BELGRADE: Serbia midfielder Nemanja Matic criticised his team mates and said he was on the verge of quitting the national team after Friday's 4-1 drubbing by the Czech Republic in a friendly.
"I always try to lead by example but some people don't want to see that," the 27-year-old Chelsea enforcer told Serbian media on Saturday after a poor performance in Ostrava.
"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."
The Serbians failed to qualify for Euro 2016 after an awful campaign, having also missed out on the 2014 World Cup and Euro 2012.
The national team's managing director Savo Milosevic, a former Aston Villa striker, hinted that he and Curcic could pay the price for the barren spell.
Reuters
