European preliminaries: Serbia 2-2 Bulgaria enters the European Cup after 24 years, and the Chinese Super League celebrities make history
In the 10th round of Group G of the Euro 2024 qualifiers, Serbia hosts Bulgaria. In the first half, Velikovic opened the scoring and Bulgarian goalkeeper Naumov cleared the danger on several occasions. In the second half, Bulgaria reversed the score 2-1, and in the 82nd minute, Babich equalized with a header. In the end, Serbia drew 2-2 with Bulgaria and went straight to the European Championship finals.
Match Focus
1. For 2 consecutive major competitions, Stojkovic (former Guangzhou R&F coach) led the Serbian team to advance to the finals.
2. After 24 years, Serbia once again qualified for the European Championship finals.
Wonderful review
In the 16th minute, Tadic took a corner kick from the right, Gudelli's header was blocked by Naumov, and Velikovic made a follow-up shot to give Serbia a 1-0 lead.
In the 21st minute, Mitrovic split to the left, Kostic crossed from the bottom, Mitrovic headed the goal, and Naumov flew to defuse.
In the 28th minute, Kraev split to the left, Despodov cut inside and shot, the ball hit the crossbar and bounced, Serbia escaped.
In the 35th minute, Djuricic quickly split the ball, Kostic volleyed into the near corner, and Naumov was brave again.
In the 53rd minute, Bulgaria took a free kick in front, Gruev volleyed in the chaos, and Milinkovic made a wonderful save. The linesman then signalled for offside.
In the 59th minute, Gudelj made a mistake in clearing, and Russev fired a low shot into the net, and Bulgaria equalized.
In the 69th minute, Lukic made a mistake in receiving the ball, Krastev went straight to the front, and Despodov broke the net with a single knife, and Bulgaria led 2-1.
In the 82nd minute, Tadic took a corner kick from the right and Babic nodded in front of him to equalize.
Group standings
Serbia line-up (3-4-2-1)
Goalkeeper: 23 - Milinkovic-Savic
Defenders: 15-Babić, 13-Velikovic, 4-Milenkovic
Midfielders: 14-Zhivkovic (76'7-Radovic), 6-Goodley, 22-Lukic (76'17-Ilic), 11-Kostic (85'5-Maksimovic)
Forwards: 10-Tadic, 21-Djuricic (62'18-Vlahovic)
Forwards: 9-Mitrovic (85'3-Mladenovic)