RK Partizan - Požarevac 33:29 (superliga, round 14)

Partizan’s handball team welcomed Požarevac in the 14th round of the superliga.

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It was all easy. After 9 minutes we were leading to 5:1. Radojković just scored and scored, he was joined by Sretenović and Mršulja. After 15 minutes we were ahead with 8:4, Aleksandar Tomić performed some especially fantastic saves. Then we slowed down a bit, Požarevac started to reduce the difference (8:5), and if I could see it well, two Partizan-players got 2-minute detention at a time (Pižurica and Đuričić), so our goalkeeper Tomić stayed off-court for an attack, and head coach Nenad Maksić sent an attacker to the ground. Mršulja immediately scored (9:5), Tomić ran back to the goal.
We were definitely stronger and more aggressive. Our advantage was 11:7 in the 20th minute. Two minutes before the half-time buzz we were ahead with 9 goals (17:8) - this 17th goal was the world’s cheekiest one by Maksić, passing it softly above the goalkeeper’s head, the ball dropped into the net like an overriped pear. We finished the first half with 18:10.
For the second half Požarevac tried to speed up. They very much wanted to show that we cannot just get ahead of them with 7-8-9 goals.
After this we increased our difference to 21:13.
Ehhehehe.
They tried to be rough, but Partizan was still stronger, more determined and aggressive. A lot.
And we fought hard.
In the meantime 2500 Grave Diggers supported the team on the top of their voice.
In the 45th minute Kukić had a fantastic steal, left the entire defense line of Požarevac behind himself and ruthlessly scored (24:17). Just a few seconds later Tomić threw a giant pass to Radojković (if I could see his shirt number well...), he ran up and scored a giant goal (25:17). What a fantastic action it was!... At this point of the game Partizan tore Požarevac to small pieces.
The standing was 30:22, only 8 minutes were left from the match. Požarevac tried to pick themselves together here and there, but the end game brought mostly clenched teeth and wrestling, with barely any goals.
We still won.
The hero of the day is Mihajlo Radojković with 9 (!) goals. He is followed by Aleksa Maksić and Nemanja Živković (6-6 goals), Stevan Sretenović (4), Igor Mršulja (3) and Vuk Milenković (1).

Mihajlo Radojković

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Current championship standings:
1. CZ 25 points
2. Metaloplastika 20 points
3. Sloga 20 points
4. Partizan 18 points
5. Požarevac 16 points
6. Jugović 14 points
7. Morava 11 points
8. Rudar 9 points
9. Radnički 6 points
10. Železničar 1 point

Požarevac - RK Partizan 23:24 (superliga, round 5)

It wasn’t an easy game, we had to fight hard against Požarevac for this victory. The match started with Nemanja Živković’s goal (0:1), but even for that we had to wait until the 3rd minute. The first half was a nip-and-tuck game, 1:1, 2:2, 3:3 and so on until the 26th minute, when the standing was 10:10 and Požarevac suddenly made it to 13:10. Nemanja Živković reduced the difference to 13:11, probably right before the half time buzz.
In the second half the home team was leading for quite a time, always with 1-2 goals. We could equalize in the 46th minute to 17:17 with Šotra’s goal, then in the 47th Đuričić took the lead for us (17:18). Požarevac equalized, but Popović took back the lead in the 49th minute and from then on we didn’t let control out of our hands. We kept up the difference of 1-2 goals constantly. At the very end, when the standing was 22:24, the home team scored one more goal.
The hero of the day is Nemanja Živković with 6 goals. He is followed by Stevan Sretenović, he scored 5. Đorđe Šotra, Ivan Popović and Igor Mršulja all scored 3-3 goals. Andrija Đuričić added 2 to our victory, while Mihajlo Radojković and Lazar Kukić shot 1-1 goal.
Here are photos, too, and a big-big greeting and high five to the admins of srls.rs who keep the site always up-to-date, with fresh infos, details and photos. Thanks a lot, dear partners in sport!

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League table comes on Sunday, the rest of the 5th round is yet to come.

Update: current championship standings
1. CZ 9 points
2. Partizan 8 points
3. Sloga 7 points
4. Metaloplastika 7 points
5. Požarevac 5 points
6. Rudar Kostolac 4 points
7. Morava 3 points
8. Jugović 3 points
9. Radnički 1 point
10. Železničar 1 point

RK Požarevac - RK Partizan 21:21

We played a draw against Požarevac, but it is not a problem at all, because we still more or less surely arrive at the play-off of the championship. The home team was on the lead in the half-time (13:9), but in the second half they could thank most of all their goalkeeper that the end result was a draw and they didn’t end up with a huge defeat.
Goalkeeper Arsić had 19 (nineteen) saves during this match. We put his goal line under fire in the second half.
Soon before the end it looked very much that Požarevac would be the winner of the day. They were on the lead to 21:20 with Tica’s goal. Mršulja wanted to equalize quickly, but he missed it, and the home team immediately made a counter-attack. We stole the ball and ran back up to their goal line. The defense line of Požarevac was too nervous, being very close to the end buzz, we got a penalty. Vanja Ilić stood on the 7-metre line. He shot, he scored, we equalized and we could celebrate.

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Championship standings after 17 rounds:
1. Spartak Vojput 25 points
2. Jugović 24 points
3. Metaloplastika 23 points
4. Partizan 22 points
5. Crvena Zvezda 19 points
6. Železničar 16 points
7. Požarevac 15 points
8. Planinka 14 points
9. Rudar Kostolac 12 points
10. Kolubara 0 point

RK Partizan - Požarevac 33:28

We won :)
We were leading already at the half time to 18:14. The hero of the day was Stevan Sretenović with his 8 goals.

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He is followed by Pešić, scoring 7 goals. Radojković added 6, Kukić 5, Ilić shot 3 goals, Popović 2, while Maksić and Mršulja both had 1-1 goal.

Current championship standings:
1. Metaloplastika
2. Crvena Zvezda
3. Jugović
4. Partizan
5. Železničar
6. Rudar Kostolac
7. Spartak Vojput
8. Planinka
9. Požarevac
10. Kolubara