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"SMACKER!"
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Officials
from Italy |
Serbia
Squad |
Type |
England Squad |
Referee
(sky blue)
Daniel Orsato 48
(23 November 1975), Montecchio Maggiore, FIFA-listed 2010 |
6 |
Goal Attempts |
5 |
1 |
Attempts on Target |
3 |
Assistant Referees |
0 |
Hit Bar/Post |
1 |
Ciro Carbone 45 (24
July 1978) |
Alessandro Giallatini 48 (4
July 1975), Roma |
2 |
Corner Kicks Won |
1 |
Fourth official Ivan Kružliak
40 (24 March 1984), Bratislava, Slovakia, FIFA-listed 2011. |
0 |
Offside Calls Against |
1 |
Video
Assistant Officials |
19 |
Fouls Conceded |
8 |
Massimiliano Irrati 44 (27 June
1979), Pirenze Paolo Valeri & Câtâlin Popa
Romania |
47% |
Possession |
53% |
|
|
Serbia Team |
|
Rank |
FIFA (4th
April 2024) 33rd
EFO ranking
n/a ELO rating
21st to 24th |
Colours |
made by Puma - dark cherry red crew-necked jerseys with
blue cuffs and white stripe across lower back, red shorts
with blue trim, red socks. |
Captain |
Aleksandar Mitrović |
Manager |
Dragan Stojković, 59 (3 March 1965),
appointed 3 March 2021. |
|
83rd
min. for remonstrating with the fourth official |
Dušan Tadić 60:30 |
53rd match, W 21 - D 7 - L 11 - F x - A x. |
Serbia Lineup |
1 |
Rajković, Predrag |
28 229 days |
31 October 1995 |
G |
RCD Mallorca, Spain |
33 |
0 |
13 |
Veljković, Miloš |
28 264 days |
26 September 1995 in
Basel, Switzerland |
RD |
SV Werder Bremen von 1899, German |
31 |
1 |
4 |
Milenković, Nikola |
26 248 days |
12 October 1997 |
CD |
AC Fiorentina, Italy |
54 |
3 |
2 |
Pavlović, Strahinja |
22 23 days |
24 May 2001 |
LD |
Red Bull Salzburg, Austria |
36 |
4 |
14 |
Živković, Andrija,
off 74th min. |
27 341 days |
11 July 1996 |
RWB |
Panthessaloníkios AÓK, Greece |
47 |
1 |
20 |
Milinković-Savić,
Sergej |
29 110 days |
27 February 1995 in
Lleida, Spain |
RM |
Al Hilal SFC, Saudi Arabia |
52 |
9 |
6 |
Gudelj, Nemanja, off
half-time |
32 213 days |
16 November 1991 |
CM |
Sevilla FC, Spain |
63 |
1 |
|
39th min. after he prevented Bellingham running through the centre. |
22 |
Lukić, Saša,
off 61st min. |
27 308 days |
13 August 1996 |
LM |
Fulham FC, England |
47 |
2 |
11 |
Kostić, Filip,
injured off 42nd min. (41:44) |
31 228 days |
1 November 1992 |
LWB |
Juventus FC, Italy |
64 |
3 |
7 |
Vlahović, Dušan |
24 140 days |
28 January 2000 |
RF |
Juventus FC, Italy |
28 |
13 |
9 |
Mitrović, Aleksandar,
off 61st min. |
29 274 days |
16 September 1994 |
LF |
Al Hilal FC, Saudi Arabia |
92 |
58 |
Serbia
Substitutes |
scoreline:
Serbia 0 England 1 |
25 |
Mladenović, Filip,
on 43rd min. (42:57) for Kostić |
32 306 days |
15 August 1991 |
LWB |
Panathinaïkós AÓ, Greece |
32 |
1 |
17 |
Ilić, Ivan, on half-time for Gudelj |
23 91 days |
17 March 2001 |
CM |
FC Torino, Italy |
17 |
0 |
10 |
Tadić, Dušan, on 61st min. (60:32) for
Lukić |
35
209 days |
20 November 1988 |
RAM |
Fenerbaçhe SK, Turkey |
109 |
23 |
|
76th min. for a foul on Phil Foden as he was running down the touchline. |
|
|
8 |
Jović, Luka, on 61st min. (60:38) for
Mitrović |
26
176 days |
23 December 1997 |
LF |
AC Milan, Italy |
36 |
10 |
26 |
Birmančević, Veljko,
on 74th min. (73:39) for Živković |
26
103 days |
5 March 1998 |
RM |
AC Sparta Praha, Czech Republic |
6 |
0 |
result:
Serbia 0 England 1 |
unused
substitutes: |
3-Nemanja
Stojić, 5-Nemanja Maksimović, 12-Đorđe
Petrović, 15-Srđan Babić, 16-Srdjan Mijailović, 18-Petar
Ratkov, 19-Lazar
Samardzić, 21-Mijat Gačinović, 23-Vanja Milinković-Savić, 24-Uroš
Spajić. |
team
notes: |
Filip Kostić instructed the ball to be played out as he went to ground (40:02).
His goalkeeper obliged (40:06).
Received treatment until he walked off the pitch
(41:44) and his replacement was
readied. He appears to have pulled a muscle when he crossed the ball
(37:34) from the left handside. |
post-match notes: |
Three days after this match,
the Serbian FA were fined €4,500 after objects were thrown onto
the pitch by the Serbian supporters, and another €10,000 after the
Kosovo FA had complained at the display of a provocative
message. UEFA confirmed that they would also be investigating the
racist chanting towards England's BME players. Remarkably, a day
later, Serbia threatened to pull out of the European Championship
Finals over provocative chanting by the Croatia and Albania supporters
the day previously. |
manager Dragan Stojković has previously represented Yugoslavia, for whom he was an
unused substitute against England in November 1986.
However, he did play in
the follow-up match a year later in that seasons
European Championship qualifying campaign.
He also
started in the December 1989 friendly. |
|
3-5-2 |
Rajković - Veljković, Milenković, Pavlović - Živković
(Birmančević),
S.Milinković-Savić, Gudelj
(Ilić), Lukić
(Tadić), Kostić
(Mladenović) - Vlahović, Mitrović
(Jović). |
Averages (Starting XI): |
Age |
28 years 49 days |
Appearances/Goals |
49.7 |
8.6 |
|
|
England
Team |
|
Rank |
FIFA (4th
April 2024) 4th
EFO ranking
Group Two ELO rating
9th to 7th |
Colours |
The Nike 2024 home
uniform -
White shadow pinstriped jerseys
with navy blue v-necked polo-collars/underarm side panel and white/navy blue/maroon
trimmed cuffs, white shorts with navy blue side
stripe/hem,
white socks with navy blue trim. |
Captain |
Harry Kane |
Manager |
Gareth Southgate, 53 (3 September 1970), appointed caretaker manager on 27 September 2016, appointed as permanent manager on 30 November
2016. |
⁵⁴
most goals as captain |
65th of 71, W 40 - D 13 - L 12 - F 149 - A 52. |
P 96th of 102, W 59 - D 21 - L 16 - F 206 - A
66. |
England
Lineup |
|
four changes on the previous match |
league position (FINAL POSITIONS) |
|
1 |
Pickford, Jordan L. |
30 101 days |
7 March 1994 |
G |
Everton FC
(PL 15th) |
62 |
45ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Walker, Kyle
A. |
34 19 days |
28 May 1990 |
RB |
Manchester City FC
(PL CHAMPIONS) |
84 |
1 |
5 |
Stones, John |
30 19 days |
28 May 1994 |
RCD |
Manchester City FC
(PL CHAMPIONS) |
73 |
3 |
6 |
Guéhi,
A.K. Marc-Israel |
23 339 days |
13 July 2000 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire |
LCD |
Crystal Palace FC
(PL 10th) |
12 |
0 |
12 |
Trippier, Kieran J. |
33 271 days |
19 September 1990 |
LB |
Newcastle United FC
(PL 7th) |
49 |
1 |
8 |
Alexander-Arnold, Trent J.,
off 69th min. |
25 253 days |
7 October 1998 |
RDM |
Liverpool FC
(PL 3rd) |
26 |
3 |
4 |
Rice, Declan |
25
154 days |
14 January 1999 |
LDM |
Arsenal FC
(PL RU) |
52 |
3 |
7 |
Saka, Bukayo A.T., off
76th min. |
22
285 days |
5 September 2001 |
RAM |
Arsenal FC
(PL RU) |
34 |
11 |
10
|
Bellingham, Jude V.W.,
off 86th min. |
20 353 days |
29 June 2003 |
CAM |
Real Madrid CF, Spain
(LL CHAMPIONS) |
30 |
4 |
134th player to reach the 30-app
milestone second youngest |
11 |
Foden, Philip W. |
24 19 days |
28 May 2000 |
LAM |
Manchester City FC
(PL CHAMPIONS) |
35 |
4 |
9 |
Kane, Harry E. |
30 324 days |
28 July 1993 |
CF |
FC Bayern München, Germany
(BL RU) |
92 |
63 |
England
Substitutes |
scoreline:
Serbia 0 England 1 |
16 |
Gallagher, Conor J., on 69th min.
(68:45) for Alexander-Arnold |
24 131 days |
6 February 2000 |
RDM |
Chelsea FC
(PL 6th) |
14 |
6 |
0 |
8 |
20 |
Bowen, Jarrod, on 76th min.
(75:18) for Saka |
27 180 days |
20 December 1996 |
RAM |
West Ham United FC
(PL 9th) |
9 |
5 |
0 |
4 |
26 |
Mainoo, Kobbie B., on 86th min.
(85:46) for Bellingham |
19 54 days |
19 April 2005 |
CAM |
Manchester United FC
(PL 8th) |
4 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
result:
Serbia 0 England 1 |
unused
substitutes: |
3-Luke Shaw, 13-Aaron Ramsdale, 14-Ezri Konsa, 15-Lewis Dunk,
17-Ivan Toney, 18-Anthony Gordon, 19-Ollie Watkins, 21-Eberechi Eze,
22-Joe Gomez, 23-Dean Henderson, 24-Cole Palmer, 25-Adam Wharton. |
youth notes: |
England and
Serbia have met just a few times in
youth level matches
featuring the participating players. Jordan Pickford started in goal
against Serbia in the Under-17 Finals in May 2011. Harry Kane was a
starter through the under-19 Finals in July 2012, that included a
Serbian victory. |
stadium notes: |
England return to the
Gelsenkirchen venue for the first time since the
2006 World Cup Finals exit against Portugal. |
records notes: |
Harry Kane already holds the record of most competitive appearances
(76) and competitive goals (55), most EC goals (27),
most ECF captaincies (8). Only has four ECF goals - three behind
Shearer). The one record he does break tonight...it is his 23rd
Finals match, now one clear of Ashley Cole and Raheem Sterling. He
is also the first ever England captain to take the armband at two
European Championship Finals tournaments. Both Jordan Pickford and
John Stones are making their twentieth appearances, the eighth/ninth
players to achieve the milestone. |
manager notes: |
Southgate's eighth ECF match, equal with Hodgson - still unbeaten.
Already a record
twentieth Finals match - five more than Bobby Robson.
Already holds the record for
competitive matches managed...73rd
(thirty more than Robson). |
goalscoring records: |
52 European Championship Finals goals scored. |
|
4-2-3-1 |
Pickford - Walker, Stones, Guéhi, Trippier -
Alexander-Arnold
(Gallagher), Rice
- Saka
(Bowen), Bellingham
(Mainoo), Foden
- Kane |
Averages (Starting XI): |
Age |
27
years 163 days |
Appearances/Goals |
49.9 |
8.4 |
|
|
Match Report
by Mike Payne |
At last, after what
seems quite a long wait, England's Euro competition finally gets underway.
Did it go the way most of us thought it would?
Well no, not quite, mainly because Serbia were a
tough nut to crack, and by tough, I mean tough.
But the good news is we managed to score the only
goal of the game and so we are on our way.
At the start there was some very good probing
play by England, stretching the Serbians using the wide men well and
although not creating too much initially, the chances did eventually start
to arrive.
After five minutes a long ball out to
Kieran Trippier was nodded back into the path of Phil Foden, but all he
could manage was a scuffed left-footer wide of the far post.
England had a great deal of possession
in that opening 10 or 12 minutes but there were no other chances to
report.
Meanwhile Serbia were adjusting
themselves to the England system but making little attacking headway.
Then suddenly, right out of the blue really, England took
the lead with a fine goal.
Kyle Walker fed Bukayo Saka who danced round his
marker wide on the right before sending over a terrific cross into the
danger area.
It was a very inviting cross and who should come
from nowhere to power home an unstoppable header was England's star man,
Jude Bellingham.
The England fans were in raptures and goalkeeper
Predrag Rajkovic never had a prayer with that one!
By the way, you will get used to all the 'itches' in
this report because 15 of the 16 Serbian players used, had names ending in
'ic'.
On 19 minutes Trent Alexander-Arnold fired a shot wide, and
as we all hoped and expected a second goal, alarm bells sounded as the
same player made a sloppy error in defence and the ball ran for Aleksander
Mitrovic, a regular goalscorer in the English Premier League over the
years, to fire in a dangerous shot.
It beat Jordan Pickford but went wide of the goal.
Two minutes later a Serbian free-kick was deflected
wide by Declan Rice, but then a fine break by England so nearly made it
2-0.
Saka sent Walker clear on the right and the
full-back used his pace to bear down on goal.
He seemed certain to score, but instead his weak
shot went across goal and wide of the far post.
That was a golden chance and Walker should have at
least hit the target.
England continued to have the better of things, and some of
the fierce challenges by the Serbians on Bellingham and Saka especially,
showed how rattled they were.
A second goal was crucial at this stage of the
match.
A pass from Bellingham sent Saka clear of his
marker, but unfortunately the cross was behind Foden who had moved towards
the near post.
Another chance was lost and just before the interval
a cross from the Serbian winger was bundled behind for a corner by John
Stones.
The half ended with England having had the bulk of
possession, created most of the best chances, but still the score was just
the single goal ahead.
All to play for after the break.
It
was soon noticeable after the restart that Serbia came out determined to
assert themselves on the game.
As a result, the tackles grew fiercer, with Foden,
Saka and Bellingham all being targeted for rough treatment.
Worryingly, the England players were finding it hard
to respond and get forward as Serbia increased the pressure.
Stones and especially young Marc Guehi, remained
calm though, and well backed up by the two full-backs.
On 56 minutes Alexander-Arnold tried a shot from
range and the goalkeeper elected to punch clear a shot straight at him,
and then Bellingham went down under a challenge just as he was about to
shoot.
At the other end there was a big scramble in the
England box as Serbia attacked down the left, but a combination of
Pickford and Guehi saw off the danger.
There was another scare for England as substitute Dusan
Tadic set up Luka Jovic, another sub, but his first touch was missing and
England cleared.
Conor Gallagher was sent on to replace
Alexander-Arnold, and Pickford had to punch clear from another Serbian
attack.
At this point of the match it was a hard watch for
us England fans, and it was worrying to see how England seemed to be
settling for what they had.
But then, on 75 minutes, Jarrod Bowen came on for
the battered Saka, and so nearly made a goal with his first touch.
An exchange of passes and a fine cross to the far
post was met by the head of Harry Kane, who thus far had been kept very
subdued.
The header was goalbound, but a fabulous save by
Raykovic tipped the ball onto the crossbar and the defence then cleared
the ball away.
That would have sealed the result, but Serbia
refused to give up and they again dominated the last 15 or so minutes.
On 82 minutes it was Pickford's turn to make a vital save,
by tipping over the bar a good shot by Dusan Vlahovic.
Ironically, from the corner, it was Kane who headed
the ball off the line when another goal effort was put in.
Four added minutes had to be endured before the
welcome sound of the referee's final whistle brought huge sighs of relief
from the visiting England supporters….and me!
There was some good and some not so good things about
England's performance on the night.
Guehi was outstanding, Rice did his job and
Bellingham was the man of the moment.
Listening to all the pundits and after-match
comments, not one person mentioned how out-muscled we were in that
second-half, and that for me is a worry.
Lots to do before we take on Denmark in the
next instalment.
Can't wait!
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Source Notes |
TheFA.com
BBC Sport Serbia FA |
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UEFA.com Mike Payne - football historian and contributor |
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