Red Star - Novi Pazar 2:1 (1:0)

Red Star - Novi Pazar 2:1 (1:0)

Stadium: "Rajko Mitić".

Spectators: 31,700.

Judge: Nikola Radaković.

Scorers: Dragović in the 8th minute and Kanga in the 80th minute for Crvena zvezda, and Jovanović in the 81st minute for Novi Pazar.

Yellow cards: Rodić, Stamenić (Crvena zvezda), Adešina, Momčilović (Novi Pazar)

Red Star: Glazer, Rodić, Dragović, Mijailović, Bukari, Stamenić, Kangva (from 57. Ivanić), Mitrović, Lučić (from 86. Spajić), Olanjinka (from 71. Mijatović), Kraso (from 71. Kanga).

Reserves: Popović, Nedeljković, Nikolić, Degenek, Milunović, Spajić, Kanga, Ivanić, Šljivić, Kabić, Mijatović.

Novi Pazar: Mirković, Sise, Andrić, Azemović, Anan (from 71. Floro), Čirjak (from 62. Abrahams), Ergelaš, Adešina (from 71. Jovanović), Momčilović, Obradović (from 71. Golijanin), Karaklajić (from 62. Bogdanovski).

Reserves: Zogović, Abrahams, Bogdanovski, Bojat, Floro, Golijanin, Jovanović, Knežević, Kojčić.

Barak Bahar's players opened the game in a great way, because Kangwa already in the second minute pressed the last line of Pazarac and got to the ball, but shot straight at the goalkeeper. The match continued in the same rhythm, considering that just two minutes later we saw a new red and white ball being taken away, and in the continuation of the action, Kraso played past Mitrović, who was blocked. In the fifth minute, the Ivory Coast representative took a corner and found Rodić, but Mirković stopped his shot. There was no salvation for Novi Pazar in the eighth minute, when Kraso crossed into the guests' penalty area, and after a crowd, the captain - Aleksandar Dragović knocked the ball into the blue-white net for 1:0. Kraso, who found Bukari in the 13th minute, was definitely in the best mood among Zvezda, but his attempt ended up wide of the goal.

In the 23rd minute, Bukari started a recognizable action, when he made a solo breakthrough, but did not finish in the desired way. A beautiful counter attack was seen in the 27th minute when Lucic pulled the ball on the left flank, flew 40 meters and shot the near corner, and when the whole stadium saw the ball in the net, the Novi Pazar goal post shook. The game was played in the 37th minute when the side attackers of Crvena zvezda combined, then Mitrović sent a cross, and Bukari aimed a header, but Mirković managed to intervene. The Ghana national team member and Kraso combined in the 41st minute, but then the striker's attempt was blocked. The most beautiful moves in the first half were seen in the very finish, when the attack of Zvezda was led by Lučić, who threw out the keeper with ovations from the stands, and after breaking through the penalty area, Kraso finished the action, and the ball went right by the goalpost, and the red was with a minimal advantage. - the whites finished the first half.

The second half started with a beautiful choreography by our most ardent fans dedicated to Maracana, which is celebrating its 60th birthday, and we enjoyed the pyrotechnic performance, which magnified the jubilee of our stadium. In the 57th minute, the entrance of Mirko Ivanić, who returned to the Crvena Zvezda team after a minor injury, was accompanied by applause, when he entered the field instead of Kangwa. In the 61st minute, we saw the first real chance in the second part of the game, when Kraso played past Olanjinka, and the Nigerian's shot was saved by the visitors' goalkeeper. Ivanić tried his shot in the 67th minute, but Mirković managed to tame his attempt. Just two minutes later, first Bukari tried a shot after breaking through on the right flank, and after a deflection, Stamenić also attempted a shot, which was blocked.

It was the 74th minute when Ivanić and Mitrović combined, and the Serbian national team member was brought down in the penalty area of Novi Pazar by Cisse and a penalty was awarded for our team. The executor from the penalty spot was Gelor Kanga in the 80th minute for 2:0 and a big celebration from the stands. Just a minute later, Novi Pazar scored a goal, and the scorer was Jovanović. Crvena zvezda's reserve, Mijatović had a chance in the 86th minute, when the shot was tamed again by the goalkeeper of Pazarac.