Portugal were denied three clear points after conceding two goals in the second half.
Portugal were held to a 2-2 draw by Serbia as Diogo Jota’s first-half double went in vain.
The visitors made slight alterations to the starting line-up to the game they faced against Azerbaijan as players like Sergio Oliveira, Cedric and Diogo Jota were given opportunities.
Serbia looked equally strong, possessing the likes of Eintracht Frankfurt’s Filipe Kostic, Ajax’s Dusan Tadic in the attack. Sergei Milenkovic-Savic’s presence in the midfield and Fiorentina defender Milinkovic made them look like a tough opponent on paper.
Contrarily, Portugal were in the driving seat after Liverpool’s Jota netted a double inside the first 45 minutes.
The hosts responded well when they halved the deficit in the opening minute of the second half through Mitrovic before Kostic levelled the score at the hour-mark.
The turning point of the game was the half time substitution of Nemanja Radonjic, who would set up two goals for Serbia.
Cristiano Ronaldo, who had a quiet game, had a strike denied by the officials in stoppage time, although his effort looked like it was going past the goal-line.
Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes had another ordinary day in the office as he failed to make his impact for the second time in a row.
Following their unconvincing win over Azerbaijan, Portugal have been held to a draw by Serbia due to a lacklustre second half-display.
Portugal let a two goal lead slip to draw 2-2 with Serbia in World Cup qualifying today. Ronaldo wasn’t happy when he was denied a last minute winner
Ronaldo scored a dramatic winner in the 93rd minute against Serbia to make it 3-2 to Portugal. But this was judged not to have crossed the line. You can imagine how furious he was
Line-ups
Serbia
Marko Dmitrovic, Strahinja Pavlovic, Stefan Mitrović, Nikola Milenković, Filip Kostic, Nemanja Gudelj, Sergej Milinković-Savic, Darko Lazović, Dušan Tadic, Dušan Vlahovic, Aleksandar Mitrovic
Substitutes
Predrag Rajković, Đorđe Nikolić, Uroš Spajić, Marko Petkovic, Nemanja Maksimovic, Nemanja Radonjc, Mihailo Ristić, Filip Đuričic, Andrija Živkovic, Marko Grujic, Nenad Krstičic, Luka Jovic
Portugal
Anthony Lopes, Cedric Soares, Rúben Dias, José Fonte, João Cancelo, Sergio Oliveira, Danilo Pereira, Diogo Jota, Bruno Fernandes, Bernardo Silva, Cristiano Ronaldo
Substitutes
Jose Sá, Rui Silva, Luis Neto, Domingos Duarte, Nuno Mendes, João Palhinha, Renato Sanches, Rúben Neves, André Silva, Rafa Silva, Pedro Neto, Joao Felix
