UEFA Under-21 European Championship 2007 Holland

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I hope we will finally beat holland in football

[boris4c]

England and Italy will play without their injured captains. Anyways, the tournament starts tomorrow.

GO SERBIAAAAAAAAAAA

[Nit]

serbia to win it
krasic is in there....anything can happen

[mac3]

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[boris4c]

thanks for the link

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Netherlands 1-0 Israel (10' Maduro -)
Portugal 0-0 Belgium

Coming Up
Czech Republic vs England
Serbia vs Italy

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Czech Republic 0-0 England

Not a lot of goals in the tournament so far.

Serbia is playing Italy at the moment (0-0). Serbia has been better up to now but we lost Krasic due to injury. It's around minute 35

[boris4c]

Game full of excitement, scoring chances for both teams. It's currently 1-0 for Serbia (63' Milovanovic) with less than 10 minutes to play.

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GRATS Serbia 1-0 victory, the A team should learn a thing or two from the youngsters

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SERBIA 1-0 ITALY
63' Milovanovic

Milovanović strike upsets Italy
Monday 11 June 2007
by Andrew Haslam from Nijmegen


Bosko Jankovic of Serbia jumps high to beat Italy's Giorgi Chiellini to the ball (Getty Images)

Serbia seized the early initiative in UEFA European Under-21 Championship Group B as Dejan Milovanović's fine second-half strike earned three points against five-time winners Italy in Nijmegen.

Missed chances
In what is widely considered the oldest city in the Netherlands, the new generation of European football's superstars showed how one of football's strongest traditions - the failure to take chances proving costly - still holds true in the modern game. Italy spurned three excellent first-half opportunities and were made to pay 18 minutes into the second half as Milovanović, one of four Serbia players on show tonight who were involved in the 2004 final defeat by Italy, drilled in the only goal of the game from distance. Serbia next play the Czech Republic, who drew 0-0 with Italy's next opponents England earlier in the day, on Thursday.

Counterattack danger
Serbia coach Miroslav Djukić had said he expected Italy to allow his side to control the pace of the match while looking to threaten on the counterattack, and so it proved as Serbia - the top scorers in qualifying among the eight finalists with ten goals in four matches - pressed forward from the outset. They struggled to unpick a typically well-drilled Italy defence, however, and it was the Azzurrini who threatened first, Raffaele Palladino and Alberto Aquilani fashioning a chance for Giampaolo Pazzini on the edge of the area. The ACF Fiorentina striker had scored a hat-trick in Italy's last U21 game, against England in March, but this time his shot slipped past the post.

Kahriman saves
Italy then lost goalkeeper Gianluca Curci, who limped off with a groin strain, but his replacement Emiliano Viviano had little to do as Pierluigi Casiraghi's side began to take command. Serbia keeper Damir Kahriman got down smartly to gather Riccardo Montolivo's low effort and touched Palladino's effort wide after the midfielder had latched on to Giorgio Chiellini's through-pass, although the Azzurrini should have been in front before then. Alessandro Rosina, becoming the first Italian to take part in three U21 finals, sprang Serbia's offside trap with a lofted pass that found Palladino in the clear, but again the forward could only steer a shot wide.

Milovanović winner
Serbia again began the second period on the front foot and Milan Smiljanić's curling shot forced Viviano into gainful employment for the first time. Substitute Zoran Tošić then flashed a shot over but Italy failed to heed the warning and fell behind three minutes past the hour. Two of the veterans of 2004 were involved, Boško Janković's attempted flick falling perfectly for Milovanović to thump an unstoppable 25-metre effort low into the corner of the net. The Italy goalkeeper then kept out the goalscorer's free-kick, which looked destined to find the other corner, although Pazzini wasted a glorious opportunity to in added time, heading over Andrea Raggi's cross as one goal proved enough for a jubilant Serbia.

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[plato-ny]

Bravo, Serbia. I'm rooting for you....

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GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!! JANKOVICCCCCC!!!

There was 3 minutes of stoppage time, the clock indicated 90' + 2:45' but Smiljanic crosses it in and a Jankovic header sends in into the net.

SERBIAAAAAAAA into the semis !!!

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CZECH REP. 0-1 SERBIA
- 90+3' Jankovic

Late drama sends Serbia through
Thursday 14 June 2007
by Andrew Haslamfrom De Goffert Stadion

A last-gasp goal from Boško Janković earned victory against the Czech Republic and sent Serbia into the semi-finals of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship.


Bosko Jankovic was the Serbian hero.

Healthy prospects
The sign welcoming visitors to Nijmegen bills it as "City of health" and, having beaten Italy here on Monday, Serbia’s prospects of reaching the last four of this tournament from Group B for the third finals in succession certainly appeared rosy. The Czechs shared a goalless draw with England in their opening fixture and looked to have held on for another point here but, three minutes into added time, Antonio Rukavina set Milan Smiljanić free down the right and Janković got ahead of Michal Kadlec to head his side through.

Set-piece threat
Serbia coach Miroslav Djukić had promised his side would go for the win and Smiljanić duly threatened within the first two minutes, although at the other end two right-wing corners from Tomáš Jirsák might have led to a Czech Republic goal as first Michal Papadopulos and then Milan Kopic sent headers narrowly off target. In a lively opening first 45 minutes, Dejan Milovanović's whipped free-kick from the left caused problems for Zdeněk Zlámal, before the Czech goalkeeper raced off his line to deny Dragan Mrdja after Stefan Babović's pass had split the Czech defence.

Kahriman called upon
With the Czech midfield deprived of Daniel Kolář and Luboš Hušek due to an ankle injury and sickness respectively, Zlámal's opposite number Damir Kahriman had been largely a spectator but he was in the thick of the action as the half drew to a close, foiling Martin Fillo and Jirsák. The Serbia goalkeeper then carefully gathered Jirsák's free-kick from the corner of the box, although he was rooted to the spot as Jiří Kladrubský's shot deflected just over in added time.

Kladrubský denied
Mrdja made way for Djordje Rakić at half-time and Serbia began to look more dangerous, Rukavina bursting forward and laying a clever ball back to Smiljanić, who blazed over. Janković also tried his luck from distance but the best chance came at the other end. Again Jirsák was the architect, finding Kladrubský inside the area who worked space with a clever turn and unleashed a shot that Kahriman palmed away with an outstretched hand.

Janković trickery
Papadopulos volleyed Josef Kaufman’s header too high before Serbia substitute Dušan Basta narrowly failed to find the target with an angled volley. Janković and Rakić both tested Zlámal, who seemed to have earned his side a point only for Janković to beat him in the final seconds. Serbia will win the group with victory in their final fixture against England on Sunday, when the Czechs, who can still progress, take on Italy, although Fillo will be suspended for that game having picked up an early yellow card here.

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[plato-ny]

Serbia in the final four.....Bravo, my fellow Orthodox brothers.....All the way...

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Thanks for your support plato