BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Radomir Antic has been fired as Serbia’s soccer coach and replaced by Vladimir Petrovic.
The former Real Madrid and Barcelona coach had been suspended for four matches by FIFA after insulting a referee at the World Cup, where Serbia was knocked out in the first round despite beating eventual semifinalist Germany.
Without Antic, Serbia won its opening European Championship qualifier against the Faeroe Islands, but tied Slovenia.
Petrovic’s first games in charge will be against Estonia and Italy next month in Group C of Euro 2012 qualifying.
