1. Pantelic doesn't belong near the field again after literally whiffing on the ball at several crucial moments. Embarrassing for a striker of his experience. I think the announcer kindly said he "left" the ball for Krasic on that play at the end, but he didn't even see him and just whiffed. 2. Zigic's finishing was abysmal and he kept getting called for fouls while chugging back to defend. He had the best chance of the game and wound up clearing the ball in the opposite direction. 3. Lazovic looked great when he came on. 4. Jovanovic looked terrific, as well. Against Germany, pull the old and slow (I said as much a couple weeks ago, that these two would be no good for Serbia) and put in some younger guys who can counterattack vs. Germany. The whole German team can defend set pieces and Zigic will be neutralized. The less said about Pantelic, the better. Lazovic should start up top, Stankovic should push up into a more attacking role so he can get into the game more and take more shots, and Serbia should play a counterattacking 4-2-3-1 -------------Lazovic------------ Jovanovic---Stankovic----Krasic Got anybody else who's fast? Because Arne Friedrich and Per Mertesacker aren't. That's your opening. That's your chance to stay in the World Cup.
^ Pretty good points Serbia looked far better going forward when Lazovic came on, he was pulling out wide stretching the Ghanian defence. Krasic was really disappointing and should of really put his chance away. Jovanovic had some terrific runs but needed to do better with his final delivery. Serbia are caught between a rock and hard place right now, hard to see them qualifying unless they beat Germany.
They are good strikers. It's just that they played against better defenders yesterday. FYI- This is the first time Ghana has been able to assemble her best and starting back 4. Both Paistil and Mensah were hit with injuries so Coach Milo always improvised.
Dragan Mrdja, best striker in the Serbian Superleague, and in his last game for Serbian team against Japan he scored two goals. Also Antic should put in Tosic and Kacar to speed up the game, technically very good players! -----------Mrdja-----Lazovic---------- Jovanovic--Tosic--Stankovic--Krasic (Kacar)