Serbia snatches a draw in the final seconds against Slovenia

The Balkan poster has kept its promises. At the end of a balanced match, Serbia earned a draw (1-1) in the final seconds of the match against Slovenia, Thursday June 20, at the Allianz Arena in Munich. Trailing from the 67th minute, after a goal from the Slovenian full-back Zan Karnicnik, Serbia came back to score thanks to a header from Luka Jovic (90th+5). After its defeat against England (1-0), captain Aleksandar Mitrovic’s team scores its first point.

After a first period to the advantage of the Slovenes, the second was more for the Serbs. However, Slovenia opened the scoring thanks to solo work from Zan Karnicnik (69th). The right-back was both recovering the ball and recovering it before perfectly adjusting Predrag Rajkovic. The Serbs repeatedly came up against the Slovenian goalkeeper, Jan Oblak (42nd, 47th), and sometimes narrowly missed the target, like Aleksandar Mitrović’s post (70th). Finally, Luka Jovic freed his team with a header from a corner at the end of added time (90+5).

Within Group C, this draw mainly affects England, which remains leader even before facing Denmark at 6 p.m. The Slovenes take provisional second place with 2 points, ahead of Denmark and Serbia (1 point). For these teams, the last group match promises to be decisive.