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It’s hard for me now, believe me. I’ve used up all attributes. There has already been all forms of “shit”, “lame ducks” has been my mantra and let’s say it out loud, English language isn’t too rich in curse words. (Unlike Hungarian and Serbian. Hehe.)
It would be hard anyway to find any attribute to that which this wonderful (LOL) team made as performance.
They had ABSOLUTELY NO performance. The value of their play is zero. (photo: partizan.rs)
There was some running in the beginning, but they gave it up after 15 minutes, they didn’t even wait until the 20th.
As for me, I started my favourite rosary in the 22nd, namely “why am I watching this shit?”
The only goal of the game came in the 26th minute, even that was the result of a mistake in the defense. Ožegović got the ball, passed to Tošić, he sent a distant shot to the box and scored. (0:1)
Seriously. If that Voždovac-defender hadn’t had that momentary lapse of reason, the final result would have been 0:0.
The 34th minute brought a smaller upheaval, Tawamba had an attempt, flag up, free kick downfield. The slow motion replay showed that Tawamba wasn’t on offside, a defender got stuck within the offside field - on the other side of the pitch. Tawamba was clear, yet the referee whistled it off.
Two things to mention. First, Tawamba was standing at the goalmouth, all doors and windows open. We all know how very effective Tawamba is (not…) in these situations. Yes, these are the moments when he shots too wide/too high/into the goalkeeper. I suspect the assistant raised his flag from purely humanitarian reasons to free Tawamba from the possible shitstorm, taking it on himself. Second, offside is what the referee whistles off as offside. (Same goes for goals - goal us what the referee validates.)
That was it about the first half.
The second was even worse. Seriously, this second half may come up as a tool for torture. If the client is not willing to talk/testify, just make them watch this second half. They will confess even what they didn’t commit.
I’ll be honest, I fell asleep.
Saša Ilić joined the game as a substitute in the 70th minute. This was his 400th game for Partizan. This was the top moment of the half. Well, of the entire game, rather.
Soon after came the lowest point. I mean, if this shit can get any lower. 79th minute, we got a penalty. Voždovac’s goalkeeper and Tawamba clashed, the Cameroonian fell, the referee whistled. Jevtović stood behind the ball.
Did he miss it out? Sure he did. Goalkeeper Popović had a brilliant save.
This is always heroic from a goalkeeper, independent of everything.
Then I don’t know what happened, I slept back. I think the teams did the same.
Partizan-bench before the start of the game: Miroslav Vulićević, Saša Ilić and Filip Kljajić
We had a heavy start. In the first 10 minutes we got Voždovac stuck at their half, we practically made them play bunker football. In the 3rd minute Alen Stevanović ran up on the left and crossed to Lukić. Lukić shot almost from the baseline, the goalkeeper saved.
Saša Lukić wore the captain’s armband in the first half
In the 6th minute Subić (who finally played again after a very long pause) passed to Bojinov. A Voždovac-defender tackled by sliding in, the ball hit his arm (the slow motion replay confirmed it), but the referee again didn’t whistle for penalty.
Voždovac could break out from the bunker in the 11th minute. They got a corner kick right there (which was inactivated by Partizan-defenders). From then on the match was less one-sided, yet it still lacked action. The teams were running all around, mostly on the midfield, sometimes one of them ran towards the box, but could barely make it further than the penalty area line.
In the 19th minute Subić crossed to the middle. Kosović was about to head it to the box, but a defender was quicker and sent the ball out through the baseline.
In the 22nd minute Golubović got the ball after a throw-in. He quickly crossed it to the middle, where Lukić headed it towards the box, but it was too wide. A minute later Voždovac’s Radin sent a sudden, distant shot to our box, it was too wide.
In the 29th minute Everton got the ball from Stevanović in the middle. He shot it to the box from at least 30 metres, the goalkeeper caught it.
In the 33rd minute Srećković ran up towards our penalty area
meanwhile on the other side Subić was rolling on the ground in pain, but seemingly nobody cared this kind of unsportsmanlike behaviour can totally freak me out, when such occurs at better places, the ball will be immediately kicked out, even by the opponent, for the medical assistance to be able to enter the pitch, but the referee also whistles off the attack fair play, my a.....
he shot after a big solo, but missed it out.
Everton just had to pick a quarrel with the opponent’s player AGAIN. It was not the first time he started to push someone from the other team, while the (alleged or actual) foul was not committed against him, what is more, most of the time he wasn’t even there when it happened. Still he appears there and starts to push the opponent’s player around while cursing. I also noticed, whomever we play against, no matter what is the standing of the game, after a certain time the opponent starts to grind Everton strategically. A kick here, a brunt there - it doesn’t matter as long as it makes him fall on the ground and he hits himself. It’s not less unsportsmanlike than Everton’s primitive and aggressive manifestations on the field, but nevertheless it’s not surprising at all. And it will continue as long as this Brazilian boor keeps up hthis attitude.
Other than this above nothing happened on the match. Voždovac got more and more closer to our penalty area, while we passed the ball backwards, having no better idea. At the very end in the 45th minute Bandalovski had a mentionable attempt, kicking the ball to the middle from a sharp angle, but the goalkeeper caught it.
Question of the day: why didn’t Aleksandar Subić get any chance to get into the starting eleven until now?
(He could be seen often on the bench, so he was surely not injured.)
Just because at this match he played very well. He had great crosses to the middle, he ran a lot and he was dangerous for the opponent’s goal as well. But even earlier, when he was (still) in the starting eleven, there was never any complain for his game. He is a defender, but he can play left-winger as well. He plays through the entire left side, he is also dangerous for the opponent’s goal. If he got much more chance, we could easily bring the best out of him.
We started the second half with a goal.
It was like in a comedy. Stevanović forwarded the ball to Subić on the left. Subić ran up to the baseline and sent it back to Bojinov. Bojinov wanted to shoot, but he hit Radojević instead, who arrived sliding in. He still wanted to pick the ball, but that rolled away from him. Golubović appeared, grabbed the ball and kicked it into the box. 1:0
After this Voždovac tried with a counter-attack. Mašović shot, it was too high.
In the 54th minute Voždovac got a corner-kick. After kicking the ball around it was Blagojević, who got the chance to shoot. It was too high (also, as if the ball had hit someone before flying out).
In the 58th minute Bojinov was tackled by the defenders. The ball rolled to Golubović, he immediately shot, the goalkeeper caught it. Still in the same minute Everton received the ball from the left. From him it was sent to Golubović again. Golubović again shot, missing the box with just a few centimetres.
In the 70th minute Saša Ilić shot from the middle, the goalkeeper easily caught it.
As slow as the game was flowing in the previous 10-12 minutes, it sped up as much for the last 20. In the 71st minute Srećković got the ball from Odita (the Nigerian player sent it backwards with an Oxford trick) and shot from 18 metres, missing the box barely. A minute later again Srećković made some unpleasant moments inside our penalty area, this time Šaranov stopped him. In the 73rd minute the guests got a free kick, almost at the left corner flag. Ivković sent the cross to the box, but it was too high.
In the 80th minute Mihajlović ran up with the ball on the left. He had a big solo, dribbled around then shot and scored a great goal. 2:0
Voždovac’s reply came two minutes later.
They got a corner kick. The cross flew through the goalmouth, Partizan’s entire defense just watched in shock. Kosović tried to do something, but the ball dropped to Mihajlov and he shot it into the box. 2:1
In the 85th minute Mihajlović ran up again on the left with the ball and crossed to Saša Ilić in the middle. He shot, the goalkeeper saved.
Voždovac had one attempt left in the extra time (90+4.), Stojanović shot, Šaranov saved.
Highlights:
Facts:
Venue: Partizan Stadion, Belgrade
Number of spectators: 1500
Referee: Nemanja Petković (assistants: Uroš Stojković, Bojan Stanojević - 4th assistant: Vladimir Šegrt - goal line assistants: Milorad Milićević, Jovan Šegrt)
FK Partizan: Šaranov - Bandalovski, Gogoua, M. Stevanović, Subić - Everton, Kosović, Lukić (S. Ilić, 46.), Golubović - A. Stevanović (Mihajlović, 65.), Bojinov (Vlahović, 72.)
Head coach: Ivan Tomić
We won!
It feels so strange to write it down after who knows how many lost matches.
By the way, prevention is better than cure, I made myself a big cup of coffee before the match not to end up like last time.
The stadium was suspended again. It was a punishment after the eternal derby, when the game had to be paused numerous times for the heavy smoke fans made with firecrackers and torches.
When will these get suspended?... Seriously, when that day comes, I’ll open a champagne
(photo: partizan.rs)
On the other hand, fuck them, just FUCK THEM ALL, together with their rotten double standards. When fans are not allowed to enter the stadium, why is this disgusting, fat, pig-faced, lousy worm is allowed with his 138 000 din + 4000 euro salary?...
The match started the oddest possible way. Voždovac attacked and Gogoua carelessly passed the ball back to Šaranov. Our goalkeeper also didn’t waste time on thinking, just grabbed the ball.
Well, it was a big mistake.
The referee whistled, free kick inside the penalty area.
Has nobody told this guy NEVER EVER TO TOUCH THE BALL WITH HANDS when it’s passed back to him, even if nuclear bombs are dropping form the sky?...
The entire Partizan lined up on the goal. Marinković shot, and even though he missed it out, he hit Stevanović so hard with the ball that the midfielder fell on the ground with a painful face. The guests had another attempt in the 5th minute, Ćirković ran up with the ball on the right side. Šaranov ran out of the goalmouth and had a great save.
In the 10th minute we got a free kick 30-35 metres from the goal line, in the middle. Jevtović shot, the goalkeeper saved. A minute later we got a corner kick. Mihajlović sent it in, Brašanac pushed it with his head - right into the box! 1:0!
(photos: hotsport.rs)
In the 15th minute, after a free kick
there were a lot of fouls, someone was always rolling on the ground from pain. It all made the game a bit fragmented
we possessed the ball. Mihajlović crossed it from the left to the middle, where Brašanac was waiting for it. He shot, the ball hit a defender and just barely missed the goal. It was very close to an own goal.
In the 22nd minute Stevanović arrived on the right side. He crossed to the middle, Saša Ilić got it. The Captain shot, the goalkeeper had a big save.
A miracle happened in the 25th minute.
We got a penalty kick.
Mihajlović was pushed to the ground by a defender inside the penalty area. The referee immediately pointed at the white spot. Stevanović stood behind the ball.
Here another miracle happened.
Stevanović scored.
Yes. Him. From penalty. 2:0!!!
(photos: hotsport.rs)
In the 31st minute again Stevanović crossed from the right to the middle. First Saša Ilić shot, but he was blocked by defenders. The ball dropped to Brašanac, he shot, too, but it was too wide. A minute later Jevtović had a try and shot from the distance, it was too high.
We continuously attacked, Voždovac was stuck in their half. They could break free and reach our penalty area in the 37th minute. Marinković crossed to Odita from the left, but Šaranov deactivated them in time.
Here the pace slowed down a bit. Finally Marinković had a sudden, distant shot in the 43rd minute. Šaranov saved. Then we had two attempts, first Brašanac sent a flat shot to the goal line (too wide), then Mihajlović kicked the ball towards the box from the distance (too high).
At the very end Šaranov still did everything to tear my nerves to pieces. He wanted to make a goal-kick, but instead of downfield he shot it right into Odita, who was standing there just two steps away from Partizan’s goalkeeper. The ball made a dangerous curve, finally it flew out of the field.
The second half started right with Gogoua’s last-moment-save from Odita. Then nothing happened until the 57th minute, when we got a corner-kick. Brašanac possessed the ball, standing right at the goalmouth. He shot, but instead of the box he hit the goalkeeper and the ball flew out above the crossbar. Corner-kick, Kosović headed it towards the goal, but the ball hit a defender, earning us another corner-kick.
In the 60th minute again Šaranov had his moment. A cross arrived from the left, Odita was there waiting for it to shoot it right into the net. Šaranov wanted to save, but instead of the ball he grabbed the air. For his (and our) great luck the ball rolled out of the baseline and the attempt ended in a corner-kick.
In the 64th minute Stevanović shot from the right side, but he was blocked by a defender. The ball dropped to Saša Ilić, he shot, too, the goalkeeper caught it.
Then came the 70th minute.
Then came Kosović.
He scored such a FANTASTIC goal, with such an amazing bicycle kick, that he MUST get the Puskás-award right now.
It was such a marvellous goal that even ArenaSport’s commentator said "bravo" afterwards.
(photos: hotsport.rs)
In the 83rd minute Voždovac got a free kick approx. 22 metres from the goal. Marinković shot, making a goalmouth scramble, then Stojanović attempted with a heading, but it was too wide.
Then in the 86th minute something happened with Šaranov - nobody knew what it could be, because everyone else was at the other side of the field around Voždovac’s penalty area. Partizan’s goalkeeper was waving to the medicals to come, because he needed attendance. The only info source says that he was "not well", then the doctor gave him something to take or eat (probably vitamines or dextrose) then the game continued.
For the very end we had one spectacular attack left, then Mihajlović got the pass. He shot, but it was too high.
40-minute-long highlights by SOS Kanal:
Facts:
Venue: Partizan Stadion, Belgrade
Number of spectators: -
Referee: Nenad Đokić (assistant: Vladimir Jovanović, Goran Stanojević - 4th assistant: Vladimir Šegrt - goal line assistants: Dejan Filipović, Dejan Dimitrijević)
FK Partizan: Šaranov - Bandalovski, Gogoua, Jovanović, Bogosavac - Brašanac, Jevtović, Kosović (Lukić, 71.) - Stevanović (Golubović, 82), S. Ilić (Bojinov, 75.), Mihajlović
Head coach: Ivan Tomić
Victory: check.
Qualfiying for the next round: check.
Another serious injury for Vulićević: check.
All right, all right, I won’t speak too soon, let’s just see all events in order, one after the other.
I don’t know whose idea it was to put a football match for Wednesday, early in the afternoon. Whomever it was, I send them my warmest greetings packed in a mail bomb.
The beginning of the game was eventless. There was a free kick for the home team in the 5th minute, it was an easy task for Živko Živković.
Other than this nothing happened. Really nothing. One could have peeled potatoes, played with electric train, cut fingernails, installed a plug into the wall or anything else. Nobody would have missed out anything. (Maybe only Aboubakar losing the ball every now and then...)
In the 12th minute we got a free kick, approx. 20 metres from the goal line. Ninković ran up, shot, it was too high. We were trying with attacks, pretty much with half speed, so that our attempts died away. Then in the 16th minute Babović was trying on the left side, then passed the ball to Ninković. Ninković crossed it to the middle, the ball rolled out through the baseline. Corner-kick, the goalkeeper caught the ball.
In the 19th minute Stojanović had a sudden, distant shot (he probably got fed up with the general fumbling and slow pace), it was way too high.
Subić and Ninković inactivate Stanković
(photo: hotsport.rs)
In the 20th minute Aboubakar got a cross from the left. The striker was standing right in front of the goal line, but the goalkeeper caught the ball. Two minutes later we got a free kick at the left sideline. Ninković shot it inside the penalty area, the defenders pushed the ball out through the base line. Corner-kick.
Then in the 24th minute the team captain of Voždovac and Vulićević clashed. Vulićević fell on the ground in such a misfortunate way that he had to be carried off the field on a stretcher.
The moment Vulićević falls
(photo: hotsport.rs)
Here you can see there’s big trouble - Vulićević is laying on the ground, Partizan-players are horrified, while home team members wave for medical assistance
(photo: partizan.rs)
Medicals arrived in a hurry and carried Partizan’s defender off
(photo: hotsport.rs)
An ambulance car took him to hospital
(photo: mozzartsport.com)
The first news were very worrying: broken arm, urgent operation, long weeks of recovery. Soon before writing this blogpost though mozzartsport.com cited Partizan’s team doctor, Dr. Ilija Rosić. He accompanied Vulićević to the hospital and he said, Partizan’s defender has no broken bones. His elbow has dislocated though and his ligaments are torn. He’ll have to wear plaster on his arm for at least 3 weeks.
In the 29th minute we started a counter-attack after a Voždovac-free kick. Ninković ran up, crossed to Aboubakar in the middle - all the Cameroonian striker had to do is to head it into the net. He did so. 0:1
(photos: partizan.rs)
(photo: hotsport.rs)
The next event was just a small pause in the 42nd minute. The field was covered with smoke, Grave Diggers lighted their torches and made a happy bonfire.
(photo: Twitter)
The last action of the first half happened in the 43rd minute. Andrija Živković was dribbling, then passed the ball to Aboubakar. He forwarded it to Babović, Babović to Ninković, Ninković shot, the goalkeeper saved.
Saša Ilić in the half-time
(photo: partizan.rs)
Albert Nagy was also present at the stands
(Does anyone know where I could buy such a cap?)
(photo: hotsport.rs)
Like a boss - creative way to watch a football game for free
(photo: hotsport.rs)
In the second half, at the 49th minute Brašanac possessed the ball. He crossed it to Ninković in the left. Ninković served the ball with a fantastic pass (it looked as if Džigi was holding the ball on a golden plate) to Babović in the middle. All doors and windows were open, but Babović again made that typical mistake that instead of shooting he started to position himself. The defenders easily tackled him.
In the 53rd minute Brašanac and Andrija Živković were playing "pinball" with the ball, then Živković crossed it to the middle to Ninković. Ninković shot with a fantastic bicycle kick, but defenders blocked his attempt. The ball dropped to Jevtović, he shot from the distance, the goalkeeper saved.
In the 57th minute Srećković had a sudden, distant shot, too high.
Then nothing happened for more than 10 minutes. The game was going mostly on our half, but Voždovac didn’t have even a shot on target. Finally in the 69th minute we started a counter-attack. Andrija Živković ran up, passed to Ninković, Ninković shot, the goalkeeper saved. Two minutes later Saša Ilić got the ball inside Voždovac’s penalty area. He passed it ahead to Aboubakar, Aboubakar shot, too wide.
In the 79th minute Andrija Živković got a pass, ran up and crossed it to the goalmouth. Ninković arrived, but the goalkeeper caught it. A minute later we again started a counter-attack after a corner-kick by Voždovac. Saša Ilić passed to Andrija Živković, he forwarded it to Ninković. Ninković shot, too high.
In the 83rd minute after a free kick by the home team Ninković clashed with a Voždovac-player. It looked to be an ordinary foul, that kind which happens a million times at every football game. The retorsion is usually just a free kick, then everything is back on track.
But not this time.
Referee Stoilković showed the yellow card to Ninković, nobody knows why. It was a disproportional punishment for such a small foul. The entire Partizan-bench jumped up, Ljubinko Drulović explained something to the referee with big gestures, but he couldn’t convince him.
(photo: partizan.rs)
Voždovac attacked desperately. In the 85th minute Zlatković got a cross from the other side of the field. He shot, it was too wide.
There was one attempt left for the very last minute. Bojinov shot from the distance, the ball almost flew out of the stadium.
(photo: hotsport.rs)m
Highlights:
Facts:
Venue: Obilić na Vračaru stadum, Belgrade
Number of spectators: 2000
Referee: Igor Stoilković (assistants: Vukan Gordić, Dragan Bogičević - 4th assistant: Milan Jeremić)
FK Voždovac: Milošević - Stanković, Mihajlović, Jovanović, Radivojević - Sinđić, M. Pavlović - Marinković, Stojanović (Ristović, 70.), Srećković (Odita, 62.) - Masović (Zlatković, 77.)
Head coach: Bratislav Živković
FK Partizan: Ž. Živković - Vulićević (Petrović, 27.), Bandalovski, Ćirković, Subić - Jevtović, Brašanac - A. Živković, Babović (S. Ilić, 68.), Ninković (Bojinov, 90.) - Aboubakar
Head coach: Ljubinko Drulović
Hooray! We shat a victory out of ourselves!
Well, just in the meantime, as we were pressing it hard, we got piles. But never mind. Hey, shut the fuck up, we won!...
And let’s discreetly not mention even those facts that Voždovac took the lead in the 4th minute, that we could switch the standing with great luck and a penalty kick only, and we can thank this actual victory to the referee, who invalidated a home goal in the last minutes.
I might get new enemies now. Be it. I’m not happy with this victory.
The reason is that this victory is enough only
a) to be able to gag fans saying that we finally achieved a victory, so Vazura can again appear for the press with his greasy smile and declare everything’s alright and Zoran Milinković still bears the trust of the entire management
b) to be able to continue this ostrich policy playing the seigneur, while the team has been ruined.
During the first 40 minutes of the game my net was on the verge of death. The stream was lagging or even stopped numerous times. I reconstruct the happenings of this period by reports and video highlights.
So, the teams walked out to the muddy, soaky field. It was raining. Voždovac decided not to waste time, they took the lead right in the beginning. We possessed the ball, Ćirković (who is NOT our Lazar Ćirković) easily tackled Partizan’s player. He ran up, then passed to Ristović, who attacked the goal, surrounded by no defenders. The assistant didn’t wave offside, Ristović easily tackled Živko Živković, who run out of the goalmouth and shot the ball into the net. 1:0
In the 6th minute Babović got the ball from Balažic in the middle. He shot from 18 metres, the goalkeeper pushed the ball to corner. Three minutes later Babović kicked the ball to Aboubakar to the other side of the field. Aboubakar dribbled, then sent a flat shot to the goal. Missed.
In the 13rd minute again Aboubakar tried, now with a distant shot, but it was too wide. A minute later Bojinov got the ball in the middle. He shot, it was too high.
20th minute. Andrija Živković. Distant bomb shot. Too high.
Then in the 24th minute Bojinov somehow fell to the ground in the penalty area of Voždovac. Partizan players complained for penalty, but the referee thought it was only a free kick. It was approx. 20 metres from the goal line. Babović stood behind the ball and he shot too high.
In the 29th minute Voždovac got a free kick, 30 metres from our goal line. Ristović stood behind the ball, shot, too high.
It was very typical for the whole game that Voždovac’s defenders easily tackled Partizan’s players, semmingly without much fight or wrestling. I would stay without the wink of my eyelid if it had been done e.g. by the defenders of Barcelona or Real Madrid. They are top class teams with the best players. But the problem is that Voždovac in the moment can be found at the 13th place of the league table, while we are aspiring for the championship title (bwahahahahahahaha). You get what I mean. That team blocked us without any struggle that fights in every season not to get dropped out of the superliga.
Saša Lukić
"Oh, but it was raining today" you might say. No. It’s not an explanation.
What was also very sad, at least for Average Fan that Partizan players were passing the ball ahead without much idea. On the midfield there was clueless fumbling. There was no conception in our attacks, everything was done like some kind of "whatever may be".
Where has the fire gone?... And the winner attitude?... Where is the "I put my heart out to the field"-mentality?... Who destroyed this team so much?...
After all these it’s no wonder anger and frustration burst out of Andrija Živković and he complained heavily to the referee. Referee Jeremić didn’t appreciate Žile’s remarks, he showed him the yellow card.
Andrija, go away from here! Go to Portugal, you have been called from there! Please, run away, for your own sake! Fly from this swamp! You have outgrown this team, you’ll have a much better time abroad! Run, Andrija, run!
In the very last minute of the first half we got a corner kick. Aboubakar headed it to the goal, but it was too wide.
In the second half, right in the beginning, in the 46th minute Andrija Živković got fed up with this lukewarm footwash alike fumbling. He got the ball from Babović, ran up and shot from 15 metres, kicking the ball into the net near the goalkeeper who tried to save. 1:1
Here came a short pause. Smoke covered the field, as the few Partizan-fans who were present made a bonfire celebrating Žile’s goal.
In the 54th minute Aboubakar ran up surrounded by 4 defenders, finally the goalkeeper threw himself into the way and saved. Two minutes later Ćirković ran up, with a great solo, leaving all Partizan-defenders behind. He shot from 16 metres, but missed.
Partizan was trying hard. The goal visibly sped them up, but they were still running up and down in the field having no useful idea on what to do and how.
Boys, honestly, how long was the pre-match tactical meeting?
Andrija Živković was always watched over by three defenders
Voždovac-players were passing the ball to each other in a comfortable pace. They were free to do that, we were just watching them passively. They weren’t any better than us, but as for us, we were a pile of garbage.
In the 60th minute Stevanović got the ball on the left. He passed it to the middle, but the ball rolled out of the field on the other side.
In the 62nd minute we got a free kick, 20-23 metres from the goal line. Andrija Živković stood behind the ball, he shot, the goalkeeper pushed it to corner. Two minutes later Babović passed to Stevanović. Stevanović shot, but it was so high the ball almost flew out of the field above the protecting net.
We were running, just running, but we didn’t really mean any danger for Voždovac’s goal line.
In the 70th minute Andrija Živković got the ball at Voždovac’s penalty area. He passed it to the other side to Stevanović, but the referee whistled it off and gave us a penalty, because a defender pushed Aboubakar to the ground.
Babović stood behind the ball. He shot and scored. 1:2
I should be over the moon now, right? Well, I’m not. This talentless rubbage does not deserve to be Partizan’s goal scorer.
In the 76th minute Ćirković had a distant shot, it ended in a corner kick.
Then someone from Voždovac got a great pass in the middle. Živko Živković ran out of the goalmouth and performed one of his big leg-saves. We immediately started a counter-attack. Stevanović got the ball, he passed it ahead to Aboubakar. Aboubakar passed it back to Stevanović, Stevanović shot, but it was brutally high.
I swear it was a pain to watch. In the 82nd minute Babović and Stevanović, well, what they were doing was not football but the showing-off of two posers in the home team’s half. Then Voždovac somehow got the ball as well as a free kick 30 minutes from our goal line. Ristović shot, Živko Živković had a great save.
In the 83rd minute the goalkeeper sent off Adamović after his second yellow card.
In the 87th minute Voždovac got a free kick, approx. 30 metres from our goal line, on the left. The ball was kicked into our penalty area, where Sinđić jumped up and headed the ball into the net. But the assistant waved offside, the referee invalidated the goal.
Zoran Milinković, you are one goddamn lucky bastard.
Then what was going on the field can not be called football. In the 90+4th minute Voždovac got a corner kick. Even goalkeeper Popović came to our penalty area to help, but they missed it out. For the very last minute there was a Voždovac free kick left, but that was also missed out.
With every single terrible match the incompetence of the management and the head coach will be more and more obvious. The entire system is crumbling and stinks from shit to kilometres. I’m seriously curious how long the team leadership wants to play this comedy.
Highlights:
Facts:
Venue: Obilić Stadion, Belgrade
Number of spectators: 1000
Referee: Milan Jeremić (assistants: Milan Mihajlović, Dragan Bogićević - 4th assistant: Uroš Stojković - goal line assistants: Bojan Nikolić, Lazar Lukić)
There are these occasions, when Average Fan gets a bit emotional, when e.g. the spring season of the current football championship starts and the boys run out to the field. How very much I missed the game, the broadcasts, cheering fans...
Marko Nikolić was watching the game from the tribune, he was substituted on the bench by Zvonko Varga.
(photo: blic.rs)
The first mentionable action happened in the 4th minute, when Lukač was wandering a bit far from his goalmouth and Voždovac’s attackers suddenly appeared at the penalty area. Our goalkeeper made a sliding tackle, kicking the ball out of the sideline. (Then he ran back quickly to the goal line.)
Not much later Ninković was rushing up on the left side, but his pass was caught by defenders. Then in the 14th minute Babović gave a pass ahead to Kojić, who was standing inside the penalty area. He headed it to Ninković, who was sneaking around there. Džigi thanked and walked in the net with the ball. 1:0
In the 17th minute it was again us in action. Živković passed the ball to Volkov, who gave it to Brašanac from the left side, but the chance was missed.
5 minutes later Voždovac was attacking. We could demilitarize them, but here came a period when it was mostly about how to kick Partizan-players on the ground. Živković spent more time laying on the grass than running, then in the 24th minute Kojić fell on the ground (you could hear the striker’s painful scream even through the stream).
Then came the 25th minute. Voždovac’s Nigerian player got the ball in the middle. He dribbled one here and one there and passed it to Karaklajić. The midfielder ran up to our penalty area and passed the ball into the middle. Lukač was watching shocked as Slovenian player Škerjanc appeared out of nowhere, behind his back and headed the ball to the net. 1:1
In the 30th minute Voždovac was attacking again. Odita sent a shot from 20 metres, thankfully it flew out of the field above the crossbar. We could instantly go for a counter-attack, but Ninković’s shot was too wide.
(photo: Facebook/Fudbalski klub Partizan)
Meanwhile fans of the southern tibune was chanting "Uprava napolje" loud (in English, approx: "Out with the management!").
In the 37th minute Ninković again missed a chance, then 3 minutes later it was Bandalovski sending a shot to Voždovac’s goal line. The shot ended as a corner, Volkov headed it to the goal line, but it was too wide.
In the 42nd minute the world was again watching Bandalovski, but not necessarily for the reason the defender originally wanted. A Voždovac player pushed him down to the ground, and after all these the referee gave the guests a free kick. Lukač saved. Two minutes later we were possessing the ball and we got a free kick. Drinčić sent it in from the left side, Volkov shot it to the goal line while falling on the ground, but Supić saved it.
It was already extra time, we again got a free kick, approx. 20 metres from the goal line. Drinčić was standing behind the ball, but his kick dropped down on the wall. Živković immediately grabbed the ball and made a 25-metre shot. The goalkeeper had to fly in the air to save it to corner.
The very last minute had a Voždovac-attack left, Odita shot from 15 metres, but it was too wide.
Bandalovski in action. The Bulgarian played very well
(photo: Facebook/Fudbalski klub Partizan)
The second half started with Volkov getting kicked on the ground. In the 49th minute we got a corner. Drinčić kicked, Volkov got it, but the goalkeeper saved with leg, and the ball dropped right in front of Branko Ilić. Ilić headed, the ball fell into the net. 2:1
In the 53rd minute Voždovac attacked. The ball arrived in the middle from the right, being about 25 metres from the goal line. The shot was dropped from a Partizan defender, right in front of Zlatković, who immediately shot. Lukač jumped and saved. Corner. Finally Brašanac cleaned the area. Two minutes later the guests got a free kick, it was headed on corner by Kojić. In the 57th minute we headed for a counter-attack after a corner. Živković gave a great pass to Kojić from the left, the striker headed it over the crossbar.
(photo: Facebook/Fudbalski klub Partizan)
In the 61st minute Ninković was maneuvering to be able to get a corner. It was cleaned by the defenders, but we still possessed the ball. Volkov tried with a heading, the goalkeeper pushed the ball in front of Kojić, the striker shot too wide. Two minutes later Voždovac started a counter-attack after a corner, but Bandalovski interrupted. In the 68th minute the Bulgarian player dribbled himself through the guest team’s half and passed the ball to Ninković, but his shot flew out of the field above the crossbar. A minute later the goalkeeper could barely save Drinčić’s corner, making another one for us. From that corner the guest team grabbed the ball and wanted to head for a counter-attack, but we got the ball back. Živković passed it to Babović from the right, but his heading was too wide.
In the 72nd minute, after a counter-attack there was an upheaval in front of Partizan's goalmouth. A shot came from the left, defenders saved it to corner. A minute later Bandalovski made an amazing sprint while a Voždovac-attacker was trying to find his way to our goal line. The Bulgarian defender won, the ball ran out through the sideline. Throw-in for Voždovac, then the attacker kicked the ball into our goalmouth. Odita was standing there between two defenders. The kick was awful, our defenders headed it down, but the ball dropped in front of the Nigerian, who shot and the ball was in the net. 2:2
In the 79th minute Lovrenčić made a too distant shot above the crossbar from 8 metres. After the goal kick the ball got back to Voždovac (a Partizan defender just simply lost the ball). They didn’t waste time, Džugurdić made a shot from 20 metres. The ball dropped into the net from Lukač’s hand. 2:3
There was about a handful of Voždovac-fans who made a happy dance on the tribune after this goal, while the entire southern tribune was shouting "Uprava napolje".
In the 85th minute after a row of amazing dribbles and passes Volkov headed the ball right into the goalkeeper’s hands. Almost immediately Ninković ran up on the right and passed to Šaponjić, who just joined the game as a substitute. Šaponjić ran up to the corner flag and passed the ball into the middle. A Partizan-player was waiting there for the ball, but a too eager Voždovac-defender was quicker - and the ball dropped into the net from him. Own goal. 3:3
In the 88th minute Marinković had a distant shot, but missed. Two minutes later Voždovac was again heading to our goal line and it looked to be rather dangerous. Our defense line cleaned the area, but it wasn’t a too easy task... For the 92nd minute there was a Partizan free kick left, the referee sent Drinčić backwards at least 4 times before allowing him to kick, because the midfielder was not at the very place where the foul previously happened... Finally Drinčić could kick the ball into the middle, but the chance was missed.
At the end of the game the bitter choir of Grave Diggers still chanted anti-management rhymes instead of the usual singing and greeting the players, while the few fans of Voždovac have probably never been happier than now, to be able to steal one point from Partizan. And the thing is, dear fellow fans, we can be grateful that they stole only one and not three points from us, and we didn’t start the season with a humiliating loss.
Update: some news resources say, the always tight-lipped, barely outspoken Saša Ilić didn't make a secret of being upset after the match, in the locker-room. The team captain put the entire team in their place, also a few players got a personal scolding from him.
And he was right.
Highlights:
Facts:
Location: Partizan Stadion, Belgrade
Number of spectators: 5000
Referee: Srđan Jovanović (assistants: Nemanja Petrović, Jovica Milin - 4th assistant: Milan Mihajlović - additional assistants:Nenad Đokić, Igor Stojilković)
FK Partizan: Lukač - Bandalovski, Ćirković, B. Ilić, Volkov - Brašanac (S. Ilić, 77.), Drinčić - Babović, Ninković, A. Živković (Marinković, 83.) - Kojić (Šaponjić, 77.)
Head coach: Marko Nikolić
First match of the 2014/15 season. Partizan-players were wearing their nice and brand new grey "away" jerseys. (Petar Škuletić was nice enough to present it at the official jersey presentation in Belgrade in July. Here's a photo of him, you can see more Partizan-photos here, made by the blog author.)
It was a terrible heat, 30 degrees Celsius in the shade, in the stadium located in Belgrade's Vračar district the atmosphere was also heated
terrible pun
with about 1000 spectators.
(Originally they were about to play this match in Voždovac's own stadium, but the police suggested to switch to Obilić stadium in Vračar. Upon their opinion Voždovac Stadion didn't have the needed security regulations for organizing the match.)
(photo: Facebook)
The match started with a quite interesting scene. In the 3rd minute Voždovac had a goal kick. The goalkeeper ran up, kicked the ball - and it hit Lazović's back so much, that it flew back towards the goal and almost scored. It missed the goal just with centimetres. (It would have been the biggest troll goal of Partizan for sure.)
Partizan aggressively attacked Voždovac. Sometimes in the 8th minute Voždovac earned a corner, but they missed the chance. Not much later Volkov had a great shot (it flew too high), one minute later a corner dropped just in front of Vulićević, but the defender also kicked the ball too high. Voždovac got to Partizan's goal only in the 13th minute, but the shot was too weak, it didn't mean any difficulty for Lukač.
Partizan attacked heavily, but somehow all shots were caught by Voždovac defenders. Yet the opponent could hardly get to Partizan's penalty area, and even if they could, they tried with so weak shots that it didn't mean any problem either for Partizan's defense line or goalkeeper Lukač. Game was going on mostly on Voždovac's midfield.
In the 20th minute Drinčić had a free kick but again the ball flew over the goal. Then at the 25th minute they had a cooling break for about 2-3 minutes, everyone grabbed the water bottles.
In the 29th minute Voždovac had a huge chance, missed by Pantelić. (One Voždovac-player ran up to Partizan's penalty area, passed the ball into the middle, Pantelić nodded, but the ball flew over Partizan's goal.) Just before this scene Ninković had a try, the midfielder ran up with the ball among the defenders and shot, but it was again too weak, the ball spun out. Goal kick.
I think, I realized in the 31st minute that Lazović is still on the field. The forward was the shadow of his former self, he barely touched the ball for the entire match. As if his shoulder injury would have sucked the life out of him.
In the 38th minute Grbić missed a chance, and afterwards Partizan made "fireworks" in front of Voždovac's goal. Ninković had more than one shots, but all of them were blocked by defenders. Then Škuletić got the ball and he shot it into goalkeeper Supić from a few centimetres.
The rest of the first half didn't have any more exciting scenes. Partizan kept on attacking, got corners, but somehow all chances were missed. Voždovac got stuck in their own half.
In the second half Partizan continued to attack the home team, but still nothing seemed to work. Right at the beginning Grbić ran up on the right side and passed to the middle, but Škuletić had a bit of "lag" and missed the ball.
Did I see well, that in the 50th minute Obradović practically grabbed Grbić "right there in between"?...
In the 52nd minute Drinčić again got a free kick, but again missed. The shot had a slide on the goalkeeper's hand and dropped in front of a Partizan-player (I didn't see it clearly, maybe it was Škuletić?...) who then headed the ball above the goal. One minute later the same scene could be seen, now Lazović missed it.
Partizan attacked very aggressively, it was clear they want to score a goal, they want to win very much. In the 55th minute Ninković's distant shot flew too high.
Then the 56th minute was one of those rare moments when Voždovac attacked, just the ball ran away right in front of Partizan's goal, there was nobody there to kick into it and score.
Thank God.
Around the 61st minute there was again a home attack, it was a bit more dangerous. A ball arrived to the middle, hit a Voždovac-player and flew out, goal kick.
In the 65th minute there was another cooling break.
And then came the rhetorical question: why did Saša Ilić come up (and why only as a substitute) only in the 70th minute?... Why?...
In the 71st minute Voždovac almost scored an own goal. Drinčić passed the ball to the middle, it popped left and right and almost ended up in the goal dropping from a defender (finally it ran out of the goal line). A few minutes later Saša Ilić passed to Volkov, the defender passed it to Luka (who came up a few minutes earlier as a substitute), the midfielder headed the ball to the goal but missed.
And then Voždovac took the lead. No one knows how, because they could barely got to Partizan's goal. It was something like "the blind man may per chance hit the mark", but nobody thought it would be like this... The home team got a free kick, someone among the Partizan defenders headed the ball out, it dropped right in front of a Voždovac-player, namely Tripković, he wasn't thinking too much, kicked and scored. 1:0
In the 77th minute Lazović got up to Voždovac's goal, but the goalkeeper saved his shot. They even wanted to make a counter attack, Stanimirović barely missed it...
Then it was 1:1. With an own goal. Volkov lobbed the ball to the middle, he probably wanted to pass it to Škuletić, but the ball finally hit Stošić and got to the goal.
I guess it wasn't in the screenplay, but at least it was already a draw.
Then in the 81th minute it was again Ninković trying from 20 meters, but again too high.
Then something interesting happened.
Ismael Beko Fofana appeared at the sideline as a substitute player.
Fofana. Personally.
That Fofana who was neglected for months, not getting a chance even as a substitute player. That Fofana who scored goals earlier, who is fast, absolutely talented and fans are convinced he does not need to prove himself.
He was there, at the sideline, ready to play.
(photo: mozzartsport.com)
When Grave Diggers noticed Fofana was about to enter, they were shouting and cheering loud. (I've been massively watching Partizan-matches for two years now, but I have never seen anything like this.) And when he finally entered (for Ninković), the stadium exploded. Fans were cheering and shouting every time he touched the ball. They were chanting his name. And somehow this gave an extra fuel to Partizan. They were running much faster, crawling, fighting, chasing the ball, and in the 85th minute Volkov got a huge chance again. The Montenegrin player got a pass, he shot it, but again, it flew too high.
In the 90th minute Partizan made another fireworks. It was a brilliant teamwork by Saša Ilić, Fofana and Luka, but they shot the ball right into the goalkeeper. Partizan-players even complained that one of the defenders of Voždovac actually played handball, but the referee didn't mind it.
5 minutes of extra time was coming.
Total chaos and resurrection.
In the 92th minute, after a wonderful interplay Vulićević passed the ball to the middle. Volkov rose up to the skies and with an unbelievable, amazing movement he kicked the ball into the goal. 1:2
With this movement... it should be taught at academies
(photo: mozzartsport.com)
Then he ran to the Grave Diggers...
(photo: mozzartsport.com)
...to celebrate together with them
(photo: mozzartsport.com)
(photo: Facebook/Fudbalski klub Partizan)
The coup de grace was given by Fofana.
Vulićević ran up with the ball and passed to Saša Ilić. The boss kicked it to the middle, Lazović stepped over the ball with a very elegant (and totally selfless) movement, and the ball got just in front of Fofana. And the Ivory Coast player tore the net to pieces with his shot. The fans were crying and screaming from joy, and Fofana's happiness was true and absolutely well-deserved.
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