The Serbian national football team will play at the European Championship for the first time, as today in Leskovac, in the last round of qualification, they played to a draw 2:2 (1:0) against Bulgaria and took second place in the G group.
In the dramatic unfolding of the qualifiers, Serbia was at one point within reach of elimination, because Bulgaria was leading 2:1, and at the same time, Montenegro was leading against Hungary with 1:0 in Budapest.
An upheaval followed in Budapest, as Hungary scored two goals and took the lead, and then Serbia equalized, so our national team will be a participant in the continental championship for the first time, next year in Germany.
Serbia took the lead in Leskovac with a goal by Miloš Veljković in the 17th minute, but Bulgaria first equalized in the 59th minute with a goal by Georgi Rusev, and ten minutes later took the lead with a goal by Kirill Despodov.
The final result was set by Srđan Babić in the 82nd minute, and in the end it turned out that even if Serbia had lost, it would have qualified for the EURO, because Montenegro lost to Hungary with 3:1.
S.Ć./ FoNet
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