Captain after the farewell of Pandev, 100 appearances in Italy between Parma and Crotone, launches the challenge to the Azzurri: “We have nothing to lose and …”
He asks the first question. “Are you ready, yes?”. In Macedonia they can’t wait. “We want to surprise the European champions”. Stefan Ristovski responds from the training camp in Skopje and laughs. Beside him his companions do the same. The phone call flows in a bustle of voices. Background chat: “We are a family”. Stefan wears the headband. He became captain after the farewell of Pandev – “a brother” -, and now faces ‘his of him’ Italy again (around 100 appearances in Parma, Latina, Bari, Frosinone and Crotone). With the national team he is the third time in his career.