VK Jadran - VK Partizan 9:8 (Triglav Liga, Round 18)

This is the last match report I owe you from the week-end.

Though I’m not sure if there’s anyone who is yearning to read about another defeat. Okay, we had to fight without Gogov, Jakšić and Tanašković, what is more, Subotić was fouled out around the end.

Reports talk about an excellent game, where the end result was unsure until the end. Jadran was leading to 2:0 after 2 minutes. It didn’t look any better for the end of the quarter (4:2), then the home team was leading with 3 goals in the second part (5:2).
In the middle of the quarter something happened.
Ognjen Stojanović scored (5:3) and Partizan started a fantastic series. We didn’t stop until 5 goals! For the half time we reduced the difference to 5:4, then in the third quarter we scored 3 more goals and took the lead (5:7). Jadran could earn only one goal, we headed to the final part with 6:7.
Right at the beginning Jadran equalized (7:7). Subotić took the lead back to us (7:8), but the home team equalized again (8:8), then in the middle of the quarter they took back the lead for themselves (9:8). That didn’t change for the rest of the game.
The hero of the day was Ognjen Stojanović with 3 goals. He is followed by Gavril Subotić (2) as well as Gilen, Lazić and Vučinić (1-1).

Current standing of the League:
1. Dubrovnik 45 points
2. Primorje 42 points
3. Jadran 39 points
4. Partizan 21 points
5. Mladost 20 points
6. Mornar 16 points
7. Radnički 13 points
8. Vojvodina 12 points
9. POŠK 8 points

VK Partizan - Crvena Zvezda 14:3 (Serbian Cup semifinal)

WE WON!!!
We didn't just win, we ran through them, demolished them, quartered them, tore them to pieces and dug their grave. Then we buried them to 3 metres deep.

Again there was no working stream at all, RTS seemed to block all available broadcasts beyond the Serbian frontiers. There wasn't anything else left again than waiting for Fellow Fan's message with the result.

It was only the first quarter when Zvezda could be a more or less equal opponent for Partizan. Subotić scored a goal at the very beginning, at this point Zvezda equalized. No problem, Subotić quickly scored another goal, we took back the lead.
What is more,
3:1, Tanasković.
Second quarter.
4:1.
5:1.

At this point a message came from Fellow Fan about RTS interrupting the sports broadcast, because a fathead politician just had to announce something right then. And of course RTS 2 just HAD TO broadcast it live instead of Partizan. I’d like to remind all those in charge that there are 3 other goddamned civil service TV channels available beside RTS 2. But no, just no, the public (and Grave Diggers) must know the importance list and what "double standards" mean.

Never mind. We were still leading. Our advantage was 7:1 at the half-time.
In the third quarter we continued the joyous training match. Zvezda scored a goal though, but so did we, just we did 5. We were leading to 12:2 before heading to the final part.
In the last quarter we scored only two goals (hey, we have to spare energies for the Cup final, right?), red team also scored one.
The hero of the day was of course Gavril Subotić with 4 goals. He is followed by a row of players who all scored 2-2 goals (Marko Manojlović, Radomir Drašović, Draško Gogov and Đorđe Tanasković). Đorđe Vučinić and Filip Radojević added 1-1 goal to this smashing victory.

(photo: hotsport.rs)

Cup final will start tomorrow at 20:30.

VK Partizan - VK Banjica 14:3 (Serbian Cup, quarterfinal)

Fresh and hot, right from the oven, the match has just ended, the result has been served, only for you, dear fellow fans.

I hope you appreciate it...

The quarterfinal of the Serbian Cup was an easy insider training match (VK Banjica is in fact Partizan’s junior team - to be more precise, it consists of those juniors who are eligible to take part in senior championships).
In the first quarter both sides scored only one goal. First was scored by Partizan’s Banjica’s player, Radonjić, not much later Gogov equalized. The rest of the quarter was spent by both teams hitting the goalposts with the ball.
From the second quarter the difference between the two teams was more and more obvious. In the half time we were leading to 5:1, this difference grew to 12:1 (!!!) for the end of the third quarter. In the last part Banjica scored two goals, so did we, settling the final result by them (14:3).
The hero of the day was Mateja Asanović with 4 goals. He is followed by Nikola Jakšić (3). Draško Gogov and Lukas Gilen both scored 2-2 goals, Đorđe Vučinić, Gavril Subotić and Filip Radojević added 1-1 goal to the victory.
What should be noticed about the game is that head coach Vladimir Vujasinović watched it from the stands, letting assistant coach Miloš Ćirić take up his position (and responsibility) for this game. Also, Ognjen Stojanović, who has been injured long ago (he had to undergo operation as well) is recovering slowly, but he is still not healthy enough to be able to take part in matches.
With this victory Partizan’s water polo team qualified to the semifinal of the Serbian Cup. The games will be played on 5th and 6th December.

Pro Recco - VK Partizan 15:3 (Champions League, Round 2)

Dear fellow fans, I don’t even remember when was the last time we were defeated with such a difference.
By the way, again no channel broadcasted the game. Well, maybe it was for the better... But I owe a huge thank you and hats off to Pro Recco, who had a live score "broadcast" at their Facebook-page during the entire game, often making the text broadcast more exciting with short, few-seconds-long action-videos.

Average Fan’s finger got stuck on the F5 button.
I’d suggest this method to other teams. It doesn’t require any financial invest, just a bit of creativity. Videos can be recorded with any kind of smartphone and can easily be uploaded to Facebook (or to Vine or any other video sharing site with a link on Facebook). It can be especially effective with games that are not broadcasted by TV. Fans would surely highly appreciate it.

Pro Recco took the lead right after the starting whistle. At this point we equalized with Subotić’s goal (1:1), and then... then we ceased to be an opponent of equal level.
That’s the sad truth.
At 3:1 Vučinić scored, we finished the first quarter with 5:2.
In the half time the home team was leading to 6:2, as for us, watching one of these short videos, we missed out a penalty.
We earned our third (and last) goal in the 3rd quarter, soon before the end buzz, at 9:2 (!!!). Drašović was our goal scorer.
Then in the last quarter Italians brutally knocked us out. The partial result of the quarter was 6:0 (!!!).

That’s all, folks. We have to wait a bit for the league table, not all games are finished as of now.

Update: here's the league table. Current standing of Group B:
1. Pro Recco 6 points
2. Dubrovnik 6 points
3. Szolnok 6 points
4. OSC Budapest 0 point
5. Galatasaray 0 point
6. Partizan 0 point