The Serbian national football team defeated Latvia (2:1) in Leskovac tonight, after a turnaround, and ended their unsuccessful World Cup qualifiers with a triumph.
At the same time, Serbia achieved its first victory tonight with a new coach, Veljko Paunović, who made his debut with a defeat against England at Wembley, after succeeding Dragan Stojković.
Latvia took the lead in the 12th minute tonight when Gutkovskis knocked the ball into the net after a pass from Ikauniejs.
The Latvians had a goal advantage after the first half, and Serbia turned the game around in the second half. First, Katai equalized in the 49th minute, and in the 60th minute, Stanković set the final score.
Serbia finished the qualifiers in third place, behind England and Albania, which lost to Albion tonight - 2:0. Both goals for Thomas Tuchel's team were scored by Harry Kane.
France ended the qualifiers with a victory, defeating Azerbaijan 3-1 away. Goals for France were scored by Mateta, Akliyush and Makhamdaliev, who scored an own goal. The scorer for the home team was Dadashov.
France won first place in Group D, while Ukraine will advance to the play-offs from second place, having defeated Iceland 2:0 with goals from Zubkov and Gutsuljak.
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