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 ...
Safet " Pape " Sušić born 13 April 1955) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player . He was a gifted midfielder known for his dribbling skills and technical ability and is strongly reputed to have been one of the finest European players of his generation. Sušić played for Yugoslavia in two FIFA World Cups , 1982 and 1990 , and at UEFA Euro 1984 . As a manager, he qualified the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team for the 2014 FIFA World Cup . Sušić played as an attacking midfielder , often in the role of trequartista or fantasista (i.e. a creative playmaker ) and rarely as a second striker for Sarajevo , Paris Saint-Germain and Red Star , [1] and internationally for Yugoslavia. Even more later during his career, he was utilized more in a role of a deep-lying playmaker , b...