Montenegrin football players went to Plzeň to chase victory, secretly wanting at least a point - they got neither, they were too far from breaking the negative streak against the Czech Republic.
The Czechs celebrated 2:0, their third win in as many matches in World Cup qualifiers, and the "falcons" suffered their first defeat after beating Gibraltar and the Faroe Islands in Nikšić in March.
Robert Prosinečki's team lost by two points, realistically it could have been three or four if it hadn't had the enthusiastic Igor Nikić in goal, who saved several shots after Patrik Schick headed home a 2-0 goal midway through the second half.
Montenegro stopped playing after that goal, and had their only real chance in the 87th minute when Nikola Krstović's attempt from the goal line was saved by home defender Jaroslav Zeleni.
The Czech Republic took the lead in the 23rd minute through Adam Hložek, but in the 25th minute, our team had a great goal by Milan Vukotić disallowed because assistant Stevan Jovetić was offside.
The Czech goal was later disallowed, but 2:0 was enough for them, and they won for the sixth time in as many matches against Montenegro - with a goal difference of 15:1.
Montenegro welcomes the Czech Republic on September 5th, and three days later they host Croatia, who easily won in Gibraltar tonight - 7:0.
Before that, the "falcons" welcome Armenia in a friendly match on Monday.
End of the match - Montenegro lost 2:0 to the Czech Republic for their first defeat in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
The "Falcons" also continued their negative streak against the Czechs, who won for the sixth time in as many head-to-head matches.
Five minutes of stoppage time will be played.
The first real danger in front of the Czech goal came only in the 87th minute.
Jovetić tried, then Mugoša, and finally Krstović, whose shot from the goal line was saved by defender Zeleni.
With about ten minutes left, the Czechs have a clear advantage.
Mugoša and Marko Vukčević came in instead of Šipčić and Vešović - Prosinečki threw all his cards to attack, but it seems it's too late.
Nikić had three serious chances in the last ten minutes - he saved Šik's shots all three times.
Montenegro did too little in the second half, almost nothing - especially after the Czech Republic took a 2-0 lead.
Czech domination after the second goal, Šik had two excellent chances in just one minute. Both times he was stopped by Nikić.
Nikić made a clean save in the 70th minute - Šik attempted a header from a few meters away.
Czech Republic leads 2:0 from the 65th minute - mThe "falcon"'s goal was shaken by Šik's header after the break.
Our team conceded a goal just three minutes after Prosinečki made three changes in an attempt to turn the situation on the field around. Watch Šiko's goal here.
Three changes in our team - Lončar, Osmajić and Andrija Vukčević are in the game instead of Kuč, Vukotić and Radunović.
12 minutes passed in the second half, not much was played due to several interruptions.
The Czech goal was disallowed after a call from the VAR room.
Šiko was called offside at the very beginning of the action, the score remained 1:0.
The Czech Republic leads 2:0 after less than two minutes of play in the second half.
He raised Cerni, who easily passed down the right side, outsmarted Jankovic and checkmated Nikic.
Our team could not have imagined a worse start to the second half.
The second half began, Prosinecki did not change anything.
The first half in Plzen has ended - Montenegro is down a goal in the duel with the Czech Republic, and the difference was made by a goal by Hložek in the 23rd minute, a player who left the field due to injury in the 30th minute.
In the 25th minute, Vukotić scored a great goal, but it was disallowed due to Jovetić being offside.
In the same group, Croatia leads 2:0 against Gibraltar at half-time - Pašalić and Budimir scored.
Our players had two corner kicks in a row, but they didn't cause any problems for the Czechs.
Then Vukotić tried from 16 meters, but he shot far from the goal.
Five minutes to the end of the first half.
Montenegro got lucky in the 30th minute after he passed Cerni and passed the ball to Šik six meters from Nikić's goal.
Janković was ready and agile and eliminated the danger, and about fifty seconds later Savić saved a clean goal from Krejči's shot.
Nothing from Vukotić's goal, it turned out that Jovetić had previously been offside.
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