Matic threatens to quit Serbia duty

After Serbia fell to another defeat on Friday, Nemanja
Matic has hinted he will step away from the national
team unless there are changes.

Chelsea midfielder Nemanja Matic has threatened to quit
international duty with Serbia unless attitudes change within the
national team.

Matic was part of a Serbia side comfortably beaten 4-1 by
Czech Republic in Ostrava on Friday, their seventh loss in the
last 11 matches.

Serbia failed to qualify for Euro 2016 - the third successive
major tournament they have missed - and Matic is deeply
frustrated.

"I always try to lead by example but some people don't want to
see that," he said.

"The attitude of some players is unacceptable, not just on the
pitch but off it too and it was obvious from the moment we got
together on Monday.

"I told our coach [Radovan Curcic] there is no point in me
carrying on with the national team if things don't change.

"I'd really like to know whether some of my team mates apply
the same poor working ethic at their clubs as they do in the
national team most of the time."