campaign in Algeria with a win against a very solid Russian side.
Despite being down 10-11 at the half time mark, the team did a complete 180 in he second half and with strong defense held the Russian side to 11 goals in the second half while Macedonia scored 19 for a final score of 29-22.
Macedonia has a day off tomorrow, next up is the outsider in the group Burkina Faso on Wednesday.