The clash between Serbia and England started hot, with riots in the streets of Gelsenkirchen, and ended in the same way on the grass of the Veltins-Arena. To the Serbian captain Dusan Tadic did not like having to start the game on the bench and at the end of the meeting, he did not hesitate to express it to the media.
“I am the leader and captain of this team. I spoke with the coach. I am the best player on this team. Should have played the full 90 minutes. It would have been different if she had been on the grass from the beginning, but oh well…” she bluntly admitted when asked in the mixed zone.
“I am the leader and captain of this team. I spoke with the coach. “I am the best player on this team.”
Tadic entered the match in the 61st minute, replacing Mitrovic. Of course, his team was already losing 0-1 thanks to Jude Bellingham’s early goal. Serbia improved with the Fenerbahce attacker on the pitch and put Southgate’s team on the ropes.
“It would have been different if I had been on the field from the beginning. but I respect the coach’s decision. If he wants Dusan Tadic to play 30 minutes, so be it,” He sentenced, upset with Dragan Stojkovic. The coach, for his part, explained Tadic’s substitution by stating that ““It was a tactical decision to have freshness for the end of the match.”
“It was a tactical decision to have freshness for the end of the match”
It has not been a good debut for Serbia, which remains last in the group C classification after the draw in the other match between Denmark and Slovenia. And with the captain facing the coach, nothing is looking good.
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