1991: Ten-man Crvena Zvezda come up trumps
Sunday 8 December 1991
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Darko Pančev scored Crvena Zvezda's third (©Getty Images)
FK Crvena Zvezda 3-0 CCSD Colo-Colo
Europe's resurgence continued in Tokyo as FK Crvena Zvezda carried on where AC Milan had left off, overcoming Chile's CCSD Colo-Colo 3-0 despite playing more than half the game with ten men following the dismissal of their star playmaker Dejan Savićević.
Jugović strikes
Prior to his 44th-minute dismissal following an altercation with his attentive marker Miguel Ramírez – the first red card since the European/South American Cup switched to a one-off match in Tokyo in 1980 – Savićević had set up Crvena Zvezda's opening goal in the 19th minute with a delightfully weighted through-ball for young midfield colleague Vladimir Jugović, who converted with aplomb off the inside of the post. The Belgrade club were good value for their lead, and with goalkeeper Zvonko Milojević and sweeper Miodrag Belodedici working diligently to keep things secure at the back, they shrugged off the inconvenience of being a man short. Jugović added a second goal eight minutes before the hour, after a Darko Pančev effort was blocked, and victory was sealed 18 minutes from time when the predatory Pančev got his own name on the scoresheet, finishing off a brilliant counterattack engineered down the left by Siniša Mihajlović.
'Great job'
Crvena Zvezda coach Vladimir Popović was proud of the way his ten men fought for the win. "It was tough to lose Savićević but our ten players took on the extra responsibility very well. They did a great job." Mirko Jožić, the Yugoslav coach of Colo-Colo, added: "The sending-off was no advantage to us. Crvena Zvezda actually played better when they were down to ten men."
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