Serbian national team coach Ljubiša Tumbaković has selected players who will face the Lithuanian national team in one of the last European Championship qualifying matches.
Real Madrid striker Luka Jović and Manchester United midfielder Nemanja Matić were not called up to the Serbian national team.
Both footballers are not key players in their clubs this season. However, as journalists in Serbia write, L. Jović does not have the best relationship with the coach, who allowed the striker to play less than 10 minutes in the previous national team window.
Defender Matija Nastasić from Schalke will also be missing.
For the match against the Serbians, who will arrive in Vilnius, the Lithuanians will play on October 14th. They will have played a friendly match with Paraguay before that.
Serbian lineup:
Goalkeepers: Dmitrović, Rajković, Radunović.
Defenders: Milenković, Gobeljić, Kolarov, Mladenović, Milenković, Nikola Maksimović, S. Mitrović, Milunovi.
Midfielders: Milivojević, Lukić, Nemanja Maksimović, Gudelj, Gacinović, Kostić, Radonjić, Tadić, Ljajić, Milinković-Savić.
Forwards: A. Mitrović, Pavkov, Pavlović.
Luka Jović NOT called-up for Serbia's matches against Paraguay and Lithuania. Three Nemanjas in midfield, but none of them is Matić. Matija Nastasić missing these matches as well.
