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 ...
Football match pertaining to the Cup Qualification UEFA 1st Round Group A of the 2012-2013 edition of the World Championship competition
Croatia 2-0 Serbia goalscorers
1st half
1-0 Croatia 23' Mario Mandzukic goal
2-0 Croatia 37' Ivica Olic goal
Other match incidents
1st half
36' Serbia Aleksandar Kolarov received a yellow card
2nd half
85' Serbia Neven Subotic received a yellow card
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