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			Luxembourg - Yugoslavia 0-2 September 04, 2000 Nikola Lazetic (Yugoslavia) LUXEMBOURG, September 3 - Yugoslavia opened their World Cup qualifying campaign with a comfortable 2-0 victory over European group one part-timers Luxembourg on Sunday. Two powerful headers, by Parma's Savo Milosevic after four minutes and Deportivo La Coruna midfielder Slavisa Jokanovic on 26 minutes, were enough for the Euro 2000 quarter-finalists. Luxembourg, 138th in FIFA's world rankings, never looked likely to trouble the visitors, who were under new coach Ilija Petkovic. The hosts did have a couple of bright moments, notably when playmaker Luc Holtz hit the bar with a fierce hooked shot midway through the first half. But most of the action was just outside the Luxembourg area, where the home defenders worked tirelessly to keep the Yugoslav attack at bay. Milosevic wasted two good chances in the second half and Luxembourg goalkeeper Alija Besic was constantly in the thick of the action. Group 1, Round 1 - Other results Switzerland - Russia 0-1 (0-0), Faroe Islands - Slovenia 2-2 (0-1) STANDINGS   Games played W D L GF/GA Pts. YUGOSLAVIA 1 1 0 0 2-0 3 RUSSIA 1 1 0 0 1-0 3 SLOVENIA 1 0 1 0 2-2 1 FAROE ISLANDS 1 0 1 0 2-2 1 SWITZERLAND 1 0 0 1 0-1 0 LUXEMBOURG 1 0 0 1 0-2 0 Next matches October 7, 2000: Luxembourg - Slovenia, YUGOSLAVIA - Russia and Switzerland - Faroe Islands.
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