Crvena Zvezda - OK Partizan 3:1 (superliga, round 16)

It wasn’t funny.
I brought a lot of screenshots though.

Teams warm up

OK Partizan’s lineup

Introducing players

Group hug before the start

The first set was awful. We made all the possible mistakes. Zvezda was far ahead of us (15:10, 18:11, 22:12), we were mostly just assisting. It ended with 25:13, the result tells it all.
Some screenshots from the first part:

First timeout at 5:1

Receivers: Buša, Pantić and Lopar

Lopar doesn’t look happy (who would be, when the opponent leads with 8:3?...), Kostić is confused

Service: Lopar...

...Kostić...

...and Veličković

Our nervousness calmed down a bit for the second set. At 8:3 we made a fantastic series, we equalized (8:8). Zvezda tried to run away (12:8), but we worked off the difference and were constantly behind them with a step (12:11). The home team was leading for the entire set, but the difference was only a few points now and our game was more and more confident. Still Zvezda won the second part to 25:20.
Images:

Polomac getting ready for service

Earning a point

Head coach Vladimir Vasović

Battle

Dimitrije Pantić

Receivers before a service

For the third set things started to work suddenly. At the beginning we were behind them with only 1-2 points (5:4, 6:5, 7:6), then we equalized (11:11).
Then we took the lead, for the first time during the match! (12:13)
To celebrate it Popović scored a giant ace, so big that Zvezda-players had to take a few deep breaths before continuing. (12:14)
They couldn’t take back the lead for the rest of the set. Sometimes they equalized, but that didn’t last long. It was close, but we kept ourselves. We won the set to 23:25.
Images:

Polomac is about to serve

Receivers

Rajković, the best libero

Ivan Kostić

Nemanja Jokanović serves

In the last set something blew out. We got too tired or the pressure was too big. Sometimes we equalized, once we took the lead (12:14), but Zvezda equalized (15:15) and from then on they kept all in control. The fourth part ended with 25:19.
Images:

Vladimir Vasović trying to shake up the boys

It’s our turn

 Boris Buša

High five

Cleaning staff

End of the game, handshakes

Crvena Zvezda: Okolić, Jevtić (libero), Skrbić, Gmitrović, Stavlić, Milutinović (9), Jakovljević (12), Stoisavljević (11), Munćan (7), Blagojević (24), Veljović, Buculjević (3)
Head coach: Dragan Kobiljski

OK Partizan: Buša (15), Pantić (15), Nedeljković, Žugić, Lopar (7), Kostić (2), Rajković (libero), Jokanović, Veličković (5), Polomac (7), Popović (3), Perišić
Head coach: Vladimir Vasović

League table will be brought later.

Ribnica - OK Partizan 1:3 (superliga, round 13)

There could be a great battle in the Kraljevo sports hall. We won with a very close fight, the two teams were surely strangling each other by the throat.
The first set was won by the home team to 25:22, and based on the image of the game it very much seemed so that they will won the match itself as well. But Partizan picked themselves together for the second set, while the official match report adds that there was a big number of Grave Diggers in the sports hall cheering and supporting the team loud for the entire game. We won the second part to 20:25, we equalized.
Then the team sped up. Veličković, Buša, Pantić and Polomac turned themselves into Transformers (or they have some secret Jedi power) and we won the third part to 23:25. We finished the decisive fourth game with the same result. Sportski Žurnal mentions this match as a life-saving victory for Partizan - with this 1:3 we are now on the 5th place of the league table, as of now. (There are 3 more games left from this round.)

(photo: zurnal.rs)

Ribnica: Ilić (7), Pavlović (1), Seizović, Okošanović (28), Marković, Adamović (7), Usiljanin (14), Močić (libero), Vilimanović (1), Strahinja Milovanović, Slobodan Milovanović (6), Paunović
Head coach: Boško Mačužić

OK Partizan: Buša (18), Pantić (10), Nedeljković, Žugić, Lopar (7), Kostić (3), Rajković (libero), Jokanović (1), Veličković (22), Polomac (10), Popović, Perišić
Head coach: Vladimir Vasović

League table will be brought later.
Update: current championship standings
1. CZ 36 points
2. Vojvodina 33 points
3. Niš 24 points
4. Novi Pazar 23 points
5. Partizan 19 points
6. Spartak Ljig 15 points
7. Radnički 15 points
8. Klek 15 points
9. Ribnica 14 points
10. Inđija 1 point

Inđija - OK Partizan 0:3 (superliga, round 11)

This game was played yesterday.
I heard about it for the first time on Friday only.

I'm not even surprised anymore that there is such a big silence about the volleyball league in the media. The volleyball association seems to give no shit at all. Their home page is a catastrophe, they report games only in an "in brief"-style. No photos about the games and even their Youtube-channel hasn't been refreshed since last year (they had at least match highlights then). They are not present on any social media either. 
In 2016. In the 21st century.
Professionalism, my a...

Only minimal information is available. Most important is that Partizan won easily against Inđija. We were leading for the whole time, winning the first part to 21:25, the second to 14:25 and the third to 16:25.

Inđija: Lalić (10), Sretenović (1), Pešut (8), U. Grković (libero), A. Grković (4), Čolović, Andrić, Mićić (8), Stević, Kovačević (4)
Head coach: Vladimir Šarenac

OK Partizan: Buša (17), Pantić (12), Nedeljković, Žugić, Lopar (7), Kostić (1), Rajković (libero), Jokanović (1), Veličković (13), Polomac (5), Popović, Perišić
Head coach: Vladimir Vasović

Current championship standings:
1. CZ 30 points
2. Vojvodina 27 points
3. Niš 20 points
4. Novi Pazar 21 points
5. Partizan 16 points
6. Spartak Ljig 15 points
7. Radnički 12 points
8. Ribnica 12 points
9. Klek 11 points
10. Inđija 1 point

OK Partizan - Ribnica 3:0 (superliga, round 4)

RTS 2 was supposed to broadcast this game.

I didn't know about it, because it wasn't mentioned at anywhere. The info crossed me out of the blue.

Eventually they didn't broadcast. Even the live score didn't work at the superliga's home page until the middle of the second set. (At least sofascore.com did.)
The available information is again minimal, the most important is that we took the lead in the first part and didn't let it out of our hands for the whole time. The difference was not that big, but we kept on leading confidently, winning the first game to 25:22.
The second set was a bit more narrow, the difference was only 1-2 points, guests tried to grab our throat, but we were still leading, ending the middle part with 25:23.
The third one was a bit more tough, either we started to get tired or Ribnice sped up for the end, nevertheless in the beginning they took the lead and could keep it until 9:9. At that point we mobilized our restored energies, turned on the Parni valjak, took back the lead and with great fight we won the last part to 25:22.
The two heroes of the day are Boris Buša and Dimitrije Pantić, both scoring 14 points. They are followed by Luka Veličković (13 points), Dušan Lopar (9 points), Aleksa Polomac (6 points) as well as Ivan Kostić and Nemanja Jokanović (1-1 point).

There’s no photo or video footage about the game, because no sports page takes the trouble to publish volleyball superliga reports. Also Wienerliga (the official name of the superliga) has been too lazy, because they haven’t published any photos since forever to their site, and lately they haven’t even uploaded video highlights on Youtube. Even these photos are from the home page of the Serbian volleyball association.

Aleksa Polomac

Boris Buša

(photos: ossrb.org)

League table will be brought later, on Sunday.

Update: current championship standings
1. Vojvodina 9 points
2. Klek 8 points
3. Niš 7 points
4. Novi Pazar 7 points*
5. CZ 6 points*
6. Spartak Ljig 6 points
7. Partizan 6 points
8. Radnički 5 points
9. Ribnica 2 points
10. Inđija 1 point

OK Partizan - Inđija 3:1 (superliga, round 2)

In the second round of the volleyball superliga Partizan welcomed Inđija and won over them in a very narrow match that brought nip-and-tuck fight.
We won the first game to 27:25, but the standing constantly kept on changing, once with us on the lead, then with the guests. At first they were leading to 7:8, not allowing us to grab the lead for a longer time. Inđija was still leading to 15:16, and the standing was so open that nobody could predict who’d win. Finally we took the lead (21:20) and won the set with hard fight.
The second part was the same tough, with the same, always-changing standing, being absolutely open until the end. It was 20:21 when we heated up the Parni valjak and won the set to 25:23 with blood and sweat.

It’s not easy now, a lot of players left the team. Last year’s ace scorer Milija Mrdak has gone as well as the two Nikolić’s, Marko and Petar. The current name list is full of new players.

In the third set Inđija sped up. They grabbed our throat, used black magic, bewitched us and left us behind to 8:16. It didn’t become any easier even later, they kept themselves to 13:21, finally winning it to 18:25.
For the final part we warmed up our reserve energies, so did the opponent. Very narrow battle, one point here, one point there, nerves in pieces. We had a 21:16 advantage, but Inđija reduced it to 21:20 and it was so narrow that we could feel their blood-thirsty breath on the back of our neck. Finally at 24:23 we had the match ball, made it to 25:23 and won the 3 points.
The hero of the day is Luka Veličković with 18 points, followed by Dušan Lopar with 16 points. Marko Popović scored 15 points, Dimitrije Pantić made 14. They are followed by Aleksa Polomac (7), Ivan Kostić (5), Boris Buša, Vukasin Nedeljković and Nemanja Jokanović (1-1).
If there’s any photo or video about the game, I’ll update the post.

Luka Veličković, the hero

(photo: cev.lu)

Current championship standings:
1. Klek Srbijašume 5 points
2. Niš 4 points
3. Novi Pazar 4 points
4. Spartak Ljig 3 points
5. CZ 3 points
6. Vojvodina 3 points
7. Radnički 3 points
8. Partizan 3 point
9. Inđija 1 point
10. Ribnica 1 point

OK Crvena Zvezda - OK Partizan 1:3

Victory at the eternal derby, still being undefeated in the championship.
All these after the first match of 2015.
Do we need more?...
On the top of it all, Nikola Mijailović returned at this match after more than 6 months.
We walked out to the ground and ate the reds. We made it to 7:14 in the first set, then the opponent picked themselves together and reduced the difference to 18:20 - but we were still on the lead. What is more, with Jokanović in command we pushed it up to 24:19, then finally Nemanja Jokanović (mentioned earlier) brought the match-point and we won the first game to 25:19. (0:1)
In the beginning of the second we made it to 4:9, but Zvezda could somehow find the pace and even turned the standing to 20:19. Their advantage didn’t last long, Lopar switched the standing back to our side (21:22) and we eventually won the second game to 25:22. (0:2)
For the third the red team again picked themselves together and took the lead to 8:3. This 8:3 later became 12:6 and they won the set to 25:19. (1:2)
They got a chance from us to find their breath.
You get what I mean. At this set we showed how NOT to play volleyball.
So, in the fourth we could show how to actually play it.
Because we took a deep breath and the standing was 5:16. Our advantage was three times ahead of the red team’s (and even more with one point). There was no return. We broke the rest of the red team’s self-esteem, winning the set to 10:25 as well as winning the eternal derby to 1:3.

I’d like to take the opportunity here to suggest RTS to make RTS 2 available at their site beside RTS Satelit. Thank you. 

OK Crvena Zvezda: Okolić (4), Jevtić (libero), Lukić, Stefanović, Stoilović (8), Gmitrović, Koprivica (14), Milutinović (6), Martinović (4), Kecman, Blagojević (16), Buculjević (1)
Head coach: Dragan Kobiljski

OK Partizan: Ivković, Lopar (11), Kostić (1), Mulćan, Mrdak (20), Majstorović, Rajković (libero), Jokanović (1), Mijailović (17),  P. Nikolić (4), M. Nikolić (19), Popović
Head coach: Vladimir Vasović

Championship standings after Round 11:
1. Partizan 30 points
2. Crvena Zvezda 27 points
3. Vojvodina 23 points*
4. Novi Pazar 17 points*
5. Spartak Ljig 12 points*
6. Ribnica 11 points*
7. Inđija 11 points*
8. Đerdap 9 points
9. Mladi Radnik 8 points*
10. Radnički 8 points

Teams marked with * played 10 matches so far.