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Petar Skuletic was the hero for Serbia in Sarajevo, as he struck a hat-trick commencing in the sixth minute, and just before the midway point in the first half Milan Prso - cousin of Croatian international striker Dado - converted a penalty to make it 2-0. Although Azerbaijan's Emin Mustafayev replied from the spot four minutes before the break, Skuletic himself scored with a penalty prior to the interval and his treble was completed 16 minutes into the second half.
Aleksandar Prijovic finished the scoring late on, though Serbia, who reached the finals last year with Montenegro, do not hold the early group lead as England beat Bosnia-Herzegovina 5-0. The mini-tournament hosts are Serbia's next opponents on Sunday, when Azerbaijan look to resurrect their campaign against England. UEFA