Behind the south of the Maracana - Younger pioneers beat Juventus

Vladimir Vučić's students registered a goal difference of 13:1, and magically won first place in the competition of 16 teams. After defeating Aston Villa 2:0 in the quarter-finals, it was the turn of Juventus, who were outplayed by the same score. In the end, in the final game, after 0:0, penalty kicks were taken, and our team was better with 6:5. Apart from the collective recognition in the form of a cup, Danilo Koljčević was also awarded for the first goalkeeper of the tournament.

- An incredible success was achieved, but I must point out that we started the tournament full of confidence and felt that we could do something big. I am overjoyed that my boys played against some of the best teams from the strongest leagues in Europe and showed that they can come through against guys who dream of playing in the Premier League and Serie A one day... For me, the decisive match was against Aston Villa in the quarter-finals, a 2-0 win gave us the wind at our backs for Juventus in the semi-finals. When you are brave, as my players were, luck follows you to the end, and we celebrated after a better penalty shootout in the final against Legia. The concentration was at the highest possible level for their age and I can only be proud of this group of boys. This success will mean us for further work, because we have shown that we have the quality to deal with numerous giants and I expect the same approach in the matches of the domestic championship - concluded Vladimir Vučić.

The winners of the tournament are: Danilo Koljčević, Maksim Živojinović, Andrej Arsenijević, Nikša Papović, Mateja Masev, Lazar Jevtić, Aleksa Rajić, Petar Mijušković, Lav Radojević, Dušan Vasiljević, Mihajlo Radović, Ognjen Matanović, Jovan Milošević, Filip Obradinović, Aljoša Vajić, Strahinja Lazić, Aleksandar Simonović and Vuk Jugović.