Vasilije Adžić and Andrija Bulatović, the two biggest trump cards that already decide the matches of the senior national team, were absent due to yellow cards, as were Marko Perović, Marko Tadić and Aleksa Karadžić, but Montenegro was one step away from a historic point.
Our youth national team held on heroically in a historic match, but collapsed in the 91st minute when Romania completed the turnaround - 2:1, at the start of the European Championship.
The regret remains, but the fact remains that history was written tonight in Bucharest, as the "young falcons" are our first football team to appear in a major competition.
And it did not disappoint, even though the host was the better rival.
A moment that will be remembered forever happened in the 13th minute when Vuk Vlahović, after a pass from Andrej Kostić, scored a goal for all time - he masterfully placed it for a big 1:0.
Romania attacked after that, had many chances, Ognjen Milović shone in our goal, and equalized in the 63rd minute when defender Emanuel Marinkau scored.
From time to time, Nenad Vukčević's team was able to threaten, reserve player Filip Perović (who also tried an attractive scissor kick) brought a lot of liveliness, but the Romanians were still more dangerous.
And, they scored when it was best - reserve David Barbu scored and crushed Montenegro's dreams of a debut.
For the "young falcons" nothing is lost yet - the match against Denmark is next on Monday at 17 pm.
The match is over, a shocking defeat for Montenegro, but also a well-deserved victory for Romania against the weakened "falcons" (2:1).
95 ' - Great chance for Montenegro in the final moments - after a corner kick from Ćetković, Perović tried, but the Romanians were luckier out of the crowd.
91' - Too bad, weakened Montenegro gave up in the very end - Barba scored.
Romania - Montenegro 2:1.
86 ' - Crma Gora's goalposts shook - Simonaš caught our defense sleeping.
84 ' - Montenegro had a great chance. Perović brought a lot of liveliness to the "falcon" attack, and after winning a throw-in, the ball reached Maraš who shot it perfectly into the box, but one of the Romanian defenders intervened in front of Camaj at the last moment.
83 ' - The scorer of the historic goal, Vlahović, comes out, and Lazar Šekularac scores.
77 ' - What an attempt by Filip Perović - he masterfully caught the scissors kick after Camaj's throw-in, but the ball ended up wide of the goal.
74 ' - New change in our national team: Filip Perović replaced Andrej Kostić.
67 ' - Nenad Vukčević's boys want to respond immediately - Vračar won a corner kick, after which Camaj crossed, but Kostić could not pose a more dangerous threat.
63' - Goal for Romania, it seems that all the substitutions by the hosts have disrupted our team a bit.
It was scored by the goalkeeper Marinkau after a free kick. Our guys defended for a long time, but Romania deservedly equalized.
62 ' - The fact that he substituted all three offensive players in the same minute shows how dissatisfied Romania coach Marin Jon is with the striker's performance.
58 ' - First substitution in our national team: Danilo Ćetković came on, and Đukanović left the game.
57 ' - Romania had the first big chance in the second half - Pakuraru shot, but Milović was once again great.
The 2nd half begins, there were no changes in the Montenegrin team.
End of the 1st half - Montenegro has a phenomenal result after the first 45 minutes in major competitions.
Vuk Vlahović scored a goal for history in the 13th minute, after which our national team knew how to defend, so the "young falcons" went into the break with a 1:0 lead against Romania.
43 ' - Good cross from Maraš from the left, Romanian goalkeeper Munteanu misjudged the ball's flight, but there weren't enough of our players in the penalty area to capitalize on the gift.
39 ' - The young Falcons need to relieve the pressure, the Romanians are becoming more and more dangerous - Milović saved Montenegro once again after Tarba's shot.
The current shot on goal ratio is 9:1 for the home team.
32 ' - Montenegro could have scored a second goal after the action of two defenders - Maraš threw the ball into the penalty area from the outside, the ball reached Vračar, but our captain did not catch it well.
28 ' - The home team threatens once again - Tarba shot well on the ground, but Milović intervened brilliantly.
Montenegro retreated a lot after Vlahović's goal.
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