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21:18
After an unusually long review of the video assistant, the game can finally continue.
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21:14
Tooor for Norway, 0: 1 by Erling Haaland
The goal machine scores for the lead for the Scandinavians! Martin Ødegaard sends Marcus Pedersen on the right, who crosses the ball into the middle, where Erling Haaland shoots the ball into the net with his left foot from a central position and five meters away from goal. Referee Paweł Raczkowski checked the goal for almost three minutes and finally ruled it not offside. The goal counts.
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21:13
After Strahinja Pavlović supports Joshua King in a headed duel in midfield, the Norwegian is awarded a free kick. A short time later, the Serb also yanked Erling Haaland to the ground.
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21:11
Strahinja Pavlović and Vanja Milinković-Savić are not yet in harmony. After a back pass from the defender, the keeper wants to play the ball back. However, his pass goes past his teammate and goes wide.
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21:08
Dušan Tadić played the first corner of the game briefly and got the ball back straight away. The following flat cross, however, ends up with a Norwegian.
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21:06
Leo Østigård finds the starting Mohamed Elyounoussi with a wonderful through ball from his own half. The winger extends a header for Erling Haaland, who runs freely towards the opposing goal from the right. With his weak right foot, the attacker nailed the ball over Vanja Milinković-Savić’s goal from ten meters out.
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21:04
On the right Nikola Milenković chips a ball behind the opponent’s defence. His pass is a bit too steep, so captain Dušan Tadić can no longer get the ball.
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21:02
After a nice combination in midfield, Saša Lukić sends Darko Lazović back, who has plenty of space on the right flank. This time, however, his cross was caught by the attentive Leo Østigård.
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21:00
Serbia is back on the ball and immediately sets up the next attack. Darko Lazović crosses from the right halffield straight into Ørjan Nyland’s arms.
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20:59
Serbia combine for their first attack. In the end, however, a long, high through ball to Dušan Tadić is not the way to put the Scandinavian defense under pressure.
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20:56
The Serbs play a lot through their goalkeeper Vanja Milinković-Savić in the early stages. The Norwegians start just before the opponent’s goal and thus disrupt the build-up game of the Serbian selection.
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20:54
Mohamed Elyounoussi tries the first cross on the right wing. Nikola Milenković sends his flat cross wide.
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20:53
The first five minutes clearly belong to the Scandinavians. Ståle Solbakken’s team runs the ball well. Serbia puts itself in the back with its five-man chain and shows nothing offensively.
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20:50
Yellow card for Fredrik Aursnes (Norway)
Norway’s six goes to the ball with his hand in midfield. The referee makes it clear to him with an early yellow card that handball is not being played today.
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20:49
Martin Ødegaard tries twice from a distance at the beginning. However, his two attempts only hit the opponent.
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20:47
Here we go! Referee Paweł Raczkowski whistles to start the game.
20:34
Compared to the last international match at the end of March, Serbia coach Dragan Stojković made two changes to his starting XI. Darko Lazović starts on the right flank for Andrija Zivkovic today. In addition, Vanja Milinković-Savić, the little brother of star midfielder Sergej Milinković-Savić, has replaced Predrag Rajković in goal. Norway coach Ståle Solbakken makes five changes to his starting line-up from the 9-0 win over Armenia in March. These changes take place mainly on the defensive. In attack, the Scandinavian coach relies on the usual regulars. Only Fredrik Aursnes replaces Kristian Thorstvedt in midfield. Today’s defense consists of Birger Meling, Leo Østigård and Stefan Strandberg. Only Marcus Pedersen was able to defend his place at right-back. Ex-Ingolstadt resident Ørjan Nyland begins between the posts. For this, André Hansen first has to sit on the substitutes’ bench.
20:25
Serbia versus Norway – this duel could also be described as the duel of the star strikers of the 2000 vintage. However, the year of birth is not the only thing the two attackers have in common. Both rely on their strong left foot and measure over 1.90 m tall. On the Norwegian side, Erling Haaland fulfills this profile. The brawny centre-forward, who will be on target for Manchester City next season, is playing his 18th cap for Norway today. In the previous 17 games he was able to score an impressive 15 goals. On the Serbian side, the name of the superstar, born in 2000, is Dušan Vlahović, who is missing today due to groin problems. Instead, Aleksandar Mitrović will attack for the Serbs today. The 27-year-old is under contract with Fulham FC in England’s second division.
20:10
Both teams remain in the same league compared to the last Nations League. While Norway finished second in their group behind Austria, Serbia finished only third behind Hungary and Russia. Despite being level on points with Turkey, the Serbs managed to stay up thanks to a 5-0 win against Russia on the last day of the game.
19:58
The last meeting between the two teams took place during the last Nations League season in October 2020 as part of the European Championship qualification. In the semi-finals of the playoffs, the Norwegians lost 2-1 in extra time. Sergej Milinković-Savić became the match winner with a brace. However, the Serbs were still unable to secure the EM ticket. They lost 6-5 to Scotland in a dramatic penalty shoot-out in the final after striker Aleksandar Mitrović missed the crucial penalty.
19:50
Welcome to the first match day of the group stage of the Nations League 2022/2023. In Group 4 of League B Serbia meets Norway today. It starts at 8:45 p.m. at the Rajko Mitić Stadium!