Alexandar Kolarov's magnificent goal from the free kick brought the Serbs three points in the match with Los Los Ticos (1: 0).

The game program of the quartet E in Samara was opened by the national teams of Costa Rica and Serbia. "Los Tikos", no doubt, was no longer such a mystery as at the World Cup 2014, but the expectations from them were different. Serbs, in turn, have a very curious composition, and scouts of most top clubs watched Milinkovich-Savic in this match.

From the first minutes, the rivals showed excellent speed and by the third minute the nominal owners had twice struck the target - Stojkovic was in place. At the end of ten minutes of the game, Gonzalez broke off from the opponent, but could not accurately hit his head after a pass from the flank. "White Eagles" played reasonably enough and the maximum speed did not include. In the middle of the half, Milinkovich-Savich took the ball in the penalty area after the gorgeous pass of Kolarov, but punched gruffly. True chance missed.

After that, the speed fell slightly, but under the curtain of the half the nominal guests could well come forward when Milinkovich-Savic struck through himself from the area of ??the 11-meter mark - Navas competently chose the position and the team rescued. At the break, the opponents left with a "dry" score on the scoreboard. The second half began under the dictation of the national team of Serbia. Mitrovic had to withdraw his team ahead, but Navas showed miracles of reaction and the team rescued.

However, in the 57th minute the fans still saw the goal, and even what! Aleksandar Kolarov chic free kick sent the ball into the most "nine" gate. 0: 1. Later the Serbs gave the game initiative and waited for the enemy's mistakes. "White Eagles" held off the onslaught of the opponent and conducted a series of attacks. In one of them, "Los Tikos" rescued Navas, in the other - Mitrovic did not have the quickness.

The final minutes were very emotional, but the Serbians defended the victorious result.

Costa Rica - Serbia 0: 1 Goal: Kolarov, 57.

Costa Rica: To. Navas-Gamboa, Gonzalez, Acosta, Duarte, Calvo-B. Ruiz, Borges, Guzman (Colindres, 73), Venegas (Bolanos, 60) - Urenya (Campbell, 66).

Serbia: Stojkovic-Ivanovic, Milenkovic, Tosic, Kolarov-Milivojevic, Matic-Tadic (Rukavina, 82), Milinkovich-Savic, Ljajic (Kostic, 70) -Mitrovich (Priovich, 89).

Yellow cards: Calvo, Guzman - Ivanovich, Priovich.