Serbia seal historic Euro 2024 finals place after nervy draw with Bulgaria | Euro 2024 qualifying
Serbia have certified for Euro 2024 – their first Euros finals berth as an impartial nation – after a nervy 2-2 house draw towards Bulgaria of their closing Group G sport on Sunday. Dragan Stojkovic’s facet knew some extent could be sufficient, even when Montenegro beat already certified Hungary. Montenegro, the third-placed workforce within the group, went forward in Budapest however misplaced 3-1. Serbia, in the meantime, fell behind within the second half earlier than Srdjan Babic made sure of qualification with a late leveller. It had appeared easy for the hosts when Milos Veljkovic headed house to open the scoring within the sixteenth minute, however followers in Leskovac started to really feel the nerves after Slobodan Rubezic’s first-half strike for Montenegro about 500 miles away. Bulgaria, backside of the group and in search of their first win, fought again within the second half with Georgi Rusev levelling within the 59th minute with a positive end. Kiril Despodov, who had hit the bar within the first half, surprised the house crowd 10 minutes later as he lifted the ball over Vanja Milinkovic-Savic to place the guests forward. Fortunately for Serbia, information shortly got here by…