Defeat of the youth in the goleady

Manchester City - Red Star 5:2 (1:0)

Stadium: "Manchester City Academy".

Referee: Marek Radina (Czech Republic).

Scorers: Lawrence in the 43rd and 48th, Dixon in the 50th, Taylor in the 55th and Heskey in the 81st minute for Manchester City, and Mijatovic in the 57th and Bubanj in the 77th minute for Red Star.

Yellow cards: Galvez, Susoho (Manchester City), Vukičević (Red Star).

Manchester City: Grant, Samuel (from 88. Carrington), Simpson, Alleini, Galvez (from 88. Adam), Susoho (from 88. Wright), Ruprecht (from 75. Heskey), Oboavodu, Dixon, Taylor, Lawrence (from 88. Warhurst).

Subs: Murray, Carrington, Wright, Okeke, Adam, Heskey, Warhurst.

Red Star: Marinković, Nedeljković, Milosavljević, Vukičević, Stojsavljević, Lečić (from 53. Miranović), Petrović (from 53. Cvetković), Šljivić (from 72. Ostojić), Maksimović (from 72. Bubanj), Vukojević (from 64. Gojkov), Mijatović.

Reserves: Draškić, Ostojić, Vidojević, Miranović, Cvetković, Gojkov, Bubanj.

The red and white juniors came out in strong formation against Manchester City's under-18 team in the first duel of the group stage of the Youth Champions League. The players of both teams went on the offensive, and we saw the first danger in the match from the hosts of the match. In the third minute, the captain of Crvena zvezda played - Marinković shortened the corner of the goal and saved Ruprecht's shot. In the 11th minute, Vukojević placed the ball with his chest for Šljivić, who "pulled back" our team's counterattack and then employed Maksimović. However, the final pass of the popular "Messi" failed to reach center forward Mijatović. The ideal movement of our team's attacker was phenomenally accompanied by Maksimović, who "connected" Mijatović with a goal in the 16th minute by passing between the back and stopper positions. However, a shot with the right, relatively speaking "weaker" leg, by the player born in 2005 ended up wide of the goal.

Once again, Nenad Milijaš's team showed a good transition in the 26th minute. Maksimović and Mijatović combined, while Nedeljković accompanied the complete action on the right side. However, the young right-back had no space to shoot. Mijatović shot strongly and precisely from the edge of the penalty area, but straight at Grant in the 34th minute after Vukojević's return pass. Despite the excellent defense of the red and whites, in the 43rd minute, Manchester City scored through Lawrence.

The start of the second part of the game did not start ideally for our team, because Lawrence made it 2:0 in the 48th minute. After only 120 seconds, Marinković perfectly stopped Taylor's shot from the penalty area, but Dixon reacted and scored another goal for the representative of England. Then Taylor scored in the 55th minute for Manchester City, but a positive reaction from our team followed just two minutes after conceding the goal. Stojsavljević sent a cross from the left flank, Cvetković hooked the ball, just long enough for it to reach Mijatović, who reacted quickly and "packed" the ball into the net from 11 meters.

Captain Marinković brilliantly saved two 100% opportunities for Manchester City players in the 63rd minute, demonstrating an incredible reflex and earning applause from the stands. A calmer period of the match followed, and then the striker tandem Mijatović-Bubanj performed a great combination in the opponent's half in the 77th minute. First, reserve player Bubanj "deceived" his keeper with skillful dribbling and left the ball to the strong Mijatović for a shot. After that, the "bomb" of Zvezda's nine managed to be defended by Grant with the utmost efforts, but Bubanj saw off everything, who nailed the ball behind the back of the goalkeeper of Manchester City 4:2. However, in the 81st minute, Hesky scored a goal to restore the home team's three-goal advantage and set the final score.