A serious blow to Serbia before the World Cup
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Serbian national team football defender Matia Nastasic will be absent from the pitch in the next few weeks and may even miss the World Cup in Russia.
`I will be away for weeks from the pitch as I have injured my knee crossings and I do not know how long I will be out of the game from soccer-stats and skip the World Cup, ` Nastasic told the Belgrade website. b92. net.
German Schalke 04 footballer was replaced in the match with Hamburg HF, lost by his team 3:2.
His absence will be a huge blow to Serbia`s coach Mladen Krstajic, who plans to build the defense around him.
Serbia qualifies for the World Cup this summer, which will take place in June and July in Russia. In Group E they came together with the teams of Brazil, Switzerland and Costa Rica, their first meeting being on June 17 with Costa Rica in Samara. Following are the meetings with Switzerland on June 22 in Kaliningrad and five days later with Brazil in Moscow.
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