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 ...
Great game played by the Netherlands and Australia in Porto Alegre. The match full of twists and turns beautiful, "tulip" won 3-2 and the step approached the next round. On the one hand absolute favorite - the Netherlands, and the other team with the lowest approval ratings among participants FIFA World Cup - Australia. In the field, instead of light splitting networks Matthew Ryan, a playful "sokerosi" and at times executed "tulip". Indeed, she almost got everything done well against Spain in the opening contest in Group B, scatter and put in a very awkward position before the last round and match with Chile. The finish, however, was the best, the Netherlands - Australia 3:2 (1:1). Vice-champions of the world are on the brink of knockout stages Mundijala, and only a "crazy" combination with goal difference could leave expected epilogue in the group stage of the competition. Louis van Gal made a first set goal - two wins from two matches. T...