Chelsea's Nemanja Matic (R) challenges Stoke City's Marko Arnautovic during their FA Cup soccer match at Stamford Bridge in London January 26, 2014. REUTERS/Toby Melville
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbian football fans are fed up with the national team's excuses for underperforming and it is imperative that the Balkan country qualify for the Euro 2016 tournament, midfielder Nemanja Matic has said.
The Serbians failed to reach either Euro 2012 or this year's World Cup and Matic, who rejoined Chelsea in January after the Premier League side had sold him to Benfica in 2011, believes they must emerge from a tough qualifying group if they want to regain the respect of fans back home.
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