Serbia managed to draw in Bulgaria 1-1 in 97′ for the fourth matchday of the seventh qualifying group of Euro 2024 and remained unbeaten and at the top, leaving the hosts at -5. Basic started o Andrija Zivkovic of PAOK and was replaced in the 71st minute.
Top for Hungary too, who won in Budapest 2-0 Lithuania and “caught” the “plavi”. Kleinheisler of Panathinaikos came on as a substitute.
Bulgaria-Serbia 1-1
The Serbs missed three good chances in the opening half-hour to open the scoring, but then the Bulgarians took the initiative and created two good spells with Tsochev and Rousseff, with Lukic missing Stojkovic’s men’s last chance in the 44th. ‘.
The Bulgarians started the second half impressively, since in the 47th minute and after a period of time in the frames of Milinkovic-Savic, Despodov made it 1-0 for the home team with a spot kick. This goal gave psychology to Krstaj’s players, who pressured the Serbian goal and missed two good chances to make it 2-0 and forcing Milinkovic-Savic into major interventions.
The ball went up and down between the two goals and the hosts were the ones who missed the most chances. The “plavi” were irritated and stressed and could not find the corridors towards the Bulgarians’ home. However, in the 97th minute, Lazovic, with an amazing volley from a lateral position outside the area, “nailed” the ball into the net and saved the point and the unbeaten streak of the Serbs.
Hungary-Lithuania 2-0
Somboslay was the fatal player in the many and important chances of the Hungarians in the first half hour, but in the 32nd minute, Vargas received Zalai’s fine vertical ball and made it 1-0 with a powerful shot. The Magyars missed two more chances before the end of the half.
Rossi’s men continued at the same pace at the start of the second half and missed some chances to score the second goal and “clean up” the match, despite the Italian coach’s changes. Vorobovas missed Lithuania’s first significant chance in the 68th minute, followed by Jankauskas in the 70th minute. Kleinheisler missed two chances for the Hungarians and in the 83rd minute a steal in the center of the area gave Salai the opportunity to get a superb shot from outside the area to make it 2-0. Kitsos missed the last chance of the match in the 95th minute.
The 4th matchday:
Bulgaria-Serbia 1-1
(47′ Despontov-90’+7′ Lazovic)
Hungary-Lithuania 2-0
(32′ Vargas, 83′ Salai)
The next (5th) matchday (7/9):
Lithuania-Montenegro 19:00
Serbia-Hungary 21:45
The standings of the 7th group
Source: Sport Fm
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