Omladinski Stadion is the home of OFK Beograd, they play all their home matches there. Or, better said, they used to play. The stadium’s condition is disastrous and the team have no financial resources for a renovation. The story is not new, the building has been ruining for 3 years now. It has been so dangerous that OFK plays their home matches in Obilić Stadion, in the Vračar district of Belgrade. They get no help, everyone pushes their head into the sand like ostriches
again something that could be solved with privatization, dear melon-headed idiots up there in the skupština
and the team took this step by sheer desperation.
Before the starting whistle the banner was hung at a visible side of the stadium. It stayed there until the end of the match.
In the 2nd minute OFK defenders lost the ball
this was a mistake they made quite a few times during the match, and they had to pay the price for it
Šaponjić grabbed it, but the goalkeeper was quicker.
In the 4th minute Drinčić’s free kick came in from the left. Volkov was standing in the goalmouth, he even made an attempt to score, but the goalkeeper kicked the ball out (!) almost to the half-line.
Meanwhile residents of the surrounding blocks appeared at the windows and on the balconies to watch the game.
It’s amazing. No matter how many times there is a match on this Vračar field, residents always watch it through their windows or come out to the balconies. It always has a fantastic, mellow and peaceful atmosphere. The sun is shining, brave young men kill each other on the field, fans are singing and chanting, residents have a smoke and a coffee watching the game, while gossiping. One more reason to love Belgrade.
In the 5th minute OFK got a chance that almost ended in goal. Živko Živković saved, but couldn’t catch the ball appropriately. It dropped away from him, finally defenders cleared the area.
In the 11th minute Volkov passed the ball ahead. Šaponjić ran for it, but goalkeeper Čupić was again faster. A minute later Andrija Živković was terribly knocked down to the ground. The midfielder was rolling on the grass with painful face, he couldn’t even stand up. Finally he walked off the ground with the help of two medicals to get proper treatment. Referee Glođović
yes, we got this holy madman again... We surely made some major sin in the past that God punishes us with him
didn’t whistle.
He probably found no reason to whistle.
Yet just a minute before he did whistle a foul on Šaponjić, reasoning that the young striker attacked goalkeeper Čupić. I’m sure nobody saw this foul, only the referee (maybe the Heavenly Father, but maybe even He didn’t see anything). What actually happened was that the goalkeeper jumped up to catch the ball. Partizan’s striker was standing in front of him, also jumping up for the ball. They didn’t even touch each other, but the referee saw it as Šaponjić attacking Čupić... The headlines include this scene, at 1:08.
Then in the 15th minute OFK got a free kick, about 30 metres from the goal line. It ended as a Partizan counter-attack. Saša Ilić passed the ball to Andrija Živković. The young midfielder, who looked like a war crippled hero just a few minutes ago, now ran up, had a giant solo, then kicked the ball into the net, lobbinb it above the goalkeeper. 0:1
Volkov arriving from the right: priceless
In the 25th minute OFK got a free kick. The ball was placed about 25-30 metres from the goal line. The kick flew in to our penalty area, Savić rose up and headed the ball to the goal. Živko Živković jumped and caught it.
In the 30th minute an OFK-player was fooling around with the ball at our penalty area. Two of our defenders were watching him from close, then he suddenly shot from 18 metres. Živko Živković had a great save.
In the 42nd minute we got a free kick, about 25 metres from the goal line. Drinčić shot, Balažic headed it, but it was too wide. (He was also on offside, well, at least for Glođović it was offside.) The last action of the first half happened in the extra time, but even that was about the referee again, taking a Partizan goal-kick as an OFK corner. Thankfully it was missed out, we could go and have a 15-minute break.
Darko Brašanac, some time during the match
In the beginning of the second half Babović was dribbling around the penalty area of the home team, without much success. Then in the 50th minute Šaponjić got the ball at the half-line. He immediately started to run up with it, but an OFK-player stopped him with a bodycheck. The striker fell and was just laying painfully hunched-up. Glođović again didn’t whistle, but Brašanac lashed out of nowhere, grabbed the ball and ran up fast to the goal line. Inside the penalty area he passed it very selflessly to Andrija Živković, who was sneaking up behind the goalkeeper’s back
Fair Play Award for Darko Brašanac!
Živković thanked and shot the ball into the net with the inner side of his left foot. 0:2
In the 53rd minute fans started to chant "Jer je Sale samo jedan". Saša Ilić appreciated it.
A minute later Živko Živković again demonstrated his outstanding reflex skills while saving Aksentijević’s shot.
In the 63rd minute OFK defenders made a big mistake. Volkov ran up, Janković tackled him, then he wanted to pass the ball to their goalkeeper. Šaponjić suddenly appeared out of the blue and grabbed the ball. He ran up to the goal line and shot, first right into the goalkeeper. The ball dropped back from Čupić, back to Šaponjić. Now he didn’t miss the chance but kicked the ball into the net lobbing it above the goalkeeper, who was laying on the ground. GOAL! 0:3
In the 68th minute Paločević sent a sudden, distant and powerful shot to our goal line from 20 metres. It was again foregone by long scenes of pass-the-ball-here-and-there-to-make-us-look-as-we-are-out-of-ideas, but no wonder Partizan have Živko Živković at the goal line, the ball couldn’t touch the net.
Then Volkov had to come off, because he got injured. Nemanja Petrović joined the game as his substitute.
In the 71st minute Zdjelar made Partizan-fans upset with another distant shot, but it was too wide. In the 77th minute Drinčić’s corner was pushed out by the goalkeeper, but we still possessed the ball. Drinčić got it again, shot again, the goalkeeper saved again, with his fingertips. Finally defenders cleared the area.
Then in the 85th minute, no one knows how
it was like a power blackout in Partizan’s defense line or something
Zarubica got the ball. He didn’t waste time, but shot it from 7 metres. 1:3
But victory is victory and our advantage is still 5 points.
Match highlights:
Facts:
Venue: Obilić Stadion, Belgrade
Number of spectators: 3000 (+ residents)
Referee: Vlado Glođović (assistants: Uroš Stojković, Srđan Kaurin - 4th assistant: Bojan Stanojević - goal line assistants: Aleksandar Vasić, Dejan Dimitrijević)
OFK Beograd: Čupić - Aksentijević, Liščević (Antić, 61.), Savić, Antonov - Zdjelar, Gajić, Dautović, Janković (Zarubica, 76.) - Dražić - Jovanović (Paločević, 61.)
Head coach: Dejan Đurđević
FK Partizan: Ž. Živković - Bandalovski, B. Ilić, Balažic, Volkov (N. Petrović, 70.) - Drinčić, Brašanac - S. Ilić (Grbić, 66.), Babović, A. Živković - Šaponjić (Ninković, 80.)
Head coach: Zoran Milinković
Goal scorers: A. Živković (15., 50.), Šaponjić (62.), Zarubica (85.)
Yellow card: Liščević (52.), Antonov (55.), Šaponjić (55.), Janković (74.)
Current championship standings:
1. Partizan 53 pont
2. Crvena Zvezda 48 pont
3. Čukarički 43 pont
4. Vojvodina 37 pont
5. Novi Pazar 36 pont
6. OFK Beograd 32 pont
7. Rad 31 pont
8. Jagodina 30 pont
9. Mladost 29 pont
10. Spartak Zlatibor Voda 24 pont
11. Napredak 23 pont
12. Radnički Niš 22 pont
13. Donji Srem 21 pont
14. Borac 20 pont
15. FK Voždovac 18 pont
16. Radnički 1923 15 pont
(Photos: Facebook/Fudbalski klub Partizan)
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