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kojic2003 · 01-02-2008, 00:13

MACEDONIA – SERBIA

SERBIA’s 23-men squad

Goalkeepers: Kahriman(Konyaspor), Ilic(OFK Belgrade)

Defenders: Kacar(Hertha BSC), Rnic(Partizan), Markovic(Dynamo Kiev), Rukavina(Borussia Dortmund), Dusko Tosic(Werder Bremen), Dragutinovic(FC Sevilla), Vidic(Manchester United), Ivanovic(Chelsea)

Midfielders: Stankovic(Inter Milan), Smiljanic(Espanyol), Kuzmanovic(Fiorentina), Jankovic(Palermo), Kovacevic(RC Lens), Krasic(CSKA Moscow), Zoran Tosic(Partizan), Babovic(FC Nantes), Sulejmani(Heerenveen)

Forwards: Jovanovic(Standard Liege), Despotovic(Rapid Bucarest), Lazovic(PSV Eindhoven), Zigic(Valencia)

Undoubtedly a very controversial squad…

New coach Miroslav Djukic has left a number of players out of the squad: Mladen Krstajic(Schalke 04), Marko Pantelic(Hertha BSC), Vladimir Stojkovic(Sporting Lisbon), Igor Duljaj(Shakhtar Donetsk), Milan Stepanov(FC Porto), Vlada Avramov(Fiorentina), Koroman(Red Star),…

19-year-old Heerenveen winger Sulejmani is included a couple of days ago!

The absence of in-form Aleksandar Kolarov(Lazio) is a bit of a surprise!He was the top left back of Serbia U21 under Miroslav Djukic in the EURO U21 in Holland a few months ago, so one would expect to see him in the national team as well!

There were some rumours about a possible comeback of in-form Olympiakos duo Darko Kovacevic and Predrag Djordjevic, but it’s probably not gonna happen.Neither now nor ever…Also, the return of Mateja Kezman was considered as a possible option, but it also didn’t happen!At least not for now…

There are two new goalkeepers and a few very, very unexpected faces.Pretty weird, so it’s gonna be interesting…

However, Macedonia are always to be taken seriously, especially in front of their fans and surely, lead by Lazio star Goran Pandev, they’ll cause Serbia all sorts of troubles in this match, but still Serbia will take Wednesday’s clash very seriously.Coach Djukic was already criticized, heavily, for this choice, so I can’t see him taking any risk in his first game in charge which means the strongest possible side of Serbia will take a part against Macedonia!

Serbia: Ilic(Kahriman) – Rukavina, Ivanovic, Vidic, Dragutinovic – Kuzmanovic, Kovacevic – Jankovic, Stankovic, Krasic(Sulejmani) – Zigic

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01-02-2008, 00:13	#1 (permalink)
kojic2003 God Punter Join Date: 27 Oct 2004 Posts: 2,250	International Friendlies (Feb 2-6) MACEDONIA – SERBIA SERBIA’s 23-men squad Goalkeepers: Kahriman(Konyaspor), Ilic(OFK Belgrade) Defenders: Kacar(Hertha BSC), Rnic(Partizan), Markovic(Dynamo Kiev), Rukavina(Borussia Dortmund), Dusko Tosic(Werder Bremen), Dragutinovic(FC Sevilla), Vidic(Manchester United), Ivanovic(Chelsea) Midfielders: Stankovic(Inter Milan), Smiljanic(Espanyol), Kuzmanovic(Fiorentina), Jankovic(Palermo), Kovacevic(RC Lens), Krasic(CSKA Moscow), Zoran Tosic(Partizan), Babovic(FC Nantes), Sulejmani(Heerenveen) Forwards: Jovanovic(Standard Liege), Despotovic(Rapid Bucarest), Lazovic(PSV Eindhoven), Zigic(Valencia) Undoubtedly a very controversial squad… New coach Miroslav Djukic has left a number of players out of the squad: Mladen Krstajic(Schalke 04), Marko Pantelic(Hertha BSC), Vladimir Stojkovic(Sporting Lisbon), Igor Duljaj(Shakhtar Donetsk), Milan Stepanov(FC Porto), Vlada Avramov(Fiorentina), Koroman(Red Star),… 19-year-old Heerenveen winger Sulejmani is included a couple of days ago! The absence of in-form Aleksandar Kolarov(Lazio) is a bit of a surprise!He was the top left back of Serbia U21 under Miroslav Djukic in the EURO U21 in Holland a few months ago, so one would expect to see him in the national team as well! There were some rumours about a possible comeback of in-form Olympiakos duo Darko Kovacevic and Predrag Djordjevic, but it’s probably not gonna happen.Neither now nor ever…Also, the return of Mateja Kezman was considered as a possible option, but it also didn’t happen!At least not for now… There are two new goalkeepers and a few very, very unexpected faces.Pretty weird, so it’s gonna be interesting… However, Macedonia are always to be taken seriously, especially in front of their fans and surely, lead by Lazio star Goran Pandev, they’ll cause Serbia all sorts of troubles in this match, but still Serbia will take Wednesday’s clash very seriously.Coach Djukic was already criticized, heavily, for this choice, so I can’t see him taking any risk in his first game in charge which means the strongest possible side of Serbia will take a part against Macedonia! Serbia: Ilic(Kahriman) – Rukavina, Ivanovic, Vidic, Dragutinovic – Kuzmanovic, Kovacevic – Jankovic, Stankovic, Krasic(Sulejmani) – Zigic Serbia(2.05 at BetAndWin)