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 Association of Serbia revealed certain details of the meeting in Nyon, on the eve of a meeting of the UEFA appeals regarding interrupted the match Serbia - Albania. The appeals committee of UEFA, as you have heard, rejected the appeal of football federation of Serbia and Albania, to the already imposed sanctions for cut matches within the qualifications for the European Championship in 2016. But FSS today issued a statement about what happened on Tuesday in Nyon. The most interesting part of the paper is that the representatives of the Serbian Football Association on Tuesday, ahead of a meeting at the headquarters of UEFA, offered the Albanians of playing a new game, but that they did not want. "Before the start of yesterday's oral hearing and on the basis of the agreement and the approval of the competent UEFA, the delegation FSS conducted personal interviews with representatives of FS Albania. Based on the position of our organization, in line with previous statem...