Euro 2024: Serbia’s Dragan Stojkovic hails ‘reward for believing’ after foiling Slovenia
- Persistent attacks and shots on goal earn last-gasp equaliser, keeping Serbia’s tournament hopes alive
A header by substitute Luka Jovic deep into added time cancelled out right back Zan Karnicnik’s 69th-minute opener for Slovenia, in a fluctuating game in which Serbia had 15 attempts on goal.
“We do not give up, we believe all the way to the end and the result came as a reward for believing. For many the match was over but for us it was not,” Stojkovic told reporters.
“Our stats are much better, from chances created to shots on target. But goals are the ones that count. It is important that we secured that draw, even though the starting line-up shows that our idea was to win and to score goals – to play attractive, attacking football.”
Clear favourites heading into the game, Serbia refused to accept a shock loss to Slovenia. While not the win he had wanted, Stojkovic declared himself satisfied.
