| Serbia | 1 - 1 | Italy |
|---|---|---|
 | Claudio Marchisio (2') | |
| Branislav Ivanovic (26') | | |
 | 28' Cristian Maggio | |
| 55' Branislav Ivanovic | | |
| 80' Dejan Stankovic | | |
| 88' Zoran Tosic | | |
| 90' Nikola Zigic | | |
| Date | : | Fri, Oct 7, 2011 |
| Time | : | 20:45 CET |
| Stadium | : | Stadion Crvena Zvezda |
| Competition | : | European Championship Qualifying |
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Italy welcomed Serbia in Belgrade with a draw tonight to remain unbeaten in qualifying and dented the hopes of his rivals to play at Euro 2012.
Needing a victory to earn a spot in the play-offs, the hosts got off to worst possible start in Italy, Claudio Marchisio took the lead after 56 seconds.
Branislav Ivanovic Chelsea defender equalized on 26 minutes, Serbia had several opportunities to go forward, but were denied by Gianluigi Buffon saves well.
The result in the Crvena Zvezda Stadium, along with Estonia's 2-1 win over Northern Ireland in the other group C game, Serbia fell to the third, one point behind Estonia that have played all their games.
Serbia must now win their final qualifier with Slovenia on October 11 to reach the play-offs.
Unlike the first meeting between the two parties a year ago that was abandoned after six minutes because of the riots by fans of Serbia - the chaos that led to Italy being awarded a 3-0 win League - Game tonight had no problems.
The pressure was out of Italy, who had already sealed a first and a place at Euro 2012.
Azzurri coach Cesare Prandelli had spoken, but the need for the equipment to maintain the winning momentum going.
In the first seconds, Buffon was forced to fully stretch to save a 30-yard Aleksandar Kolarov effort toward the far post.
The visitors responded 30 seconds later and took the lead.
Giuseppe Rossi Marchisio fed inside the box and his right leg strike 12 meters to beat goalkeeper Bojan Jorgacevic Serbia.
Rossi has doubled his team lead soon after but shot straight at the goalkeeper from close range.
Serbia was ahead more aggressively and almost equalized in the ninth minute.
Milos Krasic right leg volley from the edge of the area went wide.
Serbia's efforts paid off on 25 minutes.
Zoran Tosic sent the ball into the area controlled Ivanovic back to goal, turned and fired into the back of the net.
The goal inspired the hosts, who could have gone ahead before the break.
Krasic beat his marker and came inside the area but gave a weak effort was cleared by a defender.
Serbia took up where they left after the restart and almost went ahead early in the second half.
Kolarov powerful free-kick at the near post was maintained by Buffon.
Buffon was called back to make an important stop in the 53rd minute to keep out efforts Kolarov diagonal.
Shortly after the hour mark, southpaw Antonio Cassano strike from the edge of the area was rejected by the distance Jorgacevic.
At the other extreme, Marko Pantelic has his head in Ivanovic's cross but his effort went over the crossbar.
Serbia searched desperately for the winner, but to no avail and had to settle for a point.
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Serbia vs Italy LineUp Prediction:
Serbia 4-4-2: Jorgacevic, Ivanovic, Subotic, Tomovic, Kolarov, Krasic, Stankovic, Kuzmanovic, Tosic, Pantelic, Zigic
Italy 4-3-1-2: Buffon, Maggio, Barzagli, Bonucci, Chiellini, Pirlo, De Rossi, Marchisio, Montolivo, Cassano, Giovinco
Serbia last 5 match
07/09/11 Serbia 3 - 1 Faroe Islands
03/09/11 Northern Ireland 0 - 1 Serbia
10/08/11 Russia 1 - 0 Serbia
07/06/11 Australia 0 - 0 Serbia
03/06/11 Korea Republic 2 - 1 Serbia
Italy last 5 match
07/09/11 Italy 1 - 0 Slovenia
03/09/11 Faroe Islands 0 - 1 Italy
11/08/11 Italy 2 - 1 Spain
08/06/11 Italy 0 - 2 Ireland Republic
04/06/11 Italy 3 - 0 Estonia
Fast News
Serbia wants to be able to pick three points at home, Belgrade. With the acquisition of points, the runner-up position after Serbia.
Italy are in Group C had been ascertained to escape and get tickets to the European Cup. Meanwhile, four other countries namely Serbia, Estonia, Slovenia and Northern Ireland could still fight over runner-up with the points difference that was not too far away.
Italy lost Mario Balotelli and Giampaolo Pazzini is with injuries. For that reason, the coach Cesare Prandelli hailed Pablo Daniel Osvaldo.
Pazzini has not recovered from an ankle injury. The Balotelli complained of pain in his back.
Both players were eventually dropped from the squad that prepared for the Euro 2012 qualifiers against Serbia and Northern Ireland.
As a substitute, Prandelli hailed Osvaldo. Although born in Argentina, AS Roma striker was able to strengthen Gli Azzurri, and he also played 12 times for Italy Under-21 national team.
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