Belgrade, September 29 - Defender Sinisa Mihajlovic was
named on Friday in Yugoslavia's squad for next month's World Cup
qualifiers after coming out of international retirement.
National coach Ilija Petkovic said the Lazio veteran had
reversed a decision to quit international football in the wake
of their 6-1 thrashing by the Netherlands at Euro 2000.
Yugoslavia face home matches against group one rivals Russia
on October 7 and the Faroe Islands four days later.
"The game with Russia is an extremely important one for
us...we managed to break a longstanding inferiority complex with
Russia when we beat them 1-0 in St Petersburg," Petkovic told a
news conference.
The only uncapped player in the squad is third-choice
goalkeeper Zarko Lucic.
Squad
Goalkeepers: Zeljko Cicovic (Las Palmas) Aleksandar Kocic
(Red Star Belgrade), Zarko Lucic (Buducnost Podgorica).
Defenders: Zoran Mirkovic (Fenerbahce), Sinisa Mihajlovic
(Lazio), Goran Djorovic (Celta Vigo), Nenad Sakic (Sampdoria),
Miroslav Djukic (Valencia), Ivan Dudic (Benfica), Goran
Bunjevcevic (Red Star Belgrade), Dejan Stefanovic (Vitesse
Arnhem).
Midfielders: Slavisa Jokanovic (Deportivo Coruna), Dejan
Stankovic (Lazio), Nikola Lazetic (Fenerbahce), Ljubinko
Drulovic (Porto), Sasa Ilic (Partizan Belgrade) Predrag
Djordjevic (Olympiakos Piraeus), Dragan Sarac (Austria Vienna).
Forwards: Predrag Mijatovic (Fiorentina), Savo Milosevic
(Parma), Darko Kovacevic (Juventus), Mateja Kezman (PSV
Eindhoven).
