4-1: Serbia beat Sweden with a Mitrovic hat trick

Serbia have a fearsome striker and now, with a hat trick from Aleksandar Mitrovic, they have relaunched their chances of promotion to League A of the Nations League after returning from Sweden with an undisputed victory (4- 1).

Serbia overtook Norway, who had earlier lost to Slovenia (2-1), at the top of Group 4 of League B, both with 10 points, before they meet on Tuesday’s final day in Oslo. The draw was enough for Norway to be promoted to League A as they won 0-1 in Belgrade.

Meanwhile, Sweden (3 points) fell to last place after being overtaken by Slovenia (5). The Scandinavians will need to beat the Balkans on Tuesday to avoid relegation to League C.

Serbia, with deadly attacks

Led by an attack made up of Dusan Tadic, Filip Kostic, Dusan Vlahovic and the deadly Mitrovic, Serbia dominated the match from the start at the Rajko Mitić stadium in Belgrade, but Sweden, noticing the absence of Alexander Isak due to injury, advanced to his first arrival. Dejan Kulusevski left Stefan Mitrovic on the edge of the area and assisted Viktor Claesson so that, on his own, he scored with quality before Vanja Milinkovic-Savic popped up (14′).

The Serbian reacted immediately and this is where Mitrovic’s goalscoring recital began when he perfectly headed Andrija Zivkovic’s cross from the right (17′).

Vlahovic, with his back to the goal

Vlahovic, who has not scored with Juventus since August 31, continued to have his back to the goal and in the 21st minute he headed wide, albeit a bit forced, a cross at the far post by Kostic after a great running to the left.

Serbia continued to set the pace of the game and create chances. Half an hour later, Vlahovic stroked the goal again, assisted by Kostic again with a beautiful deep pass, but Robin Olsen blocked the shot in a one-on-one and, on the rebound, the Swedish goalkeeper also thwarted Tadic’s attempt stop

Mitrovic’s recital begins

Serbia found reward for its insistence on the brink of the break thanks to Mitrovic’s potential striker when he headed in Tadic’s corner from the left (45′).

Mitrovic himself sentenced the match just after the start of the second half (47′) by beating Olsen after Vlahovic let him down with a great assist.

Haaland-Mitrovic, what a pulse!

Second highest scorer in the Premier League after Erling Haaland with his six goals with promoted Fulham, Mitrovic has 5 in this Nations League and also has Haaland (6) ahead. The two players meet on Tuesday with promotion to Ligue A at stake.

With Sweden limited in attack, Sasa Lukic sealed the 4-1 with a great goal: he received on the edge of the area and nailed the ball with a fantastic threaded shot. The great goal was the icing on the cake of a complete game for Serbia that gives them hope of going up to the Nations League and performing well in the World Cup in the group of Brazil, Switzerland and Cameroon.