Nebojša Marković
@MarkovicNeb
Serbian Football Journalist | Writing featured @guardian @FourFourTwo @srfsport @altairmagazine & more | Tweets 🇷🇸🇬🇧
✍️ My story for The Guardian about FC Copenhagen's Champions League rise. Their successes intrigued me, so I went to 🇩🇰 to investigate about: • their remarkable academy • shades of Ajax 2018-19 strategy • a young coach inspired by Pep & De Zerbi 👇👇 theguardian.com/football/2024/…
Before or after the Olympics?
JUST IN: NASA says there is a 3.1% chance an asteroid will hit Earth in 2032, making it the highest risk of an asteroid strike ever assessed by the agency.
Borac Banjaluka v Olimpija Ljubljana 1988-89: Top 2 in Yugoslav 2nd league 2024-25: European knockout clash (Although the old Olimpija went bankrupt in 2005 and the new club was established)
The knockout phase play-off draw is complete ✅ #UECL | #UECLdraw
Not the group Serbia wanted. The road to World Cup starts in June 2025 and will be a really complicated one.
🔥 Србија је сазнала противнике у квалификацијама за Светско првенство 2026. године у САД, Канади и Мексику. 🟦 ГРУПА К 🏴 Енглеска 🇷🇸 Србија 🇦🇱 Албанија 🇱🇻 Летонија 🇦🇩 Андора #FIFAWorldCup #WeAre2026
Well this is something to get you thinking.
Football in 2024 is absolutely incredible. And a little underwhelming. Is it all starting to look the same? thetimes.com/article/c813b2…
Dejan Joveljić 🇷🇸 scoring in the MLS Cup, things you love to see. #MLSCup
¡DOBLE GOLPE DEL GALAXY! 😃🎉 Dejan Joveljić amplía la ventaja con un gol que desata la euforia en la afición del LA Galaxy. #MLSenFOX
This will come back to haunt me, but it's a bit of fun😄 Here's what I think could happen in 🇷🇸⚽️ in 2025, without a strong argument for some of these. Nothing on WC qualifiers as the draw is yet to happen. Also, my final prediction - a number of bookmarks on this tweet 😂
If Serbian 🇷🇸 football pyramid gets a revamp in 2026, why not change the cup competition too? 🤔 My idea could seem idealistic, but is actually doable. There'd be much more fun and no more Wednesday 1pm kick-offs no one even knows about. Here's one way it could be done 👇
🆕 Yesterday, Serbian FA 🇷🇸 announced details for the proposed changes to the domestic football pyramid. Expected TBC in early 2025 & start from the 2026-27 season. For me, unexpectedly positive changes. Here are the key things to know, with other details yet to be decided 👇
🆕 Yesterday, Serbian FA 🇷🇸 announced details for the proposed changes to the domestic football pyramid. Expected TBC in early 2025 & start from the 2026-27 season. For me, unexpectedly positive changes. Here are the key things to know, with other details yet to be decided 👇
Need a football book to buy yourself (or someone else) for the holidays? Here's my short list of the ones I loved in the past year or two. If you're a football and history nerd like me, I believe you'll enjoy these 🙃👇
December's here, so this month we'll get to see the draw for the 2026 World Cup European qualifiers. Here are some of my ideas no one asked for, of different groups Serbia could get: 1. 🇦🇹🇷🇸🇲🇪🇱🇹 2. 🇫🇷🇷🇸🏴🇦🇲 3. 🇭🇷🇷🇸🇧🇦🇧🇬 4. 🇮🇹🇷🇸(🇬🇧)🇫🇴🇸🇲
So much time went into this, just for Novak to remain the GOAT before and after this thread 🤷♂️
A 🧵 detailing why I call Federer the "greatest of them all" & why I have say Djokovic is the GOoAT (Greatest Opportunist of All Time).
Do kad ćemo da se pravimo da ovo čini rivalstvo velikim?
“One day Rafa made himself my phone lock screen and I liked it so much that I just never changed it.” — Roger Federer on his relationship with Rafael Nadal, Vogue 2022 🥹
It's Serbia 🇷🇸 v 🇨🇭 Switzerland *again* tomorrow night. The 2018 & 2022 World Cup's heartbreaking losses started crises for Serbia. Hopefully this time this match can be a start of something much better. 🤨 ✍️👇 srf.ch/sport/fussball…
Belgrade's 174th Eternal derby about to start as Partizan host Red Star.
"Only in Serbia." Oh wait... 😏
Viennese derby between Rapid Vienna and Austria Vienna has descended into total chaos. On-pitch battles between rival supporters, fireworks being thrown into stands from pitch invaders.
Serbia 🇷🇸 earn a 0-0 draw vs European champions Spain 🇪🇦 in Belgrade. Not something many expected, but a great performance with a much changed team from the one that crashed out of Euros in the group stage. #NationsLeague
Czechia 🇨🇿 with 1⃣5⃣ European wins THIS summer. Serbia's 🇷🇸 15th European win from today was in early 2022.
Most wins this season in UEFA competitions: 1⃣5⃣ Czechia 🇨🇿 1⃣4⃣ Sweden 🇸🇪 1⃣3⃣ Armenia 🇦🇲 1⃣2⃣ Norway 🇳🇴 1⃣1⃣ Slovenia 🇸🇮, Poland 🇵🇱, Latvia 🇱🇻 1⃣0⃣ Hungary 🇭🇺 Czech 🇨🇿 clubs have won 15 out of 20 matches they played this season. Insane!
Djokovic 2014-23: 18 slams in 36 appearances (vs 17 in 40) 24 masters in 58 (vs 20 in 74) Sorry🤷♂️
Fed didn't just elevate tennis & refigure its aesthetics, he also went on the greatest 10-year run the sport will ever see (2003-12). Total finals: 100 Finals won: 72 Slams won: 17 WTFs won: 6 And the crown-jewel stat. SPW: 70.2% RPW: 40.6% The greatest of 'em all. 👑