Striker Richmond Boakye-Yiadom scored a first half brace to help Red Star Belgrade crush Cukaricki 4-1 on Wednesday night in the Serbian Cup semi-final first leg.

His first goal was a cool finish from 12 yards to double their lead on 19 minutes after Damien Le Tallec had put them in front seven minutes earlier.

Srdjan Plavsic made it three-nil in the 33rd minute.

Boakye then followed up a rebound to smash home the fourth goal in the 39th minute.

In the 40th minute minute, Sasa Jovanovic pulled one back for Cukaricki.

The return leg will be played on 10 May.