94:59. One second to go for the referee to blow the final whistle. That's when Luka Jovic connected. Slovenia had been having a good game against Serbia. Right back Zan Karnicnik had started, and finished, a glorious move that spanned almost the length of the pitch to put them one up. It had looked, for the longest time like that would be it, the difference maker. Slovenia's talismanic captain Jan Oblak was in terrific form in goal, while Serbia's talisman Aleksander Mitrovic was having one to forget. He was almost there, but almost is rarely enough to beat Oblak. Even before Serbia had conceded, they'd rung in the changes as they desperately sought some sort of a foothold in the match: Dusan Vlahovic for Luka Jovic had been one of them. The much-vaunted Vlahovic-Mitrovic partnership was just not clicking up top and as much as the Juventus man hated it, change was inevitable. Jovic came on and brought with him an increased urgency, that pit-bull energy forcing Serbia fo
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