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Wave of optimism

hen, back in September 2019, Serbia suffered a 4-2 home defeat in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Portugal, they were inferior and it never looked like they could put the Portuguese in trouble. Two years later, under new national team coach Dragan Stojkovic, Serbia went to

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