On 17 November 2004, Serbia-Montenegro under-21 national team lost 4–0 against the Belgian u-21 team in Lokeren as part of the qualification round for the 2006 European under-21 Championship. In the wake of the disappointing result, Savićević publicly came out against u-21 head coach Milorad Kosanović by saying he should resign over the loss as well as over the fact that he did not call up any players from the teams based in Montenegro for the Belgium match. In support of his claims, Savićević stated that "Miroslav Vujadinović from Budućnost Podgorica is the best young goalkeeper in Europe and wasn't even called up for the under 21 squad" and went on to add that such state of affairs constitutes "discrimination of Montenegro".