Brazil national under-23 football team was beaten by Mexico 0–1 after extra time, denying Brazil the chance to be the first guest team to win the tournament. The following year Brazil failed to qualify for the 2004 Olympic Games after losing out to Paraguay and Argentina in the qualifying tournament. Brazil, managed by senior team coach, Dunga, finished in the first position in the group stage, ahead of Belgium, New Zealand and China, which they beat 1–0, 5–0 and 3–0 respectively. In the second round, Brazil beat Cameroon 2–0 after extra time. Brazil and Argentina met on August 19 in the semi-final game of the
Macedonia national football team Macedonia national football team The Macedonia national football team (, "Fudbalska reprezentacija na Makedonija") is the national football team of the Republic of Macedonia and is controlled by the Football Federation of Macedonia. The venue for home games is the Philip II Arena in Skopje. Despite being one of the less successful national teams from former Yugoslavia, Macedonia has still produced several good results, notably drawing with England twice away, drawing Italy and Netherlands once (both away), as well as beating Croatia 2–0 in 2007 and Serbia at home 1–0 in 2012. Some popular Macedonian footballers also played outside Macedonia