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

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 - Ribnica 3:0

Yes. Partizan is still undefeated after the 18th round.
It was about Milija Mrdak.
The entire game was about him. 77 % of our attack started and/or ended with him. He earned 20 points for the team. (The second best Marko Nikolić earned 12.) Ribnica could only assist to our victory.
First set ended with 25:13.
Second set with 25:15.
Third set with 25:20.

Current championship standings:
1. Partizan 50 points
2. Crvena Zvezda 46 points
3. Vojvodina 42 points
4. Novi Pazar 28 points
5. Ribnica 22 points
6. Spartak Ljig 19 points
7. Inđija 19 points
8. Radnički 17 points
9. Mladi Radnik 17 points
10. Đerdap 10 points