FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - World Cup - UEFA Qualifiers - Group A - Portugal v Serbia - Estadio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal - November 14, 2021 Serbia's Aleksandar Mitrovic celebrates scoring their second goal REUTERS/Pedro Nunes
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia striker Aleksandar Mitrovic hit the lowest point of his international career last November when he missed the decisive penalty of their Euro 2020 playoff final against Scotland in a shootout that sent the Scots through to the finals.
One year later, he emerged as his country's hero with a 90th-minute goal that gave the Serbians a 2-1 2022 World Cup qualifying win at Portugal on Sunday and a berth in the 32-nation tournament in Qatar.
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