Ciaran McGuckin cancelled out Vladimir Lucic’s opener with a second-half spot-kick, but the visitors took full advantage of a moment of Northern Irish indecision to seal all three points Serbia skipp
er Lucic handed his side a 1-0 lead with a super strike, dodging his marker before tucking the ball past a sprawling Stephen McMullan, who soon made a good save to deny the visitors a quick second
The hosts came close when Charlie Allen crossed from the edge of the area, looking for Justin Devenny, who was within inches of an equaliser at the far post but the ball instead took a deflection off a Serbian defender before bouncing out of danger Northern Ireland drew level after the break when Marko Lazetic barged into Tommy Fogarty and, despite Serbia’s protestations, Norwegian referee Kristoffer Hagenes deemed the off-the-ball shove forceful enough to award the hosts a penalty, dutifully struck into the bottom right by McGuckin
It took a fine save by Veljko Ilic to stop a surging JJ McKiernan from handing Northern Ireland the lead before Pantovic pounced on a loose ball inside the box, which appeared to hit his hand as it bounced up before tapping in the winnerReaders’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we...
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Home-heating oil: 'Difficult winter' as Northern Ireland prices remain highOil prices have dropped this year but are above the long-term average, the Consumer Council says.
Read more »
US ambassador says political stability key for Northern Ireland investmentThe US Ambassador to UK says a sitting power-sharing government could encourage more investment.
Read more »
Northern Ireland political stability ‘important’ for investorsJane Hartley said she encouraged DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson to keep making efforts to restore the Stormont powersharing institutions.
Read more »
Northern Ireland political stability ‘important’ for investorsJane Hartley said she encouraged DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson to keep making efforts to restore the Stormont powersharing institutions.
Read more »
Northern Ireland political stability ‘important’ for investorsJane Hartley encouraged the DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson to continue negotiations
Read more »
Northern Ireland weather forecast for the week aheadThe week is to start dry and bright with conditions changing towards the weekend
Read more »