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 ...
The Serbian national team played a draw at Maracana against the mighty Spaniards. The national team of Serbia played a draw against Spain 0:0, in the first game of the League of Nations! In the combined team, after the retirement of captain Dušan Tadić and a series of dismissals of coach Stojković, the "eagles" held out against the favorites at the "Rajko Mitić" stadium. Goalkeeper Predrag Rajković defended brilliantly and was lucky when Lamin Yamal and his teammates shot from all angles, and for a long, long time we will regret Luka Jović's huge miss in the middle of the first half of the match. Andrija Živković kicked him out on a clean sheet in the penalty area, where the "Orlov" center forward was left alone, avoided the offside trap, waited for the Raja goalkeeper to fall, and then missed everything. Serbia will play its next match on Sunday, against Denmark in Copenhagen, in the second round of the League of Nations. After the match against the ...