3. Yugoslavia 3-3 Slovenia – 2000 group stages
We got one more sensational story from one of the 2000 EURO Championship group stages, probably the last of them and arguably the best among them. This is also regarded as one of the most memorable comebacks in international football. You might be wondering this was just a group game and at the end was a draw, but at the same time, it was also a classic example of comebacks in football.
Slovenia were the underdogs and Euro debutants, but they led Yugoslavia 3 goals to nil and were coasting after a brace from their star player Zahovic in this derby. Then, Yugoslavia’s Mihajlovic was sent off with a second yellow to aggravate things. This appeared to be the final nail in Yugoslavia’s coffin.
But so quickly the fortunes change in the game of football, the Serbs with ten men were pumped up With less than twenty-five minutes left on the clock, Milosevic scored for Yugoslavia, then Drulovic put one in and finally Milosevic scored the equalizer, all three goals coming in the space of six minutes.
It seemed the drama was over but Slovenia regained their footing, and it required a goal-line clearance from Ivan Dudic to deny Slovenia a dramatic, injury time winner. In the end, Yugoslavia earned a vital point and went on to qualify for the quarterfinals on the basis of more goals scored than Norway, since both were tied on points and goal difference.
