Serbia fail to impress against Poland

Belgrade: Serbia gave their coach Radomir Antic plenty to worry about, as the World Cup draws closer, after a tepid 0-0 draw against Poland in a friendly in Kufstein, Austria on Wednesday.

It was the second successive unimpressive performance by the Serbs, who lost 1-0 to New Zealand on Saturday. Their line-up struggled in midfield and the strikers wasted the few good chances carved out on a rain-sodden pitch.

Antic rested defensive mainstay Nemanja Vidic and the back four looked lost in the opening 30 minutes, only a superb save by reserve goalkeeper Bojan Isailovic kept the teams on level terms. Lacking guile, pace and creativity, the Serbians had to rely on counter-attacking with two breaks shortly before halftime by Danko Lazovic and strike partner Nikola Zigic.