Ironically, although reduced to 10 players at that point, the Serbian side seemed invigorated and five minutes later nearly scored on a header from Nemanja Vidic.

The second and decisive penalty occured when Zdravko Kuzmanovic was charged with 'handballing'. Ghana converted the opportunity in front of the Serbian goal.

"We are all disappointed. The game was poor, our players were too relaxed. I thought at the very least we would get one point, with a tie. We are totally disappointed," said Novak, a young Belgrader, at the end of the game.

"We lost because of Kuzmanovic' s hand, something he shouldn' t have permitted himself to do. I am agitated but I will not go and smash something...I' m going for a run to get rid of my nervous energy," said Slobodan.

Andjelina stated that "this was a catastrophy. I didn' t expect our side to win, but I didn' t expect Ghana to win either."

When asked about Serbia' s chances against Germany, the strongest contender in the Group, Katerina provided a view balanced portions of realism and optimism, "Our maximum would be 0-0 or 1-1, one point. But hope dies last. We will get through to the next stage."

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