With World Cup 2018 qualifying beginning in Europe this week, Sasa Ibrulj takes a look at where the big Balkan nations currently standing heading into their opening games.K
Serbia: Big expectations for Muslin
Serbia had many memorable moments in their last qualifying campaign for Euro 2016, but none of them were positive and they are now hoping that the opening of qualification for World Cup 2018, with a game against Republic of Ireland on Monday, could represent a fresh start.
They have replaced inexperienced Radovan u0106uru010diu0107 with 63-year-old Slavoljub Muslin, a former Crvena Zvezda manager who also had his coaching stints in France, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Belgiium, Russia, Belarus and Cyprus.