Serbia and Macedonia remain without a win at the European U21 Championship after drawing 2-2 on Tuesday.
Mijat Gacinovic gave Serbia the lead in the 24th minute, but
Macedonia turned it around in the second half as Enis Bardhi levelled
from the penalty spot before substitute Nikola Gjorgjev fired in from
the edge of the box.Uros Djurdjevic snatched a point for Serbia with an 89th-minute header, but the result leaves both sides on one point in Group B and with only a slim chance of making the semi-finals with one game left to play.
Team news
Srdjan
Plavsic started for Serbia ahead of Aleksandar Cavric while Mevlan
Murati and Daniel Avramovski came in to the Macedonia XI.
Igor Aleksovski then saved well from Grujic as Serbia remained in control. Serbia goalkeeper Vanja Milinkovic-Savic was largely a spectator before the break but did save well from Bardhi's long-range free-kick.
Player ratings
Serbia U21:
Milinkovic-Savic (6), Gajic (6), Jovanovic (5), Veljkovic (6),Antonov
(5), Zivkovic (6), Grujic (6), Maksimovic, Gacinovic, (7) Djurdjevic
(7),Plavsic (5). Subs: Ozegovic (5), Filipovic (6), Ristic (5)
Macedonia U21: Aleksovski (7), Murati (6), Zajkov, (6) Velkovski (6),Demiri (6), Nikolov (6), Bardhi (7), Radeski (6), Babunski (5), Markoski (6), Avramovski (5). Subs: Elmas (7), Pivkovski (5), Gjorgjev (6).
Macedonia U21: Aleksovski (7), Murati (6), Zajkov, (6) Velkovski (6),Demiri (6), Nikolov (6), Bardhi (7), Radeski (6), Babunski (5), Markoski (6), Avramovski (5). Subs: Elmas (7), Pivkovski (5), Gjorgjev (6).
Macedonia looked buoyed by the goal and they took the lead in the 83rd minute when Gjorgjev fired in from just outside the area.
Akelksovski denied Srdjan Plavsic but Serbia levelled in the final minute when Djurdjevic headed in from a free-kick. And Andrija Zivkovic almost won it for Serbia when he headed against the post in injury-time.
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