Serbian will join group G together with Brazil, Swiss Y Cameroon. To get to Qatar he had to overcome a course in which he was not the favorite, as he shared the qualifying zone with Portugal. However, against all odds, they achieved direct passage after winning 6 games and drawing the remaining 2. The pride of the team is individual quality from midfield forward. It has players like Stergej Milinkovic-Savic, dusan vlahovic, dusan tadic, Philip Kostic, among others. So it will be a selection not to be underestimated.
Dragan Stojkovic will participate for the first time in a World Cup representing Serbia
Dragan Stojkovic He will make his first coaching appearance in a World Cup. However, he was already there as a player twice. Stojkovic played hook and had truly remarkable technical qualities. Italy 1990 Y France 1998 these were the appointments in which he participated, but on behalf of Yugoslavia.
Having abandoned the activity on the field, his relationship with football was particular and included various assignments. Shortly after his retirement, he was named president of the Yugoslav Football Association, but after failing to achieve his goals, he resigned in mid-2004. In July 2005, he was elected head of the Red Star -team in which he was a player-, but although the club was on its way in the sport, it ran into major financial difficulties and in October 2007 he stepped aside.
He quickly turned the page and in January 2008 he accepted the challenge of technical director. The team that gave him the opportunity was the Nagoya Grampus from Japan -where he worked as a soccer player for 8 years-. His first and only title was obtained in 2010, he was also named the best coach of the competition. His trial in the institution lasted in January 2014.
His next team was also in Asia, but instead of Japan in China. In 2015 he was appointed to lead the Guangzhou R&F and remained in office for 5 years. In total, he led 141 chances with an average of 57 wins, 26 draws and 58 losses. The effectiveness of him was 46.5%.
The big challenge of his career came to him in March 2021 when he was elected to lead the Serbian national team. His goal was to qualify his country for the World Cup and he succeeded. He shared a group with Portugal, but also finished first and entered directly. Also, he was able to put his stamp on the team, as his fetish design is the 3-4-1-2 that he has used throughout his process.
Dusan Vlahovic, one of the forwards of the moment who will try to be the lighthouse of the attack
The great figure of Serbian football is called dusan vlahovic. The 22-year-old striker is one of the figures of Italian football and one of the great sensations in Europe. His height -1.90-, his technique and his physical power make him fearsome. At his young age he already has several years of career and will have the opportunity to play in his first World Cup.
The current Juventus striker, He started his career at the age of 14. in the lower divisions of Partizan Belgrade and only one year later he signed a contract. In doing so he became the youngest player to turn professional in the club’s history. He made his first-team debut in February 2016 and aged 16 years and 22 days. holds the record for being the youngest rookie. In addition, it has two other brands: be the youngest footballer to play in a classic against Red Star and be the youngest goalscorer -16 years and 65 days-.
All these merits made him make the leap to Italy in the 2017/2018 season, more precisely to play for Fiorentina. His first two seasons were mostly spent in the under-19s, as he added just 10 games. But from 2019/2020 he started to be a key player, so much so that at the end of his stay at the club he amassed 98 games and 44 goals.
The step forward would be to move to Juventus, a team that paid 75 million euros for his services. She adapted quickly to the pace and level of a great team, even if it is true that La Vecchia Signora is going through a difficult period, the requests never stop. Since her arrival, she is considered one of the great figures and hopes to return to the path of triumph.
For his game and for what had been his time at Fiorentina, he had been nicknamed the “Batistuta of the 21st century”. The characteristics of both are similar, but it still has a long way to go in order not to remain in superficial comparisons. Qatar 2022 will be a luxurious opportunity to finish establishing its name and showcase its quality to the world.
Their participation in the World Cup since their name is Serbia
Throughout history, what is now Serbian territory has been linked to various nations. At the World Cup he participated as part of Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Y Serbia and Montenegro. Social, political and territorial conflicts were forcing this situation.The first time they played a World Cup under the name of Serbia was in South Africa 2010. They were in group D at that time. They started with a defeat against Ghana, had an incredible victory against Germany and when they had a great opportunity to reach the round of 16, they lost against Australia and said goodbye to all illusions generated .
After being absent in 2014, he returned to being present Russia 2018. Again they repeated their 2010 performance, posting two losses and one win. They started with a win against Costa Rica, but they lost against Switzerland and Brazil were left with no chance of continuing in the qualifying race.
The peculiarity that he will have in Qatar 2022 will be that he will once again share a group with Brazil and Switzerland just like four years ago. Cameroon is the fourth country to complete the zone. Serbia’s present suggests that, once and for all, it will be able to reach the round of 16 as an independent state.
If we add up all the participations in the territory, even if it has done so under other denominations and integrated in other countries, it has been present on 12 occasions. In eight have played as Yugoslavia -reached fourth place twice-, in 1998 it participated under the name of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, in 2006 as Serbia and Montenegro and finally in 2010 and 2018 as a Serbian. In Qatar it will be the thirteenth time it has participated in a World Cup event and the third under its current name.
Source: Clarin
