Serbia vs Spain, 2024-25 UEFA Nations League, Group Stage

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Serbia

FT
0 - 0

Spain

Spain held by Serbia in drab goalless draw

Euro 2024 champions Spain were held to a dour goalless away draw with Serbia in Nations League Group Four on Thursday, ending a nine-game winning streak and dropping their first points since March.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
2': Foul by Andrija Zivkovic (Serbia).
2': Lamine Yamal (Spain) wins a free kick on the right wing.
4': Dani Olmo (Spain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
4': Foul by Strahinja Erakovic (Serbia).
5': Strahinja Erakovic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
6': Attempt blocked. Lazar Samardzic (Serbia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
6': Attempt missed. Sasa Lukic (Serbia) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
8': Foul by Sasa Lukic (Serbia).
8': Martín Zubimendi (Spain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
10': Attempt blocked. Ivan Ilic (Serbia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
10': Corner, Serbia. Conceded by Marc Cucurella.
12': Attempt missed. Luka Jovic (Serbia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left.
16': Delay in match because of an injury Dani Carvajal (Spain).
17': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
17': Corner, Spain. Conceded by Veljko Birmancevic.
18': Attempt missed. Robin Le Normand (Spain) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Dani Olmo with a cross following a corner.
18': Corner, Spain. Conceded by Strahinja Pavlovic.
20': Attempt missed. Dani Carvajal (Spain) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
21': Foul by Ayoze Pérez (Spain).
21': Nikola Milenkovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
21': Ayoze Pérez (Spain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
23': Corner, Spain. Conceded by Kosta Nedeljkovic.
24': Attempt saved. Martín Zubimendi (Spain) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lamine Yamal.
25': Foul by Lamine Yamal (Spain).
25': Veljko Birmancevic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
26': Foul by Dani Carvajal (Spain).
26': Veljko Birmancevic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
27': Foul by Dani Carvajal (Spain).
27': Strahinja Pavlovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
27': Dani Carvajal (Spain) is shown the yellow card.
28': Attempt blocked. Lamine Yamal (Spain) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Fabián Ruiz.
29': Attempt missed. Nico Williams (Spain) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Marc Cucurella.
31': Attempt missed. Fabián Ruiz (Spain) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
31': Foul by Martín Zubimendi (Spain).
31': Luka Jovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
32': Attempt saved. Ayoze Pérez (Spain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dani Olmo.
33': Offside, Serbia. Andrija Zivkovic is caught offside.
34': Attempt missed. Luka Jovic (Serbia) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Andrija Zivkovic with a through ball.
35': Attempt missed. Dani Olmo (Spain) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Nico Williams.
35': Dani Carvajal (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
35': Foul by Veljko Birmancevic (Serbia).
36': Attempt saved. Veljko Birmancevic (Serbia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ivan Ilic.
37': Attempt missed. Fabián Ruiz (Spain) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Nico Williams.
41': Foul by Lamine Yamal (Spain).
41': Strahinja Pavlovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
41': Lamine Yamal (Spain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
43': Foul by Strahinja Pavlovic (Serbia).
43': Lamine Yamal (Spain) wins a free kick on the right wing.
43': Foul by Veljko Birmancevic (Serbia).
43': Lamine Yamal (Spain) wins a free kick on the right wing.
43': Veljko Birmancevic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
44': Corner, Spain. Conceded by Strahinja Erakovic.
45': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
45'+1': First Half ends, Serbia 0, Spain 0.
45': Second Half begins Serbia 0, Spain 0.
45': Substitution, Serbia. Jan-Carlo Simic replaces Strahinja Erakovic.
46': Foul by Robin Le Normand (Spain).
46': Luka Jovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
47': Offside, Serbia. Luka Jovic is caught offside.
48': Foul by Aymeric Laporte (Spain).
48': Ivan Ilic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
49': Attempt missed. Ivan Ilic (Serbia) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick.
50': Dani Olmo (Spain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
50': Foul by Strahinja Pavlovic (Serbia).
51': Attempt missed. Dani Carvajal (Spain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Lamine Yamal with a through ball following a set piece situation.
52': Foul by Robin Le Normand (Spain).
52': Veljko Birmancevic (Serbia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
56': Corner, Spain. Conceded by Jan-Carlo Simic.
56': Attempt missed. Fabián Ruiz (Spain) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Lamine Yamal with a cross following a corner.
56': Substitution, Spain. Álex Grimaldo replaces Marc Cucurella.
57': Substitution, Spain. Mikel Oyarzabal replaces Ayoze Pérez.
59': Attempt missed. Kosta Nedeljkovic (Serbia) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is too high. Assisted by Ivan Ilic following a fast break.
59': Robin Le Normand (Spain) is shown the yellow card.
62': Corner, Spain. Conceded by Jan-Carlo Simic.
62': Substitution, Serbia. Kristijan Belic replaces Andrija Zivkovic.
63': Attempt missed. Robin Le Normand (Spain) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Álex Grimaldo with a cross following a corner.
65': Attempt blocked. Fabián Ruiz (Spain) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Aymeric Laporte.
67': Foul by Dani Olmo (Spain).
67': Nikola Milenkovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
67': Dani Olmo (Spain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
69': Foul by Kristijan Belic (Serbia).
69': Lamine Yamal (Spain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
69': Kristijan Belic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
71': Attempt saved. Álex Grimaldo (Spain) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
71': Attempt blocked. Lamine Yamal (Spain) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
71': Attempt missed. Lamine Yamal (Spain) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Robin Le Normand following a set piece situation.
74': Foul by Strahinja Pavlovic (Serbia).
74': Robin Le Normand (Spain) wins a free kick on the right wing.
74': Substitution, Serbia. Marko Grujic replaces Luka Jovic.
74': Substitution, Serbia. Petar Ratkov replaces Lazar Samardzic.
75': Attempt saved. Lamine Yamal (Spain) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Martín Zubimendi.
75': Corner, Spain. Conceded by Predrag Rajkovic.
76': Attempt missed. Álex Grimaldo (Spain) left footed shot from long range on the left misses to the right. Assisted by Aymeric Laporte.
76': Substitution, Spain. Pedri replaces Fabián Ruiz.
77': Foul by Petar Ratkov (Serbia).
77': Martín Zubimendi (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
79': Foul by Petar Ratkov (Serbia).
79': Robin Le Normand (Spain) wins a free kick on the right wing.
80': Attempt saved. Nico Williams (Spain) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Dani Carvajal with a cross.
82': Corner, Spain. Conceded by Jan-Carlo Simic.
82': Substitution, Spain. Ferran Torres replaces Nico Williams.
82': Substitution, Spain. Joselu replaces Dani Olmo.
82': Attempt missed. Joselu (Spain) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Álex Grimaldo with a cross following a corner.
85': Substitution, Serbia. Stefan Mitrovic replaces Ivan Ilic.
88': Attempt blocked. Martín Zubimendi (Spain) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Pedri.
89': Foul by Martín Zubimendi (Spain).
89': Petar Ratkov (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90': Corner, Serbia. Conceded by Mikel Oyarzabal.
90': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
90'+1': Attempt missed. Marko Grujic (Serbia) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Stefan Mitrovic with a cross following a corner.
90'+2': Corner, Spain. Conceded by Veljko Birmancevic.
90'+3': Foul by Robin Le Normand (Spain).
90'+3': Predrag Rajkovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+4': Delay in match because of an injury Predrag Rajkovic (Serbia).
90'+4': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
90'+5': Second Half ends, Serbia 0, Spain 0.
0': Match ends, Serbia 0, Spain 0.

Statistics

ESP		SRB
12	Fouls	11
5	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	2
9	Corner Kicks	2
1	Saves	5
73.7	Possession	26.3
21	SHOTS	9
5	ON GOAL	1
0.2	On Target %	0.1
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
556	Accurate Passes	165
611	Passes	227
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.7
9	Accurate Crosses	1
45	Crosses	7
0.2	Cross %	0.1
22	Long Balls	44
18	Accurate Long Balls	17
0.8	Long Balls %	0.4
4	Blocked Shots	2
6	Effective Tackles	10
10	Tackles	17
0.6	Tackle %	0.6
3	Interceptions	13
6	Effective Clearances	43
6	Clearances	43

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Nations League

Venue: Rajko Mitic Stadium
Location: Belgrade, Serbia
Attendance: 29,981

UEFA Nations League Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Spain	6	+9	16
2	Denmark	6	+2	8
3	Serbia	6	-3	6
4	Switzerland	6	-8	2

Full Table

Line-Ups

Serbia (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Predrag Rajkovic (GK)
4	Nikola Milenkovic
3	Strahinja Pavlovic
16	Strahinja Erakovic
10	Sasa Lukic
17	Ivan Ilic
7	Veljko Birmancevic
2	Kosta Nedeljkovic
8	Luka Jovic
14	Andrija Zivkovic
11	Lazar Samardzic

Serbia Substitutes:

Aleksa Terzic, Srjdan Babic, Kristijan Belic, Milan Aleksic, Marko Ilic, Jan-Carlo Simic, Stefan Mitrovic, Aleksandar Jovanovic, Petar Ratkov, Djordje Jovanovic, Marko Grujic.

Spain (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	David Raya (GK)
14	Aymeric Laporte
3	Robin Le Normand
22	Marc Cucurella
2	Dani Carvajal
10	Dani Olmo
8	Fabián Ruiz
6	Martín Zubimendi
15	Ayoze Pérez
17	Nico Williams
19	Lamine Yamal

Spain Substitutes:

Pepelu, Robert Sánchez, Álex Remiro, Pau Torres, Óscar Mingueza, Aleix García, Mikel Oyarzabal, Joselu, Yeremy Pino, Pedri, Alejandro Grimaldo, Ferran Torres.

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