The German U19's made another move towards the U19 European Championship title with a late equaliser against the holders, Serbia.
A late goal from Niklas Stark earned Germany a point to put them top of Group B in the U19 European Championships in Hungary.
Nemanja Maksimović opened the scoring for the holders, who had let Germany have most of possession for the first thirty minutes. Davie Selke scored his third of the tournament just before the 4oth minute, pouncing on a terrible punch from Rajković to level things up. It took just two minutes for the Serbians to regain their first half lead. Jović was in the right place at the right time as his outstretched leg converted after another goalkeeping mistake, this time from Germnany's Oliver Schnitzler.
Serbia had a game plan and certainly stuck to it throughout the first half. They sat back from the off, letting Germany dominate the possession. Despite enjoying 86% of the possession, Germany couldn't create enough chances to take a deserved lead.
The only real action of the first thirty minutes came from Davie Selke. The youngster tried to get in behind Babic and took the shot early, but the nice move from the Germans came to no avail and the passing play continued.
Straight after thirty minutes though, Serbia capitalised on Brandt assuming the ball had gone off the field. Živković took the ball past the walking defender and put in a beautifully lifted cross to the Serbian captain, Nemanja Maksimović who stuck his head into a sandwich of Germans and put it past Schnitzler.
The Serbians continued to frustrate the Germans with their counter attacking, defensive football. As half time dawned upon the World Champions predecessors, the frustration began to show on their faces.
Davie Selke continued his fantastic run of form after his goals against Bulgaria in their last match by pouncing on a horror mistake from Rajković who attempted to punch it out but only smashed it downwards to the floor. Selke was first to react and came from the goal line to bicycle kick it into an empty goal left by the stranded Rajković.
Živković almost replied straight away with an impressive attempt from a way out of the box but the stinging shot went just over and clattered into the metal boardings.
Serbia regained their lead within minutes of the German equaliser. After Rajković's error at the other end of the pitch, Schnitzler saved him the embarrassment of making the only mistake. Živković's drilled cross on the floor came straight to the German but instead of picking it up easily, he attempted to clear it with his feet. Jović saw the opportunity and slid it past Schnitzler with an outstretched leg.
The first half's best performer, Živković, seemed to earn himself a costless kick to give Serbia an extended lead but it was he who was booked for simulation. It seemed an odd decision but the booking failed to get to him and he almost set up another goal minutes later.
Marc Stendera came on for injured Dudziak at half time, leaving Germany with a trio of Brandt, Stendera and Mukhtar behind Davie Selke.
The forced change didn't give Germany anything different though and Serbia continued to sit back in defence, having control of the possession a bit more though, enjoying
It seemed there was no way back for Germany as Serbie scored their third but Jovic had half a goal to aim at but could only direct it towards Schnitzler who stopped it well. Germany got away with a clear chance for Serbia due to Jovic's poor shot.
Another great chance fell for the Serbians, catching them on the counter once more. Pantic had Jovic to his left but powered on and tried to drive it past Schnitzler. He made himself big though and Pantic put it wide.
Serbia continued to dominate attacking proceedings, continually on the counter attack, looking very lively as Germany's frustration continued to grow. Akpoguma saved another Serbian goal with a good tackle but the Serbians continued their look for the two goal cushion.
Jovic had his chance to score his second and Serbia's first. He paced past Kempf''s challenge but as he went through on goal, one on one with Schnitzler, he couldn't decide where to put it and Kempf closed in once more, putting him under pressure and blocking brilliantly to keep Germany in the game.
Jovic another great chance to score his second as Germany's passing slowed and failed once more. Again, he couldn't convert as he put the ball straight into Schnitzler's hands.
Kempf came off in the 73rd minute for seemingly precautionary reasons after he was booted by his own keeper and Jovic as he blocked Jovic's shot.
Germany leveled once more only for it to be ruled outside quickly. It was pleasing to the eye but the second header was a fraction offside. Levin Öztunalı put in a superb cross to Davie Selke who headed goalwards for Felix Lohkemper, the recent substitute, who neatly put it past Rajokovic. It was Lohkemper who strayed slightly offside and the linesmen made a good call in raising his flag.
Despite many missed chances, Jovic had a good day in Hungary, making some fantastic second-half runs and he was replaced by Staniša Mandić in the 76th minute.
Benjamin Trümner came on for Fabian Holthau with little time left in Germany's last throw of the dice on 85 minutes as Markus Sorg became more and more animated on the touchline.
Germany demonstrated their fast, flowing football as shown against Bulgaria with just five minutes to go on the counter attack but Serbia blocked the shot from the cutback and mounted their own attack.
As Vukašin Jovanović went off to replace his shirt, Andrija Živković departed as well after a fantastic game in midfield, assisting both of Serbia's goals and creating many more chances.
After their second equaliser was ruled out, Germany found it in them to pound the Serbian box with crosses as they should have done for a long while previous. Niklas Stark let the cross come across to his right foot before giving it the touch it needed to go past Rajković, a brilliant finish from a brilliant prospect.
With the Serbian manager going wild at various things that one can only assume he was screaming about, Germany continued to batter Serbia with continuous attacks.
Serbia had a chance to counter attack after the thrilling German celebrations but the attack looked halfhearted, unlike before when they penetrated the German defence at exhilarating speeds.
The last ten minutes went from bad to worse to the Serbians as their captain left the field with a red card and a suspension to his name. Maksimović went in studs up but definitely won the ball as the game concluded and took a bath a few minutes too early for the Serbians liking as the surrounded the referee at half time.
It was an enthralling encounter and Serbia will feel far worse than the delighted Germans. Despite earning a point against the favourites, the amount of chances Serbia were handed by a poor first twenty minutes in the second half for Germany and that they missed will feel terrible and Jovic will feel the full force of that anger.
The holders chances of retaining their trophy look harder after their captain and key midfield man, Nemanja Maksimović was sent off in the closing stages.
On the other hand, Germany are closer to qualifying along with Austria, who beat * 3-0 to go through, with that draw. Davie Selke impressed for Germany once more and got his third goal of the tournament while Andrija Živković gave the Serbian football fans something to look forward to in a few years when he joins the senior side.
Serbia lie in second place as of 19:00 BST 22/07/14 while Germany are top of Group B. Ukraine could replace Serbia in second should they victor over Bulgaria. Should Ukraine draw, they'll be third on goal difference and should Bulgaria win they will leapfrog Ukraine and Serbia and move into second place.
Germany are certain to go through now and join Austria in the semi-finals, they face Ukraine on Friday evening.
It's sure that both sides who drew tonight have bright futures ahead of them and provided a fantastic encounter, it would be fitting for both to progress.