BELGRADE: Serbia's new coach Dragan Stojkovic hopes the start of their 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign will not be affected by COVID-19 quarantines and restrictions, although he said some players may miss this month's games.
"We are in daily contact with the players and their clubs and at this point I don't expect any problems although there are indications that some of them might miss our opening three games," Stojkovic told a news conference. Serbia open their campaign with home games against Ireland on March 24 and European champions Portugal on March 27 before they visit Azerbaijan three days later. Luxemburg are the other team in Europe's Group A.Serbia's three France-based players, goalkeeper Predrag Rajkovic , defender Stefan Mitrovic and midfielder Mihailo Ristic are the most likely to be affected by restrictions.
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