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Captaincy goes to Mihajlovic
Belgrade, March 22 (agencies) - Lazio defender Sinisa Mihajlovic has emerged as favourite to take over the captaincy of Yugoslavia, after Dragan Stojkovic and Predrag Mijatovic were both left out Milovan Djoric's squad for the games against Switzerland and Slovenia.
The other two main candidates to take over as skipper are Savo Milosevic, who with 54 apearances for Yugoslavia is the most-capped played in the squad, and Miroslav Djukic, the oldest player in the squad.
Internazionale midfielder Vladimir Jugovic, though, believes that the captaincy should go to one of the younger players. "I personally think that we should look to the future and that the skipper should be one of the younger players.
"Dragan Stojkovic became a skipper at 20 years old. We should do it like that now. The leader should be found for next ten years and I think that would be useful for Yugoslav football."
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Zoran Mirkovic
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Yugoslavs to lose Mirkovic from World Cup qualifier
squad
Belgrade, March 22 (Reuters) - Yugoslavia will be without
injured defender Zoran Mirkovic for Saturday's World Cup
qualifier against Switzerland, according to team doctor
Bratislav Stojkovic.
The right-back could also miss next Wednesday's group one
qualifier against Slovenia, when Yugoslavia face a re-run of
their 3-3 thriller at Euro 2000.
"He is in some pain and is almost certainly out of
Saturday's match. There is some hope that he might be ready for
Slovenia," said Stojkovic of Mirkovic's thigh injury. His place
in the starting line-up would go to Dejan Stefanovic.
Yugoslavia have won their only qualifier so far, in
Luxembourg, before political tension forced the postponement of
two games last October.
The daily Sportski Zurnal said on Thursday that team coach
Milovan Djoric could field an unfamiliar 3-4-3 formation against
the Swiss.
"All-out attack," said the paper's front page headline above
a starting line-up including Goran Drulic as the third forward
alongside Mateja Kezman and Savo Milosevic.
Probable Yugoslav team to face Switzerland:
Aleksandar Kocic, Dejan Stefanovic, Sinisa Mihajlovic,
Miroslav Djukic; Predrag Djordjevic, Slavisa Jokanovic, Nikola
Lazetic, Vladimir Jugovic; Mateja Kezman, Goran Drulic, Savo
Milosevic.
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