When Serbia takes on Chile at the Mekur Arena, Graz, Austria, it will be a meeting of two sides who have had pretty contrasting over the past year or so. While Serbia despite its limited quality in the squad is going to Russia to play in the World Cup, Chile have continued to underwhelm and botched up their qualifiers and have won just twice out eight matches played recently. But their failure to grab a World Cup berth has hurt the image of Chilean football the most.

Mladen Krstajic’s Serbia got a victory under its belt against the Nigerians in their last match and the match is seen as a measure to boost fitness ahead of their first World Cup match in 8 years. The dynamic duo of Manchester United’s Nemanja Matic and Lazio’s Sergej Savic have not hidden top gear yet but slowly and steadily linking well. Savic, in particular, has fluffed his lines in the last two friendlies and will be under pressure to do well. The main idea behind Serbia opting to play competitive teams is to get the feel as they face quality sides like Brazil in Russia.

Chile, on the other hand, have issues of the own with top players like Alexis Sanchez struggling for form. Sanchez in particular looks plane shadow of himself since joining Manchester United from Arsenal. La Roja succumbed to a 3-2 loss against Romania and their confidence seems to have really dropped off late. Their meeting with Serbia gives Chile the opportunity to arrest the slide and players like Arturo Vidal and Eduardo Vargas will be the key. Their last encounter against Serbia back in 2002 ended in a defeat and Chile will want to avoid back to back losses at all costs. A cautious draw being played out looks the most probable result here.

Serbia vs Chile Football Match, Time and Schedule:

Serbia vs Chile International friendly football match takes place on June 04 at the Merkur Arena in Austria. The football match will kick-off at 11:30 PM IST.

Serbia vs Chile Football Match, Live Telecast in India available?

Unfortunately, the live telecast of the football match won’t be available in India. Though Sony Pictures Network holds the broadcast rights of FIFA World Cup 2018 in India, they won’t be telecasting warm-up matches ahead of the tournament proper.

Serbia vs Chile Football Match, Free Live Streaming Online available in India?

Same goes for the live streaming of Serbia vs Chile match. With no live telecast available in India, the football match won't be streamed online in this part of the world. The live score of the match can be accessed from Google.

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