Drinčić was watching the game from the side of the field. His yellow cards prevented him from playing
(photo: Twitter)
The truth is, Jagodina didn’t work too hard either. They didn’t want (or couldn’t) take advantage of the fact the opponent is approx. as weak as a fly in the autumn season.
I think we should be thankful for this.
The first attempt that is worth to mention happened in the 13rd minute. Marković sent a distant, powerful shot to the goal line, but Perić threw himself into the way. In the 17th minute Jagodina defenders cleared after a corner. The ball dropped to Petrović, Partizan’s defender shot, but it was too wide.
In the 20th minute Saša Ilić passed the ball to Šaponjić with a master movement. The young striker sent a shot from 15 metres to the goal, but the ball hit a defender.
Jagodina could reach our penalty area only in the 23rd minute, though even this try wasn’t enough for a goal attempt. It ended as a weak, insignificant heading towards the goalmouth, but the ball eventually rolled out slowly through the line near the goalpost. It was maybe enough to give a jogging excersise to Živko Živković, before he would have fallen into total boredom.
In the 25th minute a shot arrived to the middle from the left side after a Partizan-corner. Balažic (?) headed the ball
there was a huge upheaval in the goalmouth, watching the highlights it’s not clear who was standing here or there
the goalkeeper saved. The ball dropped to Babović, he sent the ball to the goal with a bicycle kick, but the ball hit the forearm of a defender.
No.
It wasn’t penalty.
The referee didn’t whistle, even if every Partizan player being present was waving for handball. But neither referee Đokić, nor the goal line assistant didn’t change their mind.
All slow motion replays clearly showed the ball touching the defender’s forearm. Partizan was again bereft from a penalty. Bravo. Thanks to all the lousy idiots who are in charge.
Even Saša Ilić couldn’t convince the goal line assistant about the handball
In the 27th minute Živko Živković had a great save at a sudden, distant shot. It was followed by a corner kick, and Partizan could immediately start a counter-attack. Andrija Živković ran up with the ball, but his action ended in a corner. His corner-kick was punched out by the goalkeeper. Šaponjić was that lucky person who grabbed the ball. He instantly headed it back to the goal, and the ball fell to the net. 1:0
Živko Živković saves...
...Andrija Živković runs up with the ball...
...Šaponjić heads it to the net...
...and we can celebrate.
In the 30th minute Andrija Živković and Šaponjić were passing the ball to each other inside Jagodina’s penalty area. Finally Marković grabbed it, he shot from the distance, but it was too wide.
In the 33rd minute Andrija Živković was kicked roughly to the ground, just at the penalty area line.
Free kick. Babović stood behind the ball and shot it right into the wall.
We still possessed the ball, the attempt ended in a corner. The kick arrived in the penalty area, Šaponjić wanted to grab it, but finally he kicked the air instead of the ball. Jagodina started a counter-attack, but someone kicked Marković brutally on the ground. Referee Đokić again didn’t whistle, instead he waved "go ahead". Luckily the ball got back to our possession.
I often had this feeling during the match, if referee Đokić is normal, then it’s surely me having mental deficiency.
We kept on possessing the ball. Jagodina was stuck on their half, and we kept their goalmouth under pressure especially at the end of the first half. In the 39th minute we got a free kick, approx. 30 metres from the goal line, but the goalkeeper caught the ball. In the 42nd minute Babović passed to Šaponjić, he gave the ball to Andrija Živković. Živković ran up and shot the ball to the middle from almost the base line, but nobody was waiting there... Even Brašanac, who was the closest, was stuck between two defenders, several steps behind the arriving shot, and watched in despair as the ball was rolling away in front of the goal line. Had anyone grabbed it and kicked it to the net, it would have been the Goal of the Year.
Meanwhile: beautiful sunset behind the stadium
(photo: Twitter)
In the second half, right at the beginning Andrija Živković’s pass hit a defender and ended almost as an own goal. Two minutes later Jagodina got a free kick about 25 metres from our goal line. The kick was headed by Vladimir Ilić to the goal line, but it was too wide. In the 52nd minute we got a free kick at the corner of Jagodina’s penalty area, but Andrija Živković’s shot was too flat.
Jagodina got back to life a bit in the second half, but despite this the match’s pace got slower. We possessed the ball more, but it was rather just some leisure-time ball-passing instead of actual football. Jagodina still didn’t have any considerable goal attempt.
In the 54th minute Bandalovski passed the ball to Šaponjić. From Šaponjić it went to Saša Ilić, who shot, but the goalkeeper saved. In the 64th minute Jagodina had a try, Šušnjar headed the ball too high.
In the 76th minute goalkeeper Perić caught Marković’s distant shot. In the meantime Grave Diggers made a wildfire on the southern tribune.
I can make anyone sure it was more exciting than the slowly passing match.
The pace got slower and slower, with weak attempts. In the 80th minute a few players stayed on the grass with muscle cramps after a trying from Jagodina. In the 82nd minute Grbić had a distant, weak shot, the goalkeeper easily caught it.
The last 10 minutes were about 22 very exhausted players breathing through their ears, picking quarrels at each other. In the last minute a Jagodina-player pushed Petrović very hard from behind, almost making him fall on the ground - it was deliberate without a doubt - but referee Đokić gave a yellow card to Petrović, nobody knows why.
The extra time brought two more attempts, first Ninković shot the ball into the skies, then soon before the final whistle he tried an action with Kojić. Kojić shot, but it was too wide.
Highlights:
Facts:
Venue: Partizan Stadion, Belgrade
Number of spectators: 2000
Referee: Nenad Đokić (assistants: Nenad Kurčubić, Marko Dimitrijević - 4th assistant: Nemanja Petrović - goal line assistants: Dejan Dimtrijević, Igor Paunović)
FK Partizan: Ž. Živković - Bandalovski, Balažic, B. Ilić, Petrović - Marković, Brašanac - A. Živković (Grbić, 73.), Babović (Ninković, 88.), S. Ilić - Šaponjić (Kojić, 61.)
Head coach: Zoran Milinković
FK Jagodina: Perić - Filipović, V. Ilić, Gašić, Antić - Đekić (Martinović, 83.), Milinković - Đurić (Arsenijević, 61.), Savković, Lepović - Šušnjar (Mihajlović, 81.)
Head coach: Simo Krunić
Goal scorer: Šaponjić (28.)
Yellow cards: A. Živković (37.), Savković (42.), Gašić (85.), Petrović (90.), Antić (90+1.)
Current championship standings:
1. Partizan 60 points
2. CZ 55 points
3. Čukarički 50 points
4. Novi Pazar 40 points
5. Vojvodina 40 points
6. Rad 37 points
7. OFK Beograd 35 points
8. Jagodina 30 points
9. Mladost 30 points
10. Borac 29 points
11. Radnički Niš 29 points
12. Napredak 25 points
13. Spartak Zlatibor Voda 25 points
14. Donji Srem 25 points
15. FK Voždovac 24 points
16. Radnički 1923 15 points
(Unmarked photos: Facebook/Fudbalski klub Partizan)
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