Without Andrija Bulatović and Lazar Savović, two of the best players of their generation, Budućnost could hardly get a better result than the 3:1 defeat two weeks ago in Trabzon.
The professional staff of the Podgorica club then decided that for the young players the domestic championship match against Bokelje was more important than the Champions League and the big stage of the stadium named after the legendary Šenol Gunes, and prepared something similar for the second leg.
Today (Wednesday, 17:2) the youth of Budućnosti will welcome the Turkish champion in the second leg of the XNUMXnd round of qualification for the UEFA elite, and it is difficult to expect that several first team leaders of our championship will be in the lineup for that duel.
All this is known after the coach of the "blue and white" Ivan Brnović decided that today's match of the round of 2 of the Cup against the second division team Igal in Bar (Budućnost's victory 1:11) will start with three youngsters who would make Budućnost much stronger today - Bodin Tomašević, Andrej Kostić and Savović - while just before the start of the match, Bulatović joined the starting XNUMX instead of Luka Mirković.
Stefan Đukanović, another talented youngster, was on the bench and played the second half.
Of course, Brnović as a coach has a legitimate right to decide which players he needs and who will play, after all, he will be the first to answer for any failures, but it seems that this time he failed the exam.
And not only him, but the entire club.
If you are already thinking about the future of Budućnost, then everyone in the Podgorica club should know that matches like tomorrow's against Trabzon are the best opportunity for Montenegrin talents to show where they are compared to their peers from Europe, that it is always a special motive to play with a ball decorated with stars Champions League.
After all, is there a better example than Andrej Kostić in the second leg of the 1st round of qualification against Dinamo Tbilisi.
In the end, his goal for the TV highlights from that match will always be remembered rather than whether Budućnost will win another title in one of the worst leagues.
What interests prevailed - it is not known, but they are definitely not the club's: what is more important than the chance for Buducnost's talent to once again properly shine on the European stage?
If Trabzonspor played in the first match with three first-team players - for one of them, Pojraz Jildirim, and Stefan Savić drew the attention of Buducnost players to how talented he is - why can't Buducnost too?
Or maybe the Montenegrin league is a more prestigious competition than the Turkish Superliga?
When everything is like that, then it doesn't have to be surprising why our football is in the state it is in now.
Only, Tomašević played the entire match against Igal today in Bar, Kostić 70 minutes, Savović and Bulatović the first half, and Đukanović the second.
All of them can be in the lineup against Trabzonspor, but playing two games in 24 hours is also possible, although modern football does not know similar examples.
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