Youngsters are out of luck again

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

Stadium: "FK Voždovac".

Referee: Dominik Stari (Czech Republic).

Scorer: Eduardo in the 73rd minute.

Yellow cards: Maksimović (Red Star), Norbje, Kinhart (Leipzig).

Red Star: Draškić, Vukičević, Vidojević (from 77. Bubanj), Milosavljević, Gojkov (from 70. Tegeltija), Petrović, Cvetković, Stojsavljević (from 77. Avdić), Maksimović (from 70. Miranović), Šljivić, Vukojević.

Reserves: Višnjić, Lečić, Avdić, Miranović, Tegeltija, Radujko, Bubanj.

Tegeltija, Radujko, Miranović, Bubanj.

RB Leipzig: Dix, Henich, Kos, Norbje, Mohamad (from 41. Kinhart), Saric (from 69. Bajindir), Buland (from 69. Jata), Lenz, Shirak, Kaufman (from 89. Zahsa), Eduardo.

Reserves: Ae, Havrilenko, Kinhart, Krause, Zahse, Bayindir, Jata.

The start of the duel was marked by solid play from both sides, and in the 11th minute, Red Star gave the first thrill to all present. After an excellent attack, the ball ended up in the feet of Stojsavljević, who broke through on the left side and crossed for Vukojević, whose header ended up just past the post. Just two minutes later, the same player had an opportunity when he "honestly" tormented Dix with a great half-volley shot, who still managed to deflect the ball into the corner. In those moments, Nenad Milijaš's team looked great, they were aggressive, especially on the last line of the guests, which they did not allow to pass the ball to our half, so Vukojević got a new opportunity from that in the 26th minute, but a slightly weaker finish cost him. hits.

The biggest chance in the first half was seen at the very end of it, and the pressure on the defensive line of Leipzig bore fruit this time, i.e. the ball was taken away. It reached Stojsavljević, who once again made a quality cross, but Vukojević was once again inches away from adequately catching the ball, which Norbje kicked out from the goal line in the continuation of the action, so the break was scoreless.

The beginning of the second part of the game was marked by slightly better energy from the guests, but the red and whites brilliantly blocked all approaches to their goal and were the first to get a serious chance when, for the umpteenth time, Vukojević was in the center of attention, who avoided the keeper with skillful dribbling and centered on the ground, but at the last moment a Leipzig defender intervened in front of Maksimović and prevented a certain goal. The passions on the field subsided after the stormy start of the second half until the 73rd minute, when Eduardo got rid of the keeper with an even more beautiful trick and managed to beat Draškić, giving the German team the lead.

Of course, that did not hinder our team at all, which continued to fight hard, and they were almost rewarded for that seven minutes before the end, when the reserve player Bubanj dropped the ball for Cvetković, who caught something worse and sent it just past Diks' goal. In the last seconds of the match, Cvetković again found himself in a great opportunity to pass Vukojević, but this attempt was also finished in an inadequate way, so Leipzig took the victory from Belgrade.