Bojan Krkic To Play For Serbia???

For those of you who don't know the 411 on this player: Bojan Krkic is half Serbian Half Spanish (Catalonian) whose father is Serbian and mother from Catalonia. Krkic is said to have a mixture of Ronaldinho's and Messi's skills and agility. The speed of Messi and technique of Ronaldinho. He pretty much grew up in F.C. Barcelona organization and has played for all the younger Spanish national sides. However, the FIFA rule is that a player has until the age of 21 to decide for what national team he will play. Bojan's mother told her son to play either for Catalonia (not Spain) or for Serbia! So Serbia can still hope for Krkic to play for their A side. I hope he plays for Serbia as Serbia already has some exceptional young players and only imagine if Krkic would fill in the equation. This would mean a couple of European Championships and World Cups for Serbia for sure..... Lets remind that already one wunderkind Kuzmanovic changed from Swiss U-21 to Serbia A squad.

Serbia Finally Where They Belong...

Serbian soccer players are once again being scouted and are signing contract with elite soccer clubs. Slobodan Rajkovic will be seen in PSV along with Danko Lazovic, Aleksandar Kolarov has signed a contract with Lazio and Bosko Jankovic will most likely transfer from Mallorca to Valencia for a nice chunk of change (10+ million euros). Dejan Milovanovic is being watched by Bayern Munich scouts.

Finland vs Serbia 0:2 (0:1)

Excellent game in Helsinki for the Serbs. The early goal scored by Bosko Jankovic allowed Serbia to control the game how they wanted to. Serbia dominated 70% and Finland only looked dangerous only in a few occasions but Serbian star defenders Nemanja Vidic and Mladen Krstajic made it almost impossible for The Finland side to convert. Serbia scored their second goal in the last quarter of the second half where Milan Jovanovic scored on his debut from Danko Lazovic's assist. Serbia today didn't just get the two goals and three points, Serbia can also be proud of Antonio Rukavina and Zdravko Kuzmanovic as they were the two youngest players on the field and yet probably the bravest. They both had a few cracks on the goal and I must say that this new attribute is mostly important for Serbia. Serbia finally has not one, but two players that have courage to take long shots. Finally, I must congratulate the whole Serbian squad for their immaculate performance against Finland and the superiority that they showed.

Serbian Super League Complete!

Today the Serbian Super League has completed. Red Star officially raised the trophy today in front of its 20,000 fans with a 1:1 draw against Hajduk Kula and Partizan finished second with an impressive 7:1 win against Mladost Apatin. By the way, Partizan fans (Grobari) have returned from a 2 year boycott for their final match against Mladost. Bezanija upset Vojvodina 3:2 as hosts. The five teams that will represent Serbian club football in Europe will be Red Star, (Champions League Qual.) Partizan, Vojvodina, Bezanija (UEFA Cup Qual) and Hajduk Kula (Intertoto Cup) The new system with play-off and play-out did not make much impact towards the improvement of the competition and so it's already being discussed that changes will be made to how the Serbian Super League will function next season. Red Star have a lot to be proud of as they clinched that double crown (10th) for the second time in a row. Partizan had a shameful season with amazing 11 defeats. I must say that I was pretty impressed by Vojvodina's display through out the season as they probably played the most beautiful football. Bezanija had an excellent season and have everything to be proud of as in their first season with the Elite they managed to earn a spot in the UEFA Cup qualification. In my opinion, not because I am Serbian but because I am a soccer fan there is still a great amount of talent in Serbia but bad politics and the country's bad economy has lead to poor audience attendance. Something must be done to bring back the people to watch the games again. Hopefully some changes occur soon.

Serbia Can Play Without Zigic, But Not Without Me!

After Nikola Zigic received a 3 match ban the pressure started building up on Javier Clemente to call upon Mateja Kezman for the matches against Finland and Belgium. Kezman acted shamefully in the last World Cup in Germany when he received a red card against then Serbia&Montenegro VS Argentina where the Argentines won 6:0. After that game Kezman did not get a call to play for Serbia.

Kezman stated, " I got accused of something that I did and something that I didn't do. I am only 27 years old and I still have much to contribute for the Serbian national team. Zigic is an excellent player but we can and must play without him against Finland and Portugal. My status had not changed, as I still wish to play for Serbia with all my heart" One thing is certain, Javier Clemente will either have to call Mateja Kezman or go with the inexperienced Milan Jovanovic for the games against Finland and Belgium.

Check Out The Clip With Kezman's Skills:

Vidic Out For The Season?

During today's Mancherster United-Blackburn (4:1) game, Nemanja Vidic was attempting to win a header, however he lost his balance and fell on his collarbone. It is very possible that he broke his collarbone and that he will be off the field for a few months. This will give a headache to both Sir Alex Ferguson (Man U) and Javier Clemente (Serbia's coach) as he is an indispensible player. For Manchester United O'Shea might be able to play in Vidic's position. However, Serbia has no direct replacement for Vidic. Since Serbia has no direct replacement if I was Javier Clemente I would give a chance to a young Slobodan Rajkovic (OFK Beograd-Chelsea) who has similar style like Vidic. Lets wait and see what happens.

Nikola Zigic Punished 3 Matches:

Nikola Zigic has been given a 3 match ban by UEFA for receiving a red card against Kazakhstan. He already missed one game against Portugal and so he will be gone for 2 more games against Finland and Belgium which are both very tough EURO 2008 qualifiers being played away. Javier Clemente will have to call another striker - probably Milan Jovanovic (Standard Liege) or Mateja Kezman (Fenerbahce) who are both in good for as of late. Serbian fans would rather see Mateja Kezman but Milan Jovanovic has been on fire for Standard Liege so it's a tough call.

Serbia VS Portugal 1:1

Yesterday's EURO 2008 qualifying game of the day, Serbia against Portugal ended in a 1:1 draw. The game was played in a wonderful soccer atmosphere in Serbia's capital Belgrade's stadium "Marakana". A little off subject, but miraculously there were no incidents with fans. 55,000 Serbian fans came to support their nation against arguably, the best national team in Europe (Portugal).

Portugal drew first blood as Chelsea's former midfielder, now playing for Olympique Lyon Tiago, scored a beautiful goal from about 35 meters in the 5th minute. Serbia's goalkeeper Stojkovic got caught being too much in front of the goal an so Portugal were winning 1:0. This early goal was like a motivation booster for the Serbs as the rest of the first half belonged to them. As a result of great will and hard work Serbia equalized in the 37th minute from Stankovic's corner kick being blasted in the net by Bosko Jankovic's powerful header. When Serbia equalized, the stadium went euphoric as 55,000 fans sounded like 550,000 fans.

The second half belonged more to Portugal as they had a few chances. However, Serbian goalkeeper Vladimir Stojkovic saved the day with a few great saves. Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo had no chance with his trickeries against Serbia's Igor Duljaj who marked him very well. All in all, the game was played with fast pace, a lot of attacking and a lot of heart was left by both sides. Serbia and Portugal demonstrated today how soccer should be played. Both, Serbia and Portugal along with Finland have 11 points and are behind Poland who have 16 points. Poland has played an extra game. There are many games left and I think that the race for EURO 2008 will be till the end as Group A could be the "group of death".

Kazakhstan-Serbia (0:0)2:1

A very strong and very good fundamental team Kazakhstan beat Serbia today 2:1. This was Kazakhstan's first win in European qualifying.

Goals:K. Ashirbekov (47th), N. Zhumaskaliev (61st) for Kazakhstan and N. Zigic (68th) for Serbia.

Serbia takes on Portugal this Wednesday in sold-out Marakana.

Lazovic in PSV or Arsenal???

A lot of speculation and rumours lately about Serbian striker Danko Lazovic's future. After having an excellent season so far with Vitesse Arnhem the former FK Partizan striker is on a verge of moving to a super club like PSV or Arsenal. PSV reportedly have offered 4 million dollars for Lazovic while Arsenal's coach Arsene Wenger has announced to be very interested in obtaining this young striker as well. Lazovic currently has a contract with Vitesse untill June, 2010. It would be interesting to see this striker who reminds of Van Basten alongside with Thiery Henry. I would really like to see him play in Arsenal and show the world his true potential. At age 23 this man has played in U-21 UEFA Championships final and semifinal and also has been capped by Serbian A team 10 times already and managed to score 3 times. So far he scored 17 times for Vitesse this season and is in good form to hit the 20 mark.

PIcks For EURO 2008 Qualifications:

Kazakhstan-Serbia (2)
Portugal-Belgium (X)
Scotland-Georgia (1)
Greece-Turkey (1)
Croatia-FYR Macedonia (X)
Spain-Denmark (1) Spain must win
Albania-Slovenia (X)
Holland-Romania (2)