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 ...
"We were not man enough, we were strong in the duel. Knew we had the right one slip up and now no more," said coach Igor Stimac after the defeat of Scotland (0:1). Croatian national team suffered a shocking defeat at home supporters in an important clash against Scotland qualification (0:1). Victory over Serbia (2-1), Belgium is now Croats fled the three-point advantage (19 in total) and the team of Igor Stimac is in the unenviable position of three rounds before the end of qualifying for the World Cup in Brazil in 2014. Captain Darijo Srna has admitted that his team was in the final clash against Wales was lucky, but not against Scotland. "After the games with Serbia and Wales have experienced a heavy defeat. Legs has been difficult, and nothing we did not go. In Wales followed us happiness, but the match in front of the home crowd is not the Scottish. During his 103 appearances for Croatia never seen a goal what gave us the Scots, but some are ... try to avoid addi...