SERBIA: SOCCER - Portugal coach Felipe Scolari happy with draw

Serbia and Portugal fought out a 1-1 draw in a highly entertaining Euro 2008 Group A qualifier. Bosko Jankovic equaliser gives Serbia 1-1 draw with Portugal. Serbia and Portugal fought out a 1-1 draw in a highly entertaining Euro 2008 Group A qualifier on Wednesday. Tiago fired Portugal into a fifth-minute lead and Bosko Jankovic put the Serbs back on level terms in the 37th minute to the delight of a raucous 51,000 home crowd. Both sides missed plenty of chances in a pulsating match whose outcome left them level on 11 points from six matches along with Finland, who suffered a 1-0 setback at Azerbaijan earlier on Wednesday. All three are five points behind group leaders Poland. Portugal coach Felipe Scolari was happy with the outcome against an opponent that "matched his team in every department of the game." "I am very happy with the performance and the result because it was achieved against a very strong team who are in the same bracket with us in terms of quality therefore we have positive result for both teams," he said. Serbian coach Javier Clemente was also satisfied to come away with a point after seeing his men hang on in the closing stages. No one was sure who is going to be Portugal main striker since Cristiano Ronaldo sprained his heel at training yesterday. "I was sure that Ronaldo will play, I don't care who is playing for opponent team, I have good team capable to fight with challenges," Clemente said. Euro 2008 qualifying Group A results and standings after Wednesday's matches: Azerbaijan 1 Finland 0 Poland 1 Armenia 0 Serbia 1 Portugal 1 P W D L F A Pts Poland 7 5 1 1 12 5 16 Portugal 6 3 2 1 13 4 11 Finland 6 3 2 1 7 3 11 Serbia 6 3 2 1 8 4 11 Belgium 6 2 1 3 4 6 7 Kazakhstan 6 1 2 3 3 8 5 Azerbaijan 6 1 1 4 2 13 4 Armenia 5 0 1 4 0 6 1

ITN Source | March 30, 2007

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