From the special reporter "Vijesti"
Ivan Lendl, the Czech tennis legend, obsessively wanted to win Wimbledon for years, and in the end, after many failed attempts, he just said that it was "grass for cows." Similarly, Montenegrin football players always try when the rival was the homeland of "Ivan the Terrible", but unlike him, they usually don't even threaten.
Our national team played against the Czech Republic for the sixth time, was defeated for the sixth time, and did not manage to score in the fifth competitive match either - the "proud lions" are, as many times before, without much trouble. scored points against the "falcons" (2:0).
After two triumphs against outsiders at the start of World Cup qualifiers, as many times before, disappointment followed when it was most expected.
Only three rounds have passed, a lot is at stake, but the United States, Mexico and Canada now seem much further ahead.
JANKOVIC'S MISTAKE, VAR ANSWERED VUKOTIC'S GOAL
When coach Robert Prosinecki arrived in Montenegro, he said he would never play with three centre-backs. He was forced to give up on that due to injuries against Turkey, and now he has tried to surprise the Czechs.
The defense with three men, although it was more like a five-man defense, held for about twenty minutes, and then everything collapsed after a mistake.
Marko Janković unnecessarily lost the ball 25 meters from our goal, and Adam Hložek took advantage of the gift. A precise shot from the edge of the penalty area - 1:0.
Montenegro managed to score for the first time in the fifth competitive match against the Czechs, but this time VAR said no - it was a fantastic goal by Milan Vukotić with an assist from Stevan Jovetić, but the replay showed that the captain was offside.
The ten minutes after the Czech Republic's goal brought the most excitement, and the hosts could easily have scored a second goal from them - defender Ladislav Krejči headed the ball in, checking Igor Nikić, but not Stefan Savić, who saved Montenegro from the goal line.
Robert Prosinečki's team improved their game a bit by the end of the first half, and the Czech Republic was less dangerous. Jovetićević tried to pull the "falcons" back, but all that came was a dangerous shot from Vukotić.
THE SYSTEM'S DISSOLVED CONTINUES
If VAR was against Montenegro in the first half, it saved our national team at the beginning of the second - Vaclav Černy scored, but Patrik Sik was offside at the beginning of the action.
However, it was only a prelude to the "Falcons"' downfall. Prosinecki "stomped" the team in the 62nd minute with three substitutions, and apparently completely missed everything, because just two minutes later the scoreboard at the "Dusan Arena" read 2:0.
The Czechs quickly took a corner kick, Černy crossed it, and Šik caught our defense asleep and headed it in.
Only the Bayer Leverkusen striker could have completely knocked out Montenegro, but he didn't take advantage of three big chances, and Nikić was also saving the "falcons".
And then in the 87th minute our national team had their first real shot on target - Jovetić shot, Stefan Mugoša deflected the ball with his heel, but Matej Kovarž made a great save. Nikola Krstović ran to the rebound, but the goal didn't come even from two meters, because Jaroslav Zeleni slipped in brilliantly.
Another Czech horror story is over, and a hellish September is just around the corner - in just a few days, a new duel with the Czechs and a clash with Croatia
CZECH REPUBLIC - MONTENEGRO 2:0
Plzen - "Dusan Arena". Attendance: 10.889. Scorers: Hložek in the 23rd and Šik in the 65th. Referee: Serdar Gozubujuk (Netherlands). Yellow cards: Coufal (Czech Republic), Vešović, Lončar and Vujačić (Montenegro).
Czech Republic: Kovarž - Coufal, Holeš, Krejči, Zeleni - Souček, Červ (from 46. Sadilek) - Černi (from 77. Kusej), Šulc (from 90. Kral), Hložek (from 28. Provod) - Šik (from 76. Hori).
Montenegro: Nikić - Vujačić, Savić, Šipčić (from 84. Mugoša) - Radunović (from 63. A. Vukčević), Vešović (from 84. M. Vukčević), Kuč (from 62. Lončar), Janković, Vukotic (from 62. Osmajić) - Jovetic, Krstović.
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