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It’s not that easy.
Monday (31st August) midnight was the deadline of closing the transfer window, and Partizan’s football team was racing with time. On Monday they signed 4 (four) players within 24 hours. The first one was Nikola Leković. The left back is in fact on loan from Polish team Lechia Gdansk for a year. His shirt number will be No. 3...
...another left back, the former captain of Borac Banja Luka, Aleksandar Subić has signed for 4 years to Partizan. His shirt number will be No. 19...
...16-year-old Đorđe Jovanović, player of Partizan’s youth school has signed his first ever professional contract with the team...
...and finally, in the last minute Partizan signed Swiss-born Serbian national team winger Alen Stevanović, whose number will be No. 91.
Besides it was an open secret that Partizan, but most of all Zoran Milinković had wanted to sign Vojvodina’s midfielder, Mirko Ivanić. The team allegedly offered one and a half million (!) euros for him
where would they have taken that money from?...
but Vojvodina just rose and rose the price, finally at two million euros Partizan backed out of the debate. Though Miloš Vazura keeps on waving his flags that Partizan did not give up signing Vojvodina’s young talent.
The only weird part of it all is that nobody asked Marko Ivanić about it all.
Then there were those who left the team. They are out mostly on loan, but Ivan Petrović permanently left ul. Humska and signed to Borac Čačak. Nenad Marinković is on loan (at FK Voždovac), so is Miroslav Bogosavac (Teleoptik). There are rumours, that Novi Pazar was into getting Predrag Luka on loan, but Luka refused to accept the offer saying he rather fights ahead to get into Partizan’s starting eleven.
GIGARESPECT. This is Partizan-heart.
Upon some nasty rumours not only Predrag Luka but also Petar Grbić refused an offer to get on loan - and both players were allegedly punished by the team management for choosing rather Partizan than wearing another team’s jersey. If this is true, then I wish the entire management, every single one of them to get such a nasty diarrhea, in public, that even the closest toilet would be too far for them.
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There’s a change in the basketball team as well. Milenko Tepić has left KK Partizan. The player’s contract has expired at the end of the previous season, still he started the preparations with Partizan. Now he has found a new team for himself, and it is not else than Greek team PAOK.
As soon as there is any official announcement, I’ll update the blogpost.
Update: fresh, crusty and official. PAOK announced the signing of Milenko Tepić on Facebook.
For the end of the post I serve you with the obligatory PR-grin of football players. Audi, being their official sponsor, offered brand new A3 and A4 cars for the players as well as to Zoran Milinković. After the usual commonplaces the players and the head coach were photographed in the company of their new machines.
Everyone's favourite football team has been spending their days in Slovenia at a training camp. Nevertheless today they decided to loosen up and go on a spree.
They went to play paintball to the nearby forest. Team building activity, ole ole ole.
They divided to 4 teams. The first team consisted of physiotherapist Vladimir Radeka, Milan Lukač, Miroslav Bogosavac, Predrag Luka, Nenad Marinković, Filip Kljajić and Saša Ilić.
The second team included Stefan Babović, Petar Grbić, Miroslav Vulićević, Saša Lukić, Nemanja Petrović, Miloš Ostojić and Nemanja Kojić, while the third Živko Živković, Nikola Trujić, Lazar Ćirković, Valeri Bojinov, Ivan Bandalovski and club doctor Ilija Rosić. Finally in the fourth there was Darko Brašanac, Marko Golubović, Nemanja Glavčić, Aboubakar Oumarou, Marko Jevtović and physiotherapist Igor Krtinić.
You can imagine.
All smiles and enthusiasm in the beginning
If you recognize any player behind the masks, tell into the comment box
A weary-looking Predrag Luka between the always determined Saša Ilić and Grbić, who is explaining something with big gestures
Bogosavac is enthusiastic, Marinković is all ears
Bogosavac still has a big smile on his face, while Luka gives an encouraging pat on Saša Ilić’s shoulder
Paintball-hussars
If there’s any video about it, I’ll post it, I promise. It’ll be a must-see.
Former goal scorer and demigod of FK Partizan, current Lokomotiv Moscow player Petar Škuletić celebrated his 25th birthday yesterday.
A belated Happy Birthday to him! Srećan rođendan, Škule!
His teammates made him a video as a gift, where they all tell what a great guy Škule is.
He got cake, too.
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In the meantime Partizan signed Cameroonian player Aboubakar Oumerou. Aboubakar has already played at numerous clubs of the Serbian superliga, e.g. Vojvodina, OFK Beograd as well as Crvena Zvezda. He signed for 2 years and after the medical checkup he joins the team that is currently on training camp in Slovenia. Aboubakar's jersey number will be 15.
I could say so many things on it. Probably the same that comes to your mind right now, dear fellow fan who is reading this. Let's agree in the jolly-joker term "we'll see".
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Meanwhile our sons found their place at Arena Hotel and training complex in Pohorje, Slovenia, where they continue the preparations for the 2015/16 season.
Bojinov is full of life
His fellow citizen Bandalovski is a bit less enthusiastic, while Fabricio tries to look determined
The young forces are doing great
Brašanac is explaining something keenly
They are followed by the two Slovenians
"I see what you did there" - nothing avoids Lukač’s attention
Hard work
Interesting excersises...
Light jogging to channel the training down
Živko Živković has taken Bogosavac under his fatherly wings
The boys will surely not take the chair-lift to get to the top
They are getting ready - forever joyful Kojić and determinated Ninković
Saša Lukić chose the optimistic menu point
It was great to see Predrag Luka in the team. Not so long ago some rumours were spread that Luka might be put on loan to Novi Pazar. I don’t want to quote those nasty curses the humble author of this blog started to yell when hearing about it. Come on, people! We want Predrag Luka to the starting eleven!
(feel free to use it as a hashtag #PredragLukaToTheStartingEleven)
"Okay, boys, so there's that winding road. You run uphill on that 3 times in a row, until then we go and have some ćevapi. Good luck!"
Here is an approx. 15-minute-long video about all the training camp fun.
Time-table of preparational matches:
1st July, 18:00: Rudar Velenje, venue: NK Brunšvik Stadium, Rače, Slovenia
4th July, 10:30: Aluminijum Kidričevo, at Arena Hotel's football field
4th July, 17:00: Terek Grozni, venue: Wildon Stadium, Wildon, Austria
8th July, 10:30: Kovinar - Tezno, at Arena Hotel's football field
8th July: Amkar Perm (time and venue tba)
One would think the last round of the season will be easy. We’ll have just some light playing on the green grass, our victory is beyond question, with one, two or even three goals, then comes celebration, waving, blowing kisses and finally everyone can go home and leave for the well-deserved holiday.
Then Life said "LOL, one sec".
Partizan’s starting eleven was a reserve team. Ninković was again our team captain and we had Predrag Luka on the right side of the midfield, who was seen last time long long ago.
I don't know why he was neglected for such a long time. If you know it, tell it to the comment box.
The first mentionable action was in the 7th minute, but even then it was only Marković’s distant but weak shot. Home team made a counter-attack from this, Jevtović ran up, dribbled and shot from our penalty area line, too wide.
In the 9th minute we got a free kick. Ninković stood behind the ball and shot, the goalkeeper could barely save it with fingertips. Corner kick, Balažic headed it to the goal line, but it was too wide. Two minutes later Vulićević sent a distant shot to the goal line from the right, the goalkeeper caught it.
In the 12th minute Borac got a free kick, 40 metres from our goal line. The shot came from the left, making an upheaval in our penalty area. Jevtović grabbed the ball. He was wrestling with Luka, then suddenly shot the ball to our goal line. Živko Živković saved with fantastic reflexes.
The ground was cloddish and muddy after days of rain, players looked after the first 15 minutes as if they were mud wrestlers and not football players. In the 17th minute Grbić got a great pass. He ran up on the right and passed it to the middle. Ninković immediately shot the ball to the goal line, but goalkeeper Bajić saved it. The ball flew towards Luka, he jumped and headed it to the net. GOOOOOAAAAAAAAAL!!!! 0:1
In the 21st minute Borac got another free kick. Krunić shot, but the ball flew out above the crossbar.
In the 28th minute Ožegović got a big pass from the half line. The attacker was all alone facing our goal line
it was at least suspicious if not an actual offside, but neither slow motion replays, nor match highlights confirmed it
Balažic tried to catch him, but it was too late: Ožegović shot the ball into our net. 1:1
We didn’t have to wait too long for Partizan’s reply.
The next minute brought Vulićević’s pass to Marković. Marković shot it to Marinković, who was standing at the other side of the penalty area. Marinković thanked and kicked it from 16 metres right into the middle of the net. GOOOOOAAAAAAAAL!!! Yesss, we are leading again! 1:2
In the 30th minute another Borac free kick came, somewhere between the penalty area line and the left sideline. The kick came to the goalmouth, making an upheaval, then Jevtović kicked the ball into the sky.
At this point Borac tried to speed up. They were continuously attacking. In the 33rd minute Jovančić sent a shot to our goal line from 20 metres, too wide.
Fans started to chant "uprava napolje".
In the 36th minute Ninković had a shot to the goal from the left side, too wide.
Three minutes later Borac had a free kick from 25-28 metres. The shot was flat and weak, Luka cleared it easily.
In the 43rd minute Lukić made a great row of dribbles and passed the ball to Grbić.
Grbić gave it to Luka, he passed it back to Grbić, it was a great sight, but Borac defenders tackled Partizan’s attackers.
In the second half there was a penalty-suspicious situation right in the beginning. A Borac player fell on the ground inside our penalty area, the referee
sometimes even we can have some luck
waved "go ahead". Borac got a free kick in the 49th minute, 28 metres from our goal line. The shot was too wide.
Živko Živković had to stand in a sea of mud in the second half
A minute later Jevtović got a pass and ran up to our goal line, while two defenders from us were hanging on him. He rushed up on the left side and shot, Živko Živković saved it. But the ball dropped to Zec, who was sneaking up there unnoticed. Nobody tried to tackle him, so he shot, into the middle. 2:2
In the 54th minute Petrović got the ball from Grbić, he shot, but the ball flew out above the crossbar. Three minutes later Borac got a free kick. Stefan Živković kicked it into our penalty area from 40 metres. In the goalmouth someone pushed the ball with the head, right to Mutavdžić. Mutavdžić rose up, nodded, the ball ended in our net. Unbelievable. 3:2
The pace slowed down at this point, even though it wasn’t too fast by default. This result was the best possible for Borac, as for us... well, we were playing without any useful idea.
All right. I get that I should not expect too much from a reserve team. Also an average fan always wants victory and goals. But there is no excuse for this, to turn the standing from 1:2 to 3:2, in such a terribly boring match. I’m sure, too, everyone knew Borac wants to avoid being dropped out of SuperLiga, so they will fight with their best players. I get it, too, that for us there was no actual stake for this match, but for God’s sake, this team with no ideas is NOT Partizan. It is inadmissible for us, even for the reserve team.
In the 61st minute Luka tried with a shot, but it ended as a corner kick.
Then in the 67th minute the referee gave red card to Ninković. It was his second yellow card. From then on Partizan played with 10 players.
In the 75th minute young Miloš Kukolj debuted in the senior team. He played as a substitute for Predrag Luka.
In the 77th minute Ožegović ran up with the ball and at our penalty area he passed to Milojević. Milojević passed it back to Ožegović, who shot. The ball hit a Partizan-defender, Živko Živković performed again one of his great saves.
In the 79th minute Maslać pushed Petrović to the ground inside their penalty area. Penalty, no question, the referee immediately pointed at the eleven-metre sign. Grbić stood behind the ball and shot it to the lower right corner of the net. 3:3
I swear, this penalty saved us from a big big shame.
In the 87th minute Kukolj passed the ball to the middle, but a Borac-defender was quicker and headed the ball earlier than Partizan’s player.
Then it ended. Final whistle. We are the champions, now officially. I admit, I can only hope we’ll have a much better, much more combative performance at the Champions League qualifying than this.
Highlights:
Facts:
Venue: Borca kraj Morave Stadion, Čačak
Number of spectators: 3000
Referee: Majo Vujović (assistants: Dejan Potočan, Branko Pavlović - 4th assistant: Jovica Milin - goal line assistants: Aleksandar Vasić, Dejan Santrač)
and by this they will play in the qualifyings of Champions League (from where they’ll hopefully make it again to the group stage). Crvena Zvezda, Čukarički and Vojvodina will play in the qualifyings of UEFA Europa League.
Donji Srem and Radnički 1923 are dropped out of SuperLiga. From Prva Liga FK Radnik Surdulica and FK Javor qualified to SuperLiga. Napredak must play in the play-off against Metalac to decide which they will be able to play in the SuperLiga next season.
Dear Everyone, that was Jelen SuperLiga season 2014/15. Now everyone can have some rest and heal the broken nerves, because we all will need them soon again. Time for some relaxation, and then, if my informations are correct, the Champions League qualifying draw will be on 22nd June. Partizan joins the qualifying in the 2nd round. Matches of the 2nd round will be played between 14th and 15th July as well as on 21st and 22nd July. You’ll be informed about everything in time.
