Fenerbahce - Red Star 1:3 (0:2)

Fenerbahce - Red Star 1:3 (0:2)

Stadium: "Smena Arena", Saint Petersburg, Russia.

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Referee: Evgenij Kukuljak.

Yellow card: Aziz, Crespo, Jandaš, Samuel, Pedro (Fenerbahçe), Rodić, Mijailović, Bukari, Kraso (Red Star).

Scorers: Pedro in the 79th minute for Fenerbahce, and Olanjinka in the 1st, Ivanić in the 38th and Lucic in the 82nd minute for Crvena zvezda.

Fenerbahçe: Bayindir (from 46. Egribayat), Samuel, Enrique (from 46. Aziz), Salaj, Perez (from 74. Ostervold), Arao (from 21. Jukšek), Krsepo (from 87. Kocaturk), Kaveci (from 66 . Pedro), Capacak (from 46. Kent), Bachuai (from 66. Mor), Dzeko (from 66. Jandaš).

Red Star: Popović, Eraković (from 63. Spajić), Mijailović (from 81. Nikolić), Dragović (from 81. Milunović), Bukari (from 63. Nedeljković), Stamenić (from 77. Ado), Kangva (from 70. Kanga), Mitrović (from 70. Lucić), Ivanić (from 70. Šljivić), Olanjinka (from 63. Rodić), Kraso (from 63. Mijatović).

Zvezda needed only 20 seconds to score, which speaks volumes for the transition that Barak Bahar's team has. Kraso ran through the middle, and in his manner assisted Peter Olanjinka, who beat Bayindir from the edge of the penalty area. Zvezda continued to give enormous headaches to the defenders of Fenerbahçe through pressing, who, like the players of Zenit and Nefchi, could not get the ball out of their half. Kraso was very noticeable, despite the fact that his primary role was to be a striker, he often moved to the middle of the field and acted as a creator, and in those moments, Olanjinka would go further forward and look for space, identically to when he scored a goal.

Olanjinka almost scored again in the 17th minute when he "caught" a volley, and the ball practically passed through the hands of Bajindir, who straightened himself up and then intervened from the goal line. He created Krasso again, and he played in the 28th minute when Kangwa decided to finish the counter by himself, although he had other solutions, namely with a powerful shot, which ended up just past the goal post of Fenerbahçe. Shots from distance by Bukari and Kraso only heralded the 38th minute when the latter crossed for Olanjinka, and he headed into the undefended part of the net, where Mirko Ivanić only confirmed the goal. At the end of the first half, Popović stood out with a fantastic defense and managed to stop Bachuai's shot from the goal line.

In the second half, we saw a somewhat calmer Zvezda, although the players of our team did not give up on pressing. However, the focus was on controlling the pace of the match, and Zvezda did it mostly through Kangwa, who made a great impression today. However, Fenerbahçe players managed to score a goal in the 79th minute when Pedro was the highest in the jump and beat Popović. Vladimir Lučić made sure that there was no hint of uncertainty with a goal in the 82nd minute after Nikolić sent a good cross, and the talented offensive player set the final score with a routine realization.