News in bulk

Partizan’s stadium will get renovated. It is highly acute not just for the upcoming Europa League matches, but also because the stadium will host three friendly football matches (against France, Albania and Denmark). Aleksandar Stepanović has been in charge for the establishment for 20 years now, juznifront.com cites his words.
- The guests' locker room had to be fully renovated. A new, modern place has been equipped for the journalists as well, one that fits for strict European standards. The current, 1400 lux reflectors got 100 lux extra power. Benches near the field are also renovated. The grass will also be refreshed. It happened last time in 2004, it has been in use for 10 years now, yet it should be renewed in every 4th year. It's also high time to renovate the watering equipments.

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There are rumours about investment companies appearing around Partizan. It means, the football team might soon be privatized. There are no facts yet, nor official statements (or denials). An unnamed informator hinted the news that an investment company from Austria has been seriously interested in Partizan as much that they even negotiate with the Serbian government about the possible purchasing of the team. Austrians allegedly want to build a brand new stadium for Partizan

Hey, hey, hey!... What's wrong with the current one?... What's wrong with the dearest, beloved JNA Stadion that lived through so much?...

and they would equip it with the newest, modern infrastructure and everything else. The offer is between $80 and 100 million. The unnamed informator said, $100 million is more realistic, because the Austrian company seriously wants to build a new stadium. They think, with no new infrastructure there will be no development either.
Partizan's president Dragan Đurić added, it would have been high time to privatize the team, because without investing companies only the team's debts would rise.

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Darko Brašanac got seriously injured at the Italy-Serbia U21 European Championship qualifying. The defender had to come off in the 19th minute and was taken immediately to a hospital in Pescara with broken ribs and injured lung. Currently he is still in Italy, he could not get on the plane to come back to Serbia with the team. Even the most cautious guessings say he needs at least a month of pause.

Italian emergency medicals picked Brašanac's pieces up and rushed him to hospital

(photo: blic.rs)

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The water polo team qualified themselves to Adriatic League. In the League there are 16 teams - 4 from Serbia, 8 from Croatia, 3 from Montenegro and 1 from Slovenia - divided to two groups. The first four from the groups will qualify themselves to the final.

Group A:

Primorje (CRO)

Mladost (CRO)

Budva (MNE)

POŠK (CRO)

Jadran S (CRO)

Branik (SLO)

Radnički (SRB)

Partizan (SRB)

Group B:

Jug (CRO)

Jadran HN (MNE)

Mornar (CRO)

Primorac (MNE)

Medveščak (CRO)

Opatija (CRO)

Crvena Zvezda (SRB)

Vojvodina (SRB)

Matches start on 4th October, the final will be in the beginning of next April.

The water polo team qualified themselves to Champions League as well. Partizan is in Group B together with Galatasaray (TUR), Jug (CRO) and Spandau (GER). The other two participants will be decided after the qualifyings. In Group A there are Barceloneta (ESP), Olimpiakos (GRE), Eger (HUN) and Brescia (ITA).

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Everyone's favourite Belgrade punk band, Grupa JNA released a new song today. The song's titled "Dete Partizana".
Pogo on!