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 ...
Tree decades(and more) before. In an international competition in Italy in 1990. Ivković was born in Zagreb , PR Croatia , Yugoslavia . He started his professional career playing for hometown club Dinamo Zagreb in 1978, moving to Dinamo Vinkovci in January 1983 and soon after to Red Star Belgrade . In 1985, Ivković transferred to his first foreign club as he joined Tirol Innsbruck from Austria , where he played until 1988. After short spells with Wiener Sport-Club and Genk , he moved to Sporting CP in 1989, and remained there for the following four seasons, rarely missing a game, although he did not collect any silverware. Ivković's final years were also spent in Portugal , with Estoril , Vitória Setúbal , Belenenses and Estrela Amadora , before retiring in 1998. Prior to Estrela, he contributed with six matches for Salamanca 's 1997 promotion ...