Red Star - Mladost 1:0 (0:0)

Red Star - Mladost 1:0 (0:0)

Stadium: "Radomir Antić", Užice.

Scorer: Ilić in the 52nd minute.

Yellow cards: Anan (Crvena zvezda), Tumbasević (Mladost).

Red Star: Guteša (from 46. Gordić), Mimović, Đurić, Leković (from 25. Milosavljević), Radojević (from 46. Anan), Dalsio (from 69. Vasilić), Ilić (from 69. Ranković), Šljivić, Jovanović (from 46. Maksimović), Katai (from 46. Knežević), Sremčević.

Youth: Stamenković, Udovicić, Petrović, Stanisavljević, Leković, Pejović, Cvetinović, Jakubu, Bondžulić, Ljubomirac, Andrić.

They also played: Sančović, Bojić, Tumbasević, Joksimović, Divac, Pribaković, Varjačić, Žunić, Ćirić, Ćirković, Endiaje, Alempijević, Đurković.

Vladan Milojević's team, who are playing for the first time in this line-up, opened the game in a good way, so we saw a more concrete opportunity already in the fourth minute, when the newcomer Jovanović played the main role, who, after breaking through on the right flank, got the ball into the penalty area. , and shot past Stamenković's goal. After about ten minutes of fighting in the middle of the field and constant attempts by the young players of our club to break through the last line of the team from Lucan, in the 14th minute, Šljivić made a nice pass on the left side, who lined up several opposing players, but he lacked the precision to make an ideal shot. complete a solo action. Again, it was Jovanović who threatened Stamenković in the 19th minute, this time from a long distance, but the outcome was the same. Radojević stood out with his repetition on the left flank during the attack of the red and whites, and although he sent several good crosses, his teammates failed to send them away.

In the 25th minute, due to a minor injury, Leković had to leave the field, so he was replaced by Milosavljević. In the 26th minute, Ivan Guteša stood out with his first intervention in the match, when Udovicic shot from the left side. Stanisavljević had a good chance for Mladost after a corner in the 39th minute, when he headed a shot wide of the goal, and in the next attack, Katai threatened after Radojević's cross, but it was blocked. Sremčević had by far the best chance in the first half in the 42nd minute, after Radojević and Jovanović combined, the ball reached the young striker, who shot from the edge of the box, and after the intervention of Stamenković, the ball buried itself on the goal line, to defenders of Mladost reached it first and removed the danger.

At the start of the second half, Gordić, Maksimović, Knežević and Anan, who made his debut in the red and white jersey, stepped onto the field, while Guteša, Jovanović, Katai and Radojević remained in the locker room, and the captain's armband ended on the hand of the returnee - Ilić. . It was Luka Ilić who gave Crvena Zvezda the lead in the 52nd minute and in a very effective way. First, he managed to steal the ball from the defenders of Mladost, and then he fired at the ball from the edge of the penalty area and sent it under the crossbar of the Lucan goal. The game was played in the 60th minute when Maksimović and Sremčević combined, but the latter's shot from the heart of the penalty area managed to be tamed by the Mladost goalkeeper. Three minutes later, with a beautiful pass, Knežević connected with Maksimović's goal, but his shot ended up just wide of the post.

In the 69th minute, Vladan Milojević was replaced again, so last season's Red Star cadets - Vasilić and Ranković, who made their debut in the first team of Zvezda, left the field, while Dalsio and Ilić, who handed the captain's armband to Knežević, left the field. In the 74th minute, Šljivić found Knežević from the left side, who shot from twenty meters from the goal, and the ball ended up just over the crossbar. Gordić stood out with a good intervention in the 79th minute. Until the end of the match, we saw several more blocked shots by Crvena zvezda, when Šljivić and Maksimović tried, and the match ended with a minimal victory for Crvena zvezda.

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