A single goal towards the end of the match in Podgerica was enough to send Mladost through.
Europa League Q1, 2nd leg Mladost Podgerica - Videoton FC 1-0 (0-0) Aggregate 2-2 (Mladost progress on the away goal rule) Podgerica: Vujadinovic - Tomic (Pavicevic, 88.), Sofranac, Mitrovic, Zivkovic - Taku, Sankovic - Savicevic, Kaljevic (Knezevic, 70.), Seratlic - Markovic Videoton: Tujvel - Szolnoki, Caneira, Vinícius, Stopira - Tóth B., Gomes - Oliveira (Paraiba, 56.), Kovács I., Gyurcsó (Kleinheisler, 80.) - Nikolics |
The match kicked off in the Montenegro national stadium at an early 17:30pm in warm conditions. A storm had been threatening to hit Podgerica around the time of the match, which eventually did not materialize. Vidi lined up in their new away kit or blue and white, going in to the second leg, 1st qualifying round leading 2-1, thanks to goals from Vinicius and Gyurcso a week earlier at the Sostoi stadium.
Both teams started the second leg carefully, with very little action in front of either goal. The first real chance arrived in the 18th minute from the home side's Japanese player Taku. He curled a dangerous free kick from the right, which evaded everyone and came back off the far post. Another 5 minutes passed by before the same player tried his luck again. His long range shot deflected off a Videoton defender for a corner. Gyurcso had a powerful shot, which ended up being saved by keeper Vujadinovic. There was action in front of Tujvel's goal shortly after. Tomic blasted over from close range as the score remained 0-0.
Nikolics had an effort, which saw him control the ball well, before hitting his shot just over the bar. Mladost had the last chance of the first half, which saw Taku curl another free kick just wide of the goal. The teams went in at the break with the scores at 0-0.
There were no changes at half time from either side. Mladost player Zivkovic went forward in the 47th minute, but his shot flew high over the bar. Paraiba replaced Oliveira on 55 minutes, with the Brazilian trying to add more options to the attack. The visitors were having more of the ball and building moves at the same time. The home keeper pulled off a good save to deny Gyurcso. There was a goalmouth scramble, which involved Paraiba, but the ball was eventually cleared off the goal line. It appeared as if the match would end without any goals, but Vidi hearts were to be broken in the final moments. Markovic received his second yellow card in the 85th minute, which resulted in the player being sent off. The match entered injury time, and a Mladost attack ended up with the ball hitting the hand of defender Szolnoki. The match official from Belgium pointed straight at the spot, which Knezevic struck home to make the final score 1-0.
Mladost had a penalty in the first moments in Szekesfehervar last week, and ended up winning in Podgorica with another penalty in the dying moments of the second leg. Mladost go through on aggregate on the away goal rule.
Author: David Rechnitzer