VK Partizan - VK Crvena Zvezda 7:7, after penalty shootout: 11:10 (Serbian league play-off semifinal, 3rd match)

WE MADE IT!!!!
WE ARE IN THE FINAL!!!!
It was death and resurrection. Drama. Cardial arrest. Tears. Everything that is required for a great match.

Except for normally working stream. The one and only available was like a rheumatic snail, crashing twice in every minute. I could see only fragments from the match.
But who cares?! We won!!!

(photo: Twitter)

For the end of the first part red team was leading to 1:2. Both teams were nervous, and as an extra, Subotić was permanently sent off in the beginning of the match. In the second quarter reds scored two more goals. It was terrible, even if Rističević had giant saves at our goal line, but it seemed the red and white striped team will crash us.
And after all these, they scored one more goal in the third quarter. 1:5. That’s it. There goes the final. Goodbye, championship dreams. We can even go home now, keep moving, people, there’s nothing to see here.

(photo: mozzartsport.com)

I’ll be honest and admit, I don’t know what happened here. I don’t know what Vladimir Vujasinović said (or didn’t say) to the players. I bet though, even they themselves don’t know. But one thing is sure: Partizan shook themselves back to life. First came Jakšić with an amazing, shameless, troll goal. (2:5) Not much later Gilen scored, the ball dropped behind the goal line hitting the crossbar. (3:5)
In the last quarter we swept Zvezda off. Again Jakšić, with a distant bomb shot, Šefik had absolutely no chance. (4:5) Then Mandić equalized from penalty, tearing the net to pieces. (5:5) At this point Grave Diggers were about to kick out the four walls of the Banjica swimming pool from joy, but the best was yet to come.
4 minutes before the end Mandić scored an unbelievable, impossible, giant bombshell goal. With left hand, from distance, overwhelming. He pushed us on the lead. (6:5)

(photo: mozzartsport.com)

Meanwhile we must not forget about Rističević, who made miracles in the goalmouth.
Then Mandić again.
With left hand. Amazing, distant, unsaveable bomb. 7:5. 7:5!!! When not much earlier it was 1:5, Average Fan was thinking of asking Grave Diggers to dig a private grave to lie into it and just die.
Zvezda could still make it for a draw. Not even a nuclear attack could have stopped them. They equalized 9 seconds before the end buzz. Brain death. Nerves torn to pieces.
Penalty shootout.
And we made it. We won.
We won!!!!

A video with our goals:

This is the end of the match with the totally deserved celebration:

And here are 13 minutes of massive cheering and happiness:

First game of the final comes on Saturday, from 18:45.