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39% Ball Possession SLOVENIA and 61% Ball Possession SERBIA
Slovenia 1 – 1 Serbia 
69′ Zan Karnicnik 95′ Luka Jović
✅ Slovenia and Serbia ended the UEFA EURO 2024 Matchday 2 with a draw on Thursday 20 June 2024 at the Munich Football Arena in Munich, Germany. Serbia equalized at the last second, the 95th minute, with a header from Milan player Luka Jović, after going behind with Karnicnik’s goal. The draw keeps the hopes of both teams alive, with Slovenia having, however, savored the passage of the round until the sensational final. Generally speaking, the draw is a fair result.
Slovenia will play everything against England on the final day of this group, while Serbia will face Denmark.
The previous meeting between Slovenia and Serbia (including FR Yugoslavia) dates back to EURO 2000. The two teams drew 3-3 in the group stage after the Slovenians’ initial 3-0 lead. That was, so far, the only occasion in which a team did not win a match at the European Championships after going ahead by three goals.
🇸🇮 Serie A and Serie B Players with Slovenia’s EURO 2024 squad
Head Coach: 🇸🇮 Matjaž Kek
Defender Jaka Bijol (Udinese)
Defender Petar Stojanović (Sampdoria)
Midfielder Sandi Lovrić (Udinese)
Forward Jan Mlakar (Pisa)
🇷🇸 Serie A Players with Serbia’s EURO 2024 squad
Head Coach: 🇷🇸 Dragan Stojković
Goalkeeper Vanja Milinković-Savić (Torino)
Defender Nikola Milenković (Fiorentina)
Midfielder Ivan Ilić (Torino)
Midfielder Lazar Vujadin Samardžić (Udinese)
Forward Luka Jović (Milan)
Forward Filip Kostić (Juventus)
Forward Dušan Vlahović (Juventus)
Slovenia took the lead in the 69th minute. Zan Karnicnik defeated Serbia goalkeeper Predrag Rajkovic from very close range with a right-footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Timi Max Elsnik.
🏆👉 🇸🇮 Slovenia 1 – 0 Serbia 🇷🇸 69th minute, ⚽️ goal by Zan Karnicnik for @nzs_si from very close range with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Timi Max Elsnik. https://t.co/CQfYBGmbd0
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) June 20, 2024
What a thriller. Serbia equalized in the 95th minute. Luka Jovic defeated Slovenia goalkeeper Jan Oblak from very close range with a headed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Ivan Ilic with a cross following a corner conceded by Jon Gorenc Stankovic.
🏆👉 🇸🇮 Slovenia 1 – 1 Serbia 🇷🇸 95th minute, ⚽️ goal by Luka Jovic equalized for Serbia from very close range with a headed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Ivan Ilic with a cross following a corner conceded by Jon Gorenc Stankovic. https://t.co/xGJNV5hEPx
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) June 20, 2024
✅ Stats before the game: Six of the eight previous meetings between Slovenia and Serbia in all competitions have ended in equal terms, with each side winning in the remaining two. Slovenia and Serbia last met in the Nations League, in June 2022. Serbia won 4-1 in Belgrade before drawing 2-2 in Ljubljana a week later. Slovenia is the team that has played more matches than any other at the European Championship without winning a single one: three draws and one defeat in the four played so far. Including matches played as Yugoslavia, Serbia won two of their first three UEFA European Championship matches (L1), reaching the final in both 1960 and 1968. However, they have only managed one success in their next 12 in the tournament since then (D2 , 9P). Considering all competitions, Slovenia has lost only two of their last 22 matches (W13, D7): 2-0 against Finland and 2-1 against Denmark last year, in EURO 2024 Qualifying.
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📺 Click the video to watch Slovenia – Serbia highlights on Thursday 20 June 2024
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🏟️📌 Munich Football Arena
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— UEFA EURO 2024 (@EURO2024) June 20, 2024
🏆👉First half 🇸🇮 Slovenia 0 – 0 Serbia 🇷🇸
⚽️Goals: 0
🟨Booked: 25′ Filip Mladenovic (Se)
Corners: Slovenia 3, Serbia 2
✍Ball Possession: 45% Slovenia and 55% Serbia
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🏆👉Result 🇸🇮 Slovenia 1 – 1 Serbia 🇷🇸
⚽️ Goals: 69′ Zan Karnicnik (Sl), 95′ Luka Jović (Se)
🟨 Booked: Slovenia 2, Serbia 4
✍ Ball Possession: 39% Slovenia and 61% Serbia
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— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) June 20, 2024
UEFA EURO 2024
Group C, Matchday 2
🇸🇮 Slovenia 1 – 1 Serbia 🇷🇸
Thursday 20 June 2024
Munich Football Arena
Munich, Germany
15:00
Referee: István Kovács (ROU)
Assistant Referees: Vasile Marinescu (ROU) and Ovidiu Artene (ROU)
Fourth Official: Espen Eskås (NOR)
Video Assistant Referee: Pol van Boekel (NED)
⚽️ Goals: 69′ Zan Karnicnik (Sl), 95′ Luka Jović (Se)
🟨 Booked: 25′ Filip Mladenovic (Se), 54′ Sasa Lukic (Se), 87′ Erik Janza (Sl), 92′ Luka Jovic (Se), 93’Mijat Gacinovic (Se), 94′ Zan Vipotnik (Sl)
✅ Official Lineups – Formations – Tabellino:
🇸🇮 Lineup SLOVENIA (4-4-2): Oblak; Karnicnik, Drkusic, Bijol, Janza; Stojanovic, Cerin, Elsnik, Mlakar; Sporar, Sesko.
Subs: Belec, Vekic, Balkovec, Blazic, Stankovic, Verbic, Lovric, Kurtic, Horvat, Vipotnik, Celar, Brekalo, Zugeljm Zeljkovic, Ilicic.
Coach: Matjaž Kek.
🇷🇸 Lineup SERBIA (3-4-1-2): Rajkovic, Veljkovic, Milenkovic, Pavlovic; Zivkovic, Ilic, Lukic, Mladenovic; Tadic; Mitrovic, Dušan Vlahović.
Subs: Petrovic, V. Milinkovic-Savic, Stojic, Maksimovic, Gudelj, Jovic, Kostic, Babic, Mijalovic, Ratkov, Samardzic, S. Milinkovic-Savic, Gacinovic, Spajic, Birmancevic.
Coach: Dragan Stojković.