Serbia without Jovic and Matic for double header

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They are out. EFE

The Madrid striker, Luka Jovic, and Manchester United midfielder, Nemanja Matic, will miss Serbia's friendly match against Paraguay and the Euro 2020 qualification match against Lithuania, according to Ljubisa Tumbakovic's squad list which was announced on Monday.

The manager, who was named in July, that he is still in the process of creating his team for the decisive European qualification matches, and that he wanted to give the opportunity to some players who didn't play against Portugal and Luxembourg in September, according to 'Tanjug'.

Serbia will struggle to qualify through the groups but will look to qualify through the Nations League in March.

Serbia will play against Paraguay on 10th October in Lrusevac (Serbia) and against Lithuania 4 days later away from home.

Serbia are in group B alongside Portugal, Luxembourg, Lithuania and Ukraine.

The squad list is as follows:

Goalkeepers: Marko Dimitrovic (Eibar), Predrag Rajkovic (Reims), Boris Radunovic (Verona).

Defenders: Nemanja Miletic (Partizan), Marko Gobeljic (Red Star), Aleksandar Kolarov (Roma), Filip Mladenovic (Lechia), Nikola Milenkovic (Fiorentina), Nikola Maksimovic (Napoli), Stefan Mitrovic (Strasbourg), Nemanja Milunovic (Red star).

Midfielders: Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace/ING), Sasa Lukic (Torino/), Nemanja Maksimovic (Getafe), Nemanja Gudelj (Sevilla), Mijat Gacinovic (Eintracht), Filip Kostic (Eintracht), Nemanja Radonjic (Marseille), Dusan Tadic (Ajax), Adem Ljajic (Besiktas), Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio).

Attackers: Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham), Milan Pavkov (Red Star), Andrija Pavlovic (APOEL). 

 

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