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 - 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 Partizan - OK Inđija 3:2 (Serbian Cup, quarterfinal return match)

It was a dramatic match, it was open until the last minutes who'd win. The first set was won by Inđija to 17:25, but we heated up the steam roller and ran through the guests in the second, leaving them breathless (25:13). Inđija didn't gave themselves cheaply, they took back the lead (15:25), then we equalized again (25:21). The standing was 2:2, when came the final game.
The standing changed in every 30th second. We were on the lead, then Inđija equalized, we took back to the lead, Inđija equalized again, then even switched the standings, they were on the lead, then we equalized... Finally we won the last set to 23:21 and qualified to the semi-final.

(photo: zurnal.rs)

Milija Mrdak carried the team on his back again with his 30 points. Marko Nikolić brought 18 points, Dušan Lopar did 13. Neven Majstorović scored 11, Petar Nikolić 5, while Ivan Kostić added 3 points to the victory.
In the semi-final our opponent will be the winner of Mladi Radnik - Vojvodina match.

Ok Inđija - OK Partizan 2:3 (Serbian Cup, 1/4 final)

We could win over Inđija by sweating blood in the quarter final of the Serbian Cup. I hope there'll be at least some short video highlights, because our sons fought a cut-throat battle with the Vojvodina-based team. We won the first set from an almost lost standing, the live score site reported about a 10-point difference on the benefit of Inđija. We still made it to 29:27. In the second game the home team equalized (25:13), and in the next set they even took the lead (25:23). But our team shook themselves up, equalized (22:25) and eventually won the final set to 9:15.
Return match will be tomorrow, on 26th December.

OK Partizan - OK Inđija 3:0

Our volleyball team is still unbeatable. The first set against Inđija was smooth (25:20). In the second they reduced the difference the bit, but we still won (21:18), but in the third there was no doubt about who's the king (25:18).

Milija Mrdak was not just the hero of the day, but the best player of November by the journalists of Sportski Žurnal. Besides the usual high-five, handshake and pat on the shoulder he got 500 € as well.

OK Partizan: Buša, Ivković, Lopar (6), Kostić (3), Mrdak (21), Majstorović (6), Rajković (libero), Jokanović, Veličković, P. Nikolić (5), M. Nikolić (17), Popović
Head coach:Vladimir Vasović

OK Inđija: Škrbić (11), Crnjacki (9), Janjušević, Vujović (1), Pešut (11), Janjić (7), Grković (2), Čolović, Obradović, Micić (3), Perišić (libero)
Head coach: Vladimir Šarenac

(photos: zurnal.rs)