He only cheered subtly: Ugrinic with the best YB performance in a special place

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Darian Males (22) and Filip Ugrinic (24) are the two YB players with Serbian roots. While one, Males, promised to celebrate ‘normally’ if he scored his own goal, the other, Ugrinic, said nothing in the build-up to the match. When he scores with a beautiful chip over goalkeeper Glazer to make it 1-1, you realize that the celebration is not overwhelming. The joy is. «It makes me proud that I scored in this special place and in the presence of my family. A lot of people hadn’t seen me play yet.” That’s probably why the cheering is very reserved. Crosses, kiss lips, thanks to the fans. You would almost say: Swiss.

Ugrinic had to arrange 16 tickets for the family

What Ugrinic says about the Red Star fan is in line with this. “In the past, yes.” With emphasis on ‘was’. But of course it was even more special for him and Darian in Belgrade, in this mythical stadium, than for his teammates. “It’s a dream come true. I can’t say more about that.” Except for the number of tickets he arranged for his family: 16.

Not the perfect game

But Ugrinic, like the entire team, is not playing the perfect game that would have been necessary to beat Red Star in their cauldron. Perhaps his best in the YB outfit, with a goal and a top shot as highlights, but not perfect. “We, or I, invite them to score the first goal,” says the Lucerne player. “This shouldn’t happen to me and it irritates me.” It was he who hit the unfortunate short corner that led to the free kick ten meters in front of the Red Star penalty area, putting the YB defense team to sleep. A bit of self-criticism from the new team member in the third to last scene before a goal was conceded. But that’s how Ugrinic is. Which is definitely a strength.

And so he takes stock after a hot dance in the land of his ancestors: “In the end, this point may still be important.” Ultimately, it could have been the deciding factor in the battle for third place. And if YB winters in Europe, no one is interested in a turn in the Marakana that is too short. But it was an extremely important goal against Red Star.

Source : Blick