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Novak Djokovic went crazy as Serbia secured their spot at the Qatar World Cup following a dramatic last-gasp 2-1 victory over Portugal in their final qualifier, as he was seen running around his living room following Aleksandar Mitrovic’s late winner.
Djokovic’s native Serbia took on a Portugal team led by Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo, and stunned their opponents to pip them to an automatic World Cup place next winter.
It was hosts Portugal who took the early advantage, as Renato Sanches opened the scoring two minutes in to leave Dragan Stojković’s team with it all to do.
They then got themselves back into the game with just over 10 minutes left in the first half courtesy of former Southampton man, Dusan Tadic.
And during a tense second half, the Serbian’s then grabbed a dramatic winner in the final seconds of normal time, as Fulham man Mitrovic headed home to shock the Lisbon crowd.
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Serbia have competed in the last four World Cups in 2006, 2010, 2014 and most recently in 2018.
On all four occasions though, the Serbians have failed to get past the group stage.
But they will no doubt head to Qatar full of confidence this time around having sent one of the potential tournament favourites into the play-off route.
The world No 1 will be hoping to continue his nation’s successes onto the tennis court as he is in Turin alongside the sport’s best for the ATP Finals.
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