Radnički 1923 - Red Star 0:1 (0:0)

Radnički 1923 - Red Star 0:1 (0:0)

Stadium: "Metalac".

Referee: Milan Ilić.

Scorer: Ivanić in the 85th minute.

Yellow cards: Ćosić, Evandro, Bevis, Dadić, Turaj (Radnički 1923).

Red card: Gluščević (Radnički 1923).

Radnički 1923: Lijeskić, Zeljković, Ćosić, Bevis, Evandro (from 76. Turej), Mitrović, Ristić, Mirčetić (from 64. Gluščević), Dadić (from 67. Adžić), Darli (from 76. Bulatović), Hasin (from 46. Ortiz).

Reserves: Milošević, Bulatović, Gluščević, Ortiz, Rošević, Adžić, Milojević, Golijanin, Turaj.

Red Star: M. Ilić, Mimović, Điga, Drkušić (from 46. Spajić), Seol, Dalsio, Elšnik, L. Ilić, Puma (from 72. Milson), Olanjinka (from 61. Ivanić), Duarte (from 61. Endiaje).

Reserves: Guteša, Spajić, Đurić, Knežević, Šljivić, Ivanić, Prucev, Jovanović, Milson, Endiaje.

Vanja Drkušić made his Zvezda debut in today's match, and the captain was a guy who grew up on the pitches behind the south Marakana - Luka Ilić. The first serious attempt in the match was seen in the 17th minute when Elšnik won the ball in the middle of the field, positioned himself and shot just over the crossbar from a little more than 20 meters. It was played very tightly and mostly in the middle of the field, because both teams wanted to control the events on the field. However, Zvezda was more successful in that segment, and by a lot, so the possession was over 70 percent, and Mimović made a big difference with his penetrations on the right side or in the middle when he crossed.

Seol also worked similarly on the left side, so in the 25th minute he entered the middle and shot from a long distance, duly harassing Lijeskić, who sent the ball into the corner. Drkušić almost scored on his debut, he jumped perfectly in the 32nd minute after Elšnik's corner and sent a "candle" from a difficult position towards the goal of Lijeskić, who put the ball over the crossbar. The impression was that every break by Elšnik was a great chance for our team, so he curled the ball perfectly for Điga from the corner, who "beat" his head past the goal in the 36th minute. It was as if Lijeskić was shaken by that corner, so he fumbled, but Dalsio failed to take advantage of Ilic's pass, and the young goalkeeper redeemed himself by defending. Drkušić also had a chance at the end of the first half, but after a pass from Elšnik, he was hit by a ball that he could not control properly.

Milojević was replaced already at halftime, so captain Spajić was on the field instead of Drkušić. In the continuation, Zvezda also threatened organized attacks around the home team's penalty area, but there were no more likely chances, so our expert continued to make changes - Ivanić and Endiaje entered the game, and Olanjinka and Duarte left the field. Lijeskić was a millisecond faster than Ilic after Điga brought the ball out in the 68th minute and sent it deep into the space for the attacker.

The home team was left with one less player in the last 12 minutes, so Zvezda began to attack even more. Elšnik almost missed a goal in the 81st minute, but he managed to be blocked by Mitrović. However, finally Zvezda, which absolutely dominated today, found a way to the goal of Radnički, who became more and more defensive as the game progressed, and the epithet of hero went to Mirko Ivanić. Ivanić pulled the ball diagonally from the left side 18 meters from the goal and hit the near corner of Lijeskić who was standing on the "wrong" leg. That put an end to the match, and Zvezda won three important points.