Football team of Serbia play against Danske on Monday from 20 hours and 45 minutes in Leskovac.
It is a match that could bring Serbia a historic place in the quarterfinals of the League of Nations and a place in the first hat before qualifying for the 2026 World Cup. Therefore, the victory would take Serbia to the circle of the best European teams in the League of Nations and then provide them with an easier way to go to the next World Cup.
In that case, Serbia would avoid favorites like France, Spain, Germany and Croatia. On the other hand, a draw and a defeat will place Stojkovic's men in third place in Group Four and earn them a play-off to stay in the A Division of the League of Nations, in addition to leaving them in the second hat of the draw for the World Cup, which would make their journey to Mexico more difficult. , Canada or the United States.
The calculation is completely clear, Serbia needs a win, and Serbia coach Dragan Stojkoviฤ said before the match that the team is ready for the duel against Denmark and emphasized that the team will do its best to win.
"We haven't beaten Switzerland in 23 years, so we succeeded"
"We are aware of what awaits us and what we would like to do." No brakes tomorrow. No tactics, no tactical ideas. Tomorrow is a game without brakes. I want to see Serbia like that, from the first whistle to the last. That is what I will tell the players and what I will ask of them," Stojkoviฤ said.
When asked what the tactics will be against the Danes, Stojkoviฤ answered:
"We haven't beaten Switzerland in 23 years, so we succeeded." Negative traditions are here to be broken. You can't do it every day, but at certain time intervals it happens. How many months have passed since the game with Denmark, only this time we are playing at home. A match that means a lot to us, shapes our destiny. The players think like me, to give some maximum. From beginning to end to give the maximum. To break the negative score, you need to score just one more goal than your opponent. Do we have the quality and knowledge for that? I'm sure we have."
Tickets for the match in Leskovac are sold out
The duel between Serbia and Denmark at the Duboฤica stadium in Leskovac will be watched by slightly more than 8.000 people, as many as the capacity of the stands, since all the tickets are sold out.
The construction of the sports facility in Leskovac began in 2021, and was completed two years later. The stadium was officially opened on August 21, 2023 with a match of the First League of Serbia between Duboฤica and Novi Sad.
Source: RTS / Euronews
