Tonight, Serbia will play against England for the first time as an independent country, in contrast to Montenegro, which after the restoration of independence even ended up in the group with the country where football was born in three cycles.
Since there was no duel between "Orlov" and "Albion", a match from the younger categories, played in 2006, the day after the referendum in Montenegro, still sounds interesting today.
The youth team of Serbia and Montenegro, led from the bench by Miodrag Radulović, and on the field with Milan Đurišić, Balša Božoviće, Boban Čabarkapa, Darko Marković and Ivan Vuković, defeated England 1:0.
It was in the elite stage of qualifying for the European Championship, and the winning goal was scored by one of the Montenegrins - Milan Đurišić.
Despite the great victory, the "Blues" did not manage to go to the Euros, but they also crushed the dreams of the English, for whom Joe Hart, Adam Johnson, Matthew Connolly, among others, played at the time...
"There is no future in England's dreams," Uefa wrote at the time, praising the skills of Đurišić.
Đurišić was a child of Budućnost, he played for OFK Titograd, Lovćen and Mogren, and spent the last four years of his career in Iskra.
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