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 hoping a new beginning, but took us to the old - recognizable play against weaker than himself, Serbian team began a new cycle in his manner. We avoid defeat against Armenia in the 90th minute! We were not in the European Championships since 2000. Let's take this time to be different, we wanted "eagles" before the match in Yerevan. The feeling that prevails after the game - fear that they will not be until at least 2020 ... Serbia national football team, with new coach Dick lawyers (introduced with the words to "come to change the mentality of the players," even those formed from 25, 30 years), the new patriotic shirts, began a new cycle of qualifications in the old, distinctive way. Again, the "Eagles" misunderstood the role of favorites and again left two points in Yerevan, Armenia, against which, let's just say it now, did not play a number of important players, notably the shooter Borussia Dortmund, Henrik Mhitarjan. On the ...