Olympic Football Tournaments Beijing 2008 - Men

Matches

07/08/2008

Australia Serbia

1:1

1:1 (0:0)

Ruben ZADKOVICH (69')

Slobodan RAJKOVIC (78')

Match 1

Shanghai
Shanghai Stadium

Referee: Jerome DAMON (RSA)

Summary

Late rally saves Serbs

Slobodan Rajkovic's header in the 78th minute earned Serbia a first-up point against Australia, who had opened the scoring nine minutes earlier.

AUS

SRB

1 Adam FEDERICI (GK) $.img{src:'/s/229021.png'} AUS1 Adam FEDERICI	1 (GK)(C) Vladimir STOJKOVIC $.img{src:'/s/214386.png'} SRB1 Vladimir STOJKOVIC
2 Jade NORTH $.img{src:'/s/175653.png'} AUS2 Jade NORTH	2 Marko JOVANOVIC $.img{src:'/s/299336.png'} SRB2 Marko JOVANOVIC
4 Mark MILLIGAN (C) $.img{src:'/s/197411.png'} AUS4 Mark MILLIGAN (-66' )	3 Aleksandar KOLAROV $.img{src:'/s/291438.png'} SRB3 Aleksandar KOLAROV
5 Matthew SPIRANOVIC $.img{src:'/s/229051.png'} AUS5 Matthew SPIRANOVIC	5 Slobodan RAJKOVIC $.img{src:'/s/291444.png'} SRB5 Slobodan RAJKOVIC
6 Nikolai TOPOR-STANLEY $.img{src:'/s/229035.png'} AUS6 Nikolai TOPOR-STANLEY	7 Milan SMILJANIC $.img{src:'/s/291449.png'} SRB7 Milan SMILJANIC
8 Stuart MUSIALIK $.img{src:'/s/229030.png'} AUS8 Stuart MUSIALIK	8 (-73' ) Nikola GULAN $.img{src:'/s/294092.png'} SRB8 Nikola GULAN
10 Archie THOMPSON $.img{src:'/s/178986.png'} AUS10 Archie THOMPSON (-76' )	9 (-56' ) Djordje RAKIC $.img{src:'/s/254159.png'} SRB9 Djordje RAKIC
11 David CARNEY $.img{src:'/s/198613.png'} AUS11 David CARNEY	12 Dusan TADIC $.img{src:'/s/298698.png'} SRB12 Dusan TADIC
12 Trent McCLENAHAN $.img{src:'/s/229029.png'} AUS12 Trent McCLENAHAN	13 (-77' ) Ljubomir FEJSA $.img{src:'/s/296323.png'} SRB13 Ljubomir FEJSA
13 Ruben ZADKOVICH $.img{src:'/s/232852.png'} AUS13 Ruben ZADKOVICH	16 Nenad TOMOVIC $.img{src:'/s/296514.png'} SRB16 Nenad TOMOVIC
17 Nikita RUKAVYTSYA $.img{src:'/s/290802.png'} AUS17 Nikita RUKAVYTSYA (-88' )	17 Zoran TOSIC $.img{src:'/s/291452.png'} SRB17 Zoran TOSIC

Substitute(s)

3 Adrian LEIJER $.img{src:'/s/198820.png'} AUS3 Adrian LEIJER	4 (+73') Gojko KACAR $.img{src:'/s/291434.png'} SRB4 Gojko KACAR
7 Neil KILKENNY $.img{src:'/s/295160.png'} AUS7 Neil KILKENNY	6 Predrag PAVLOVIC $.img{src:'/s/291442.png'} SRB6 Predrag PAVLOVIC
9 Mark BRIDGE $.img{src:'/s/229017.png'} AUS9 Mark BRIDGE (+88')	11 Dusko TOSIC $.img{src:'/s/212308.png'} SRB11 Dusko TOSIC
14 James TROISI $.img{src:'/s/290605.png'} AUS14 James TROISI	14 (+56') Miljan MRDAKOVIC $.img{src:'/s/299634.png'} SRB14 Miljan MRDAKOVIC
15 Kristian SARKIES $.img{src:'/s/198824.png'} AUS15 Kristian SARKIES (+76')	15 (+77') Aleksandar ZIVKOVIC $.img{src:'/s/299337.png'} SRB15 Aleksandar ZIVKOVIC
16 Billy CELESKI $.img{src:'/s/229018.png'} AUS16 Billy CELESKI (+66')	18 Sasa STAMENKOVIC $.img{src:'/s/298695.png'} SRB18 Sasa STAMENKOVIC
18 Tando VELAPHI $.img{src:'/s/290801.png'} AUS18 Tando VELAPHI	19 Andrija KALUDJEROVIC $.img{src:'/s/296520.png'} SRB19 Andrija KALUDJEROVIC

Coaches

Graham ARNOLD (AUS)

(SRB) Miroslav DJUKIC

Officials

Referee: Jerome DAMON (RSA)Assistant Referee 1: Enock MOLEFE (RSA)Assistant Referee 2: Celestin NTAGUNGIRA (RWA)Fourth official: Thomas EINWALLER (AUT)

"I'm very proud of my boys, especially for the way they bounced back in the second half. We were up against the European Championship runners-up and picked up a vital result that, more than anything else, keeps our hopes for the remainder of the tournament alive." Graham Arnold, Australia coach.

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Olympic Football Tournaments Beijing 2008 - Men

Matches

AustraliaSerbia

Summary

Line-up

AUS1

SRB1

AUS2

SRB2

AUS4

SRB3

AUS5

SRB5

AUS6

SRB7

AUS8

SRB8

AUS10

SRB9

AUS11

SRB12

AUS12

SRB13

AUS13

SRB16

AUS17

SRB17

Substitute(s)

AUS3

SRB4

AUS7

SRB6

AUS9

SRB11

AUS14

SRB14

AUS15

SRB15

AUS16

SRB18

AUS18

SRB19

Coaches

Officials

Photos

Quotes

Australia Serbia