The historic moment was awaited for 18 years and a day - on March 24, 2007, the Montenegrin national football team played its first match, and on March 25, 2025, our football team qualified for its first major competition.
Credit, applause and respect go to the golden generation of Montenegrin football, to the guys who play for the youth team, to the young "falcons" who flew to the European Championship.
The boys, who started to grow with Goran Perišić, and who were led by Nenad Vukčević through the Euro qualifiers, finished the elite round in first place with a victory over Georgia (3:1) in Tbilisi and finished among the top eight on the Old Continent.
The summer ahead will be marked by young falcons and tournaments that will be played in Romania.
And, not everything started out ideally in Tbilisi for Vukčević's men, who were unable to be helped by Vasilije Adžić due to yellow cards.
The importance of the match and the historical moment seemed to have too much of an impact on our team, so the game that brought the "falcons" one step closer to the Euros was nothing during the first forty minutes.
Georgia took the lead in the seventh minute when Saba Samushija found his namesake Geguchadze, who scored a goal that shook Ognjen Milović's net.
After that, our national team survived Vakhtang Salija's crossbar and goal, Milović took down Samušija's shot, it seemed that Montenegro had no answer, but these guys once again showed character even when it wasn't going well.
They "extricated themselves" from everything in a masterful manner, with a beautiful action that "intoxicated" the hosts... Marko Tadić played in Andrija Bulatović with his heel, the future Lance midfielder found Marko Perović with a great ball, and the Almeria forward hit a perfect diagonal shot.
That goal "awakened" our team, the midfield led by Bulatović began to dominate, and the "falcons" became increasingly dangerous...
The moment of class came in the 58th minute - Andrej Camaj showed what a left foot he had, with an 18-meter projectile that tore through the Georgian net. It was a goal for TV Spice, the ball ended up in the most beautiful place, in the part where the crossbar and the goalpost meet.
The Georgians tried to come back after that, and Montenegro took advantage of everything in the 88th minute when Andrej Kostić scored - this time Perović was the assistant.
Bucharest with its two stadiums, Ploiești and Voluntari, will enjoy from June 13th to 26th the greatest talent that Europe has - among them, among many larger nations, there will be boys from Montenegro. Completely deserved - the golden generation has finally received what it perhaps deserved earlier.
GEORGIA - MONTENEGRO 1:3 (1:1)
Tbilisi - "Miheil Meski" Stadium. Referee: Sayat Karabayev (Kazakhstan). Scorers: Geguchadze in the 7th minute for Georgia, Marko Perovic in the 39th, Camaj in the 58th and Kostic in the 88th minute for Montenegro. Yellow cards: Berelidze, Amisulashvili, Gogsadze (Georgia), Tadic, M. Perovic, Karadzic, Cetkovic, Kostic (Montenegro).
Georgia: Mate Sauri, Aleksandr Amisulashvili, George Nikolashivili, Giorgi Meparishvili, Saba Geguchadze (61st Luka Babuteishvili), Alexander Peikishvili, Giorgi Gogsadze, Saba Harebashvili, Cotnelia Berelidze (65th. Chikowani), Saba Samusia (65th Levani Nachkebia).
Montenegro: Ognjen Milović, Miloš Vračar, Aleksa Karadžić, Bodin Tomasevic, Lazar Maraš, Stefan Đukanović (75. Danilo Ćetković), Andrija Bulatović, Danilo Vukanic, Andrej Camaj, Marko Perović (90+2 Marko Perović), Marko Tadic (57. Andrej Kostic).
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