Spanish coach Joaquín Caparrós could not start his career at the helm of the Armenian national team with victory, after falling 2-1 to North Macedonia on Saturday in the first day of the Nations League. The Caparrós team, who took over the Armenian team last March, could not overcome the early goal of Macedonia, which went ahead after 5 minutes of play on the scoreboard (1-0) with a penalty goal from the English Leeds player Egzijan Alioski.

Likewise, the second goal for the local team came from eleven meters, the work of forward Ilija Nestorovski, who did not miss the maximum penalty committed at 38 minutes by the Armenian Hovhannes Hambartsumyan. Two so many that Armenia, who could not count for the contest with his greatest star, the Roma player Henrikh Mkhitaryan, could only respond in the extension time, thanks to a goal from Tigran Barseghyan, who scored the final 2-1 penalty in 94. A defeat from which Caparrós and the Armenian team will have the possibility to compensate in the match that will face them next Tuesday with Estonia in Yerevan.