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title: "Milivojevic axed from Serbia squad"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Abdullah Mulla"
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published: "2019-03-08T13:43:09Z"
modified: "2019-03-08T13:43:30Z"
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# Milivojevic axed from Serbia squad

Crystal Palace midfielder Luka Milivojevic has been axed from the Serbia international squad by manager Mladen Krstajic, as reported on [Reuters](https://in.reuters.com/article/soccer-serbia-milivojevic/soccer-serbia-coach-krstajic-axes-milivojevic-after-world-cup-row-idINKCN1QP1CE?rpc=401&).

The midfielder and coach fell out after Serbia were knocked out of the 2018 World Cup in the group stages.

![Stu Forster/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readcrystalpalace.com/readcrystalpalace/sites/17/2019/03/977031084.jpg)

The pair have failed to settle their differences and that has resulted in Krstajic removing Milivojevic from his international plans for Serbia’s Euro 2020 qualifying campaign.

The manager said:

> Luka (Milivojevic) is no longer ready to play for Serbia because we have failed to come to terms and put certain issues behind us.
>
> Serbia is bigger than either Milivojevic or myself and our priority is to create a good atmosphere for what lies ahead.

Milivojevic publicly criticised the manager’s tactics as Serbia fell to a 2-1 defeat against Switzerland.

The midfielder was hauled off the pitch with the score at 1-1 and the attacking move went horribly wrong as Switzerland netted a winner.