The youth fell in the finish line

RB Leipzig - Red Star 2:1 (0:1)

Stadium: "Red Bull Academy", Leipzig, Germany.

Referee: Igor Stojčevski (Macedonia).

Scorer: Širak in the 82nd minute and Šarić in the 88th minute for RB Leipzig, and Vukojević in the 47th minute for Crvena zvezda.

Yellow cards: Chirac, Kohler, Kaufman, Eduardo (RB Leipzig), Draškić (Red Star).

RB Leipzig: Dix, Norbje, Lenz, Shirak, Eduardo, Kaufman, Kohler, Buland (from 81. Šarić), Meyer (from 90. Kraus), Bayindir (from 67. Sahsa), Kos.

Reserves: Janoš, Havrilenko, Henig, Kraus, Sahse, Šarić, Kponton.

Red Star: Draškić, Tegeltija (from 62. Ostojić), Vidojević, Vukičević, Gojkov, Miranović, Lečić, Šljivić (from 80. Radujko), Maksimović (from 80. Bubanj), Vukojević (from 62. Petrović), Markočević (from 30. Cvetković).

Reserves: Marinković, Ostojić, Milosavljević, Petrović, Cvetković, Radujko, Bubanj.

Zvezda entered the game more concretely, so Markočević's header in the third minute was only an introduction to the goal that Gojkov had a little later. In the 10th minute, Šljivić twisted the ball into the penalty area, where Gojkov ran and shot hard, but it hit Koler who was standing on the goal line.

Milijaš was forced to substitute in the 30th minute when Markočević was injured, so Cvetković entered the field, and Vukojević went to the central striker position. It was Vukojević who had a great opportunity in the 35th minute when he passed Tegeltija on the right flank and crossed, and the fast-footed offensive player hit the outside of the net from a few meters away. Gojkov dribbled in the 43rd minute on the left side, and tried to cleverly outwit Dix, and instead of a cross, he tried to lob him and it almost went to his foot, because the ball went straight to the crossbar.

Our youngsters reached the deserved advantage in the 47th minute when Veljko Vukojević scored after a coordinated action from the break. Maksimović crossed for Lečić, who assisted Vukojević brilliantly with his head, and he handled himself brilliantly in the penalty area, beating Diks from the turn. But two minutes later, the post was our ally, after Buland shot from the edge of the penalty area.

Despite the fact that the home team only occasionally attacked, and our youngsters had the initiative on the field, Shirak used the space left for him in the 82nd minute and beat Draškić with a powerful shot from 20 meters. Draškić stood out soon when he saved a zicer from Eduardo, but he failed to stop Šarić, who in the 87th minute led the home team to a turnaround and set the final score.