I'm pretty sure if serbia scored and tied 1-1 they would have finished 2nd above estonia because of goal difference. Only a 0-0 draw or a loss (as in this case) was not enough
I'm pretty sure serbia needed a win, because in case of equal points, head to head counts. And estonia won serbia in belgrade 3:1, and in tallin was 1:1
I think Serbian players have every right to blame this elimination on their fans; if Serbia could play that Italy game (oh, should I say if their fans kindly allowed them to do so? ) maybe they could make at least a draw and now would have secured a place in the playoffs
7 months ago
I was actually just going to say that. Personally I still think italy would have won that fixture but football is unpredictable and even a point would have done them good, the fans ruined what could have been a good game. If I was a serbian player I would be very disappointed with the way the fans behaved, not just with the riot in italy but even just last week fans were jeering the italian national anthem. Serbia could have and should have done better to qualify but it's not far off to say the fans were partly responsible
Biggest disappointment of the night. I didn't expect this. I believe it's a loss for the tournament, but a gain for Estonia. I'm actually glad that Estonia has this chance. Btw, really terrible mistake by the goalie
Terrible, that's the Serbian football atm.... Vidic to take PK, that tells you how good our forwards are. That was one lucky Goal but in saying that we still needed a win. I think whoever gets Estonia in playoffs will be very very lucky