An exciting and mobile striker with a keen eye for goal, Javier Saviola burst on to the scene as a teenager with hometown club River Plate. He won the Golden Boot and Best Player awards at the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship where he scored a tournament-record 11 goals. He moved to FC Barcelona in 2001 where he averaged just under a goal every two games in three seasons before spending the 2004/05 campaign on loan at AS Monaco. Scored three goals as Argentina reached the 2004 Copa America final and also played a part as they won gold at the 2004 Olympics. Is nicknamed 'El Conejo' - or The Rabbit.
Serbia drove through Nico Elvedi's own objective in first-half stoppage time and Aleksandar Mitrovic multiplied the benefit before Predrag Rajkovic saved a punishment from Swiss striker Breel Embolo. Serbia took a giant stride towards survival in the UEFA Nations League top-flight by securing a 2-0 victory over near rivals Switzerland - their first-ever head-to-head win. With Serbia and Switzerland essentially competing against each other to avoid relegation from Group A4, you’d have been forgiven for expecting a brighter start from two sides desperate to beat the other. It turned out to be quite the opposite though, as the only bright spot in an incredibly dull start came when Veljko Birmancevic ’s tame effort was easily gathered by Gregor Kobel . It took until just after the half-hour mark for the game's first big chance to arrive, but it was wasted by Breel Embolo who skewed wide after he was teed up by Silvan Widmer . That ...
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