FK Crvena Zvezda vs FC Copenhagen 2-2

FK Crvena Zvezda let a 3-0 half-time lead slip and drew 2-2 with FC Copenhagen at Stadium Rajko Mitić in Belgrade. M. Carrizo’s 70th-minute goal, set up by A. Markgraf after he had come on at half-time, pulled the visitors back into it and completed the comeback from three down.

The home side were ahead in the 29th minute when M. Gashtarov put through his own net for 1-0. T. Elsnik made it 2-0 on 34 minutes, finishing from V. Lucic, before V. Kostov struck on 41 minutes from M. Ristic to send FK Crvena Zvezda in 3-0 up at the interval.

FC Copenhagen changed both full-backs at the break, then made two more changes on 62 minutes, and those alterations helped them turn the second half. Carrizo reduced the deficit on 70 minutes from Markgraf’s assist, leaving the visitors to protect the point after FK Crvena Zvezda made two changes on 84 minutes. The home side then had S. Gudelj sent off in the fourth minute of stoppage time.

FK Crvena Zvezda had 57% of possession and 496 passes to Copenhagen’s 358, with 88% pass accuracy against 83%. They also had more shots, 9 to 6, and more on target, 5 to 2, while FC Copenhagen won 6 corners to 3 and had 3 saves to the home side’s 1. The expected goals were low on both sides, with FK Crvena Zvezda on 0.41 and FC Copenhagen on 0.25.

J. Suzuki and H. Nemeth were booked for FC Copenhagen in the 12th and 40th minutes. FK Crvena Zvezda’s yellow cards went to Y. Nakayama on 22 minutes and R. Krunic on 38 minutes, before Gudelj’s red card in stoppage time.