Radnički 1923 - Red Star 3:4 (2:3)

Radnički 1923 - Red Star 3:4 (2:3)

Stadium: "Chika Dača", Kragujevac.

Referee: Novak Simović.

Scorers: Gluščević in the 21st, Čined in the 38th and Zorić in the 90th minute for Radnički 1923, and Olanjinka in the 29th and 33rd and Ivanić in the 44th and 66th minutes for Crvena zvezda.

Yellow cards: Vižđi, Radovanović, Milunović, Zorić (Radnički 1923), Điga, Mijailović (Crvena zvezda).

Workers in 1923: Leković, Popović (from 46. Jovanović), Mitrović, Radovanović (from 48. Tomović), Pecelj, Zorić, Ristić, Vižđi (from 46. Bevis), Čolović, Gluščević (from 53. Tomić), Činedu.

Reserves: Pajović, Tomović, Đurić, Milošević, Vidović, Engbeso, Jovanović, Aleksić, Tomić, Vidakov, Bevis.

Red Star: Glazer, Điga, Mijailović (from 83. Milunović), Dragović, Bukari (from 67. Degenek), Hwang (from 67. Stamenić), Kanga, Lucic, Ivanić (from 75. Katai), Olanjinka, Endiaje (from 75. Beautiful).

Reserves: Popović, Degenek, Spajić, Milunović, Nikolić, Stamenić, Kangva, Katai, Mitrović, Kabić, Kraso.

Zvezda's players took the last game in the current mini-cycle before going on a representative break more than seriously, and from the start of the match, Barak Bahar's company rushed towards the goal of Kragujevac with the intention of triumphing at "Chika Dacia".

However, the home team was the first to threaten in the second minute through the whirlwind Čolović, who broke through the right flank with the intention of putting Gluščević to work, but Glazer found himself in front of Radnički's attacker and intervened. Zvezda built the game through passes that were difficult due to the terrain, so often Ivanić and Bukari decided to play "one on one". The most concrete in the opening part of the match was in the 16th minute, when Ivanić succeeded in one of his solo breakthroughs and assisted Endijae, whose shot from the box was stopped twice by Leković, and kept the home team alive.

Radnički took the lead in the 21st minute when Gluščević shot accurately from the edge of the penalty area. It didn't stay on the scoreboard for long, 1:0, because Peter Olanjinka took care of it, who equalized the result in the 29th minute, after Endiaye controlled the ball for him, and the Nigerian striker checked Lekovic from the penalty spot. However, Olanjinka decided to take matters into his own hands in the first half and completely turn the score around in the 33rd minute, after Lucic dribbled on the left flank and then played a rebound for the spirited Nigerian who hit the crossbar. However, the home team managed to equalize in the 38th minute through Chinedu, who did well in the box after the set-off. The chances of Hwang and Dragović heralded the best move in the match directed by Mirko Ivanić. It was the 44th minute when Lučić sent Ivanić to work, and he, in a small space with two dribbles, threw out the entire Radnicki defense and beat Leković.

The second half started more slowly, but again Ivanić was the one who threatened a constant threat for Leković's goal, so even in the 56th minute, after a slalom and two dribbles, he nearly scored again, but the keeper of the Radnički net was in favor a shade faster. But ten minutes later, Ivanić showed pure class. Bukari passed on the right flank, played a return pass for Ivanić, who from running up, from the edge of the penalty area, hit the crossbar without hesitation after the ball bounced.

Bahar then replaced, so Degenek, Stamenić, Katai, Kraso and finally Milunović saw the field, but the balance of forces on the field remained the same, although the home team scored another goal in stoppage time, through captain Zorić.