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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16' [1 - 0] A. Kolarov
24' [2 - 0] Z. Tosic
31' [2 - 1] G. Bale
39' [3 - 1] F. Djuricic
55'[4 - 1] D. Tadic
80' [5 - 1] B. Ivanovic
90' [6 - 1] M. Sulejmani
Wales' Darcy Blake reacts to his team's loss against Serbia after their World Cup 2014 qualifying soccer match at the Karadorde Stadium in Novi Sad, September 11.
Wales' Darcy Blake reacts to his team's loss against Serbia after their World Cup
Serbia gave their new coach Sinisa Mihajlovic his first taste of success as left back Aleksandar Kolarov inspired an impressive 6-1 home rout of Wales in a World Cup Group A qualifier on Tuesday.
The victory left Serbia on four points from two games after Saturday's goalless stalemate in Scotland, which came on the back of three defeats and a draw in friendlies.
Having come under fire for tepid performances which produced only one goal in five games, Mihajlovic reshuffled his youthful team and the tactic paid dividends in Vojvodina Novi Sad's acoustic Karadjordje stadium in front of a capacity 15,000 crowd.
Kolarov fired the home side ahead when he curled a delightful free kick from 18 metres over the wall past the despairing dive of Wales keeper Glyn Myhill in the 16th minute.
Serbia 6-1 Wales by goalsarena2012
Serbia 6-1 Wales by goalsarena2012
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