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Tosic seals spot in Serbia squad

Tosic, used as a substitute during the qualifiers, cemented his place in the squad after a good second half of the season with Bundesliga side FC Cologne, where he moved on loan from Manchester United in January.

"Tosic could be one of the revelations of the tournament after showing his full potential in the German first division, having made a difficult decision to move to a smaller club from a big one," Antic told Reuters.

"He has shown courage, commitment and desire, which has enabled him to make tremendous progress and his individual skill will be a valuable asset in our bid to do well in the finals.

"A team's style of play rests heavily on a nation's mentality and hence we will stay committed to our qualifying when we played attacking and entertaining football throughout.

"We will start every game confident in ourselves although we are in a very demanding group, therefore I opted for players who will comprise a balanced and focused squad breathing as one."

Antic's list of players for next week's training camp in Austria includes no surprises after he dropped strikers Miralem Sulejmani and Dejan Lekic, defenders Jagos Vukovic and Slobodan Rajkovic and midfielders Nemanja Tomic and Nemanja Matic.

He still has to discard one player before FIFA's June 1 deadline and, having named four goalkeepers, is most likely to drop fourth-choice Andjelko Djuricic.

"It is not my habit to draw parallels and make comparisons but what I can promise is that we will play our hearts out to represent Serbia in the right way and not let ourselves down," he said.

"Our first task is to make sure the players stay fresh after a long season and our captain Dejan Stankovic, playing in Saturday's Champions League final for Inter Milan against Bayern Munich, may get an extra day or two off."