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No place like home
And all the hostility of the Rajko Mitic Stadium has led to results on the pitch.
Serbia were last beaten on home soil by Hungary in September 2023.
And since then they have held Spain and Denmark draws, while beating Switzerland and Austria.
They enter tonight’s clash on a seven-match unbeaten run.
‘Hostile environment’
Harry Kane has experience playing at the Rajko Mitic Stadium from when Tottenham beat Red Star Belgrade 4-0 in 2019.
He especially remembered the daunting 240m tunnel that is guarded by armed police, saying: “It was a pretty hostile environment.
“Just the walk from the changing room to the pitch. It feels like a mile-long walk.
“There’s a lot of fans, you hear a lot of noise, a lot of banging.
“Sometimes when you get through these types of games together, especially as a newish team, like we are, that’s how you build experiences, build togetherness.
“The ideal situation would be to have a comfortable game and win but we know that’s not always the case, so there might be times we have to stick together, to defend as a team and ultimately find a way to win.
“When you do that against these types of oppositions in these stadiums, I feel that builds an extra layer of togetherness you can’t form without matches like this.”
Serbia starting XI
Starting XI: Petrovic; Erakovic, Milenkovic, Pavlovic; Nedelkovic, Maksimovic, Ilic, Lukic, Birmancevic; Zivkovic, Vlahovic.
Subs: Rosic, Ilic, Veljkovic, Babic, Gudelj, Racic, Samardzic, Katai, Kostic, Stulic, Jovic, Mitrovic,
England Starting XI
Starting XI: Pickford; James, Konsa, Guehi, Livramento; Rice, Anderson, Rogers; Madueke, Kane, Gordon.
Subs: D.Henderson, Trafford, Quansah, Burn, Spence J.Henderson, Loftus-Cheek, Gibbs-White, Eze, Rashford, Bowen, Watkins.
