1.  The Croats were acknowledged by Serbian coach Ljubisa Tumbakovic to be the stronger team.

2.  China captain Ma Mingyu said his team had been warned to concentrate by its Serbian coach Bora Milutinovic.

3.  Serbian coach Dusan Bajevic will continue leading AEK for the eighth straight year.

4.  German club Bayer Leverkusen sacked Serbian coach Dragoslav Stepanovic following a run of poor results, it was announced Saturday.

5.  Goiko Zec, Serbian coach of Angolan football team Petro Atletico, was murdered in Luanda on Friday, according to the Angolan news agency Angop monitored here.