Ragbi Klub Partizan - Dorćol 30:20 (1st league, round 2)

The first round started right with the eternal derby, but I lacked, still lack any kind of report about it. I found only a photo report that I shared earlier on the blog’s Facebook-page. Now we have a real report, thanks to ragbiligesrbije.rs.

At the beginning of the game Dorćol attacked heavier and after 10 minutes they were leading to 0:6. It wasn’t easy to break out of their pressure, but Partizan is Partizan, not a bunch of prissies to get scared and run away. We took a deep breath, attacked and in the 17th minute Vladimir Milutinović had a successful try (4:6). In the 25th minute Dragan Janković made the same, followed by the perfectly precise conversion by Jašari. Aaaand, we were leading (10:6).
What is more, the Janković-Jašari duo did the very same in the 33rd minute. Janković had a successful try, Jašari put the dot on the "i" with his conversion, making us lead to 16:6. That was the result of the half-time, too.
In the second half we took control over the game. In the 48th minute Vlado Kušić made a try (20:6). Dorćol earned 6 points in the 56th minute (20:12), but Kušić brought us 4 more (24:12). The guests didn’t give it up either (24:16), but in the 69th minute Srbljanin and Jašari made it clear who’s the boss (30:16). At the very end, just two minutes before the final whistle Dorćol could earn 4 points, but the victory was clearly ours.

(photos: ragbiligesrbije.rs)

Ragbi Klub Partizan - Crvena Zvezda 30:44 (Serbian Cup, semifinal)

And then this.
Also, I got to know about it belated, just today, when it jumped into my face from the news feed.

If there’s anything that totally freaks me out is the lack of information. Those in charge should respect at least the players and the League to supply the public with information, for God’s sake.

So, the boys went to the Jajinci playing field. It was very cold, but they still grabbed the opponent by their throat.
We jumped to 6:0, our young talent Džavid Jašari made a fantastic job. 10 minutes later Zvezda equalized (6:6), but Jašari was unstoppable. We took back the lead to 12:6.
Then something happened. No one knows what it was, but nothing seemed to work for Partizan. Zvezda took advantage of it and reduced their difference to 12:10. Six minutes later they took the lead (12:16) and continued to stamp us into the ground. The half-time result was 12:20.
In the beginning of the second half we tried to make up lost ground. Jašari was joined by Dario Abidinović and the two made it for Partizan to have only 2 points of difference (18:20). Still Zvezda sped up (18:24), what is more, nine minutes later it was already 18:30.
They didn’t want to slow down (18:34). Finally, around the 65th minute we picked ourselves together. Stefan Ilić scored (24:34), but even this was not enough to stop the red team. 24:38, then24:44, finally at the very end Jašari saved us (with the great help of Leo Dodić) and settled the end result (30:44).

Leo Dodić and Pavle Veselinović are trying to stop the opponent

Petar Kovač in a red sandwich

Džavid Jašari and Jasmin Bibić kick themselves into action as Zvezda’s player is trying to sneak away with the ball

(photos: ragbiligesrbije.rs)

RLK Crvena Zvezda - RLK Partizan 18:20

It seems, I didn’t miss out the eternal derby as I thought. It was postponed to today, and Partizan had a convincing win over the reds.
It is interesting, (not just) because Zvezda is the champion of the previous season. They walked out to the field feeling absolutely self-confident, while at the end they disappeared to the direction of the locker-rooms with sad and philosophic face.
First we took the lead to 0:4, which was turned by reds to 10:4 with great haste.
Then came Branko Čarapić. The young center took the team on his back and together with Pavle Vojinović and Džavid Jašari they switched the standing to 10:20. Until the last 15 minutes this standing didn’t change at all. Then that was the point when Zvezda realized, they might lose this game. They quickly reduced the difference to 14:20, in the 73rd minute even Čengaj demonstrated some extra force and settled the final result. Though at the end reds even got a penalty, they could have equalized, but missed out the chance.
After the 2nd round Partizan is on the first place of the league table.

(photo: b92.net)