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Saša Marković left ul. Humska. The midfielder signed to Córdoba CF, a team in the Spanish second division. Marković signed there for 2 years. The news was confirmed on Córdoba's website.
Marković successfully got over all medical tests as well.
(photos: cordobacf.com)
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Meanwhile Partizan’s football team started to prepare for the 2015/16 season.
Special joint-cracking excersises on the back and the bottom, only for football-players
The new boy, Bojinov started fresh and lively, together with the others
The Vulićević-Saša Ilić duo while running
Miloš Ostojić is optimistic
Ninković is stuck between two foreigners, while Bojinov is trying to pretend he understands everything
Coaching staff
Youngsters preparing with the senior team
Sorry, Babinjo, but there is no explanation for this shirt
Saša Ilić doesn’t seem to be too happy, but blood tests is a must
Lukić is a big boy, he is not afraid of the doctor
Balažic takes it all with a stoic face
"I see what you did there" - even if Lukač seemingly didn’t have much sleep the previous night
The football team got a new sponsor earlier last week. This time they signed a one-year contract with Zepter. The announcement, press conference, PR-smile party and usual hype was organized in Zepter Hotel. This time only the two youngsters, Andrija Živković and Ivan Šaponjić were sent to the official party of awkward grins.
The team walked out of the grass of ul. Humska on Sunday with the fantastic spirit of this event for an easy match to win over Mladost, the team that visibly represented a totally different category.
In the 4th minute Andrija Živković’s free kick ended in a corner. Ninković stood to the corner flag to kick. Defenders cleared the area, but we still possessed the ball. Finally Ninković shot, the goalkeeper saved.
A minute later an amusing scene happened. Two Mladost-players wanted to tackle Šaponjić. The defenders crashed and fell on the ground, while Šaponjić walked away with a grin, unharmed.
In the 7th minute we sent another corner kick to Mladost’s penalty area. Marković headed it to the goal line, but it was too wide.
Then in the 12th minute Petrović ran up with the ball on the left and passed it to the middle. The ball was dropping here and there inside the penalty area, then landed in front of Marković. He shot from 20 metrs. The ball flew into the net, passing by the jumping goalkeeper, falling into the lower right side of the net. 1:0
In the 15th minute we got a free kick. Andrija Živković stood behind the ball, almost at the corner flag. The action ended in a corner. Živković grabbed the corner shot and kicked the ball to the goal line from the right. The ball flew out above the crossbar.
In the 18th minute Saša Ilić got a great pass. The Captain made a flying shot, but the goalkeeper saved it. But Šaponjić was sneaking up and headed the ball right into the net with a perfect move. 2:0
The 20th minute brought Balažic trying to head a corner kick to the goal line, but the ball hit the crossbar. Two minutes later Ninković passed to Andrija Živković. The pass was marvellous, but Mladost’s goalkeeper dauntlessly ran out and threw himself in Živković’s way. (He caught the ball, but stayed on the ground with a painful face.)
Mladost could reach to the distance of our penalty area in the 26th minute... But even then they couldn’t make it inside. One of them still tried with a very weak shot to our goal line. (Živko Živković probably didn’t even wake up from that nap he dozed off still in the beginning of the match.)
This was that point when the stream died. A desperate search followed it, and when I found one that worked, the match was in the 35th minute. Upon fkpartizan.rs’s report I missed out one try by Živković and three by Ninković, goddamnit.
Nevertheless in the 36th minute Živković put himself into action again sending a bomb from 20 metres, ending in corner.
In the 38th minute Petrović tried with a distant and sudden shot, but it was too wide. A minute later he tried again, after getting a great pass, but his shot hit the crossbar.
In the last minute of the first half Andrija Živković was dribbling himself through Mladost’s defense line and passed greatly to Saša Ilić on the other side. A defender threw himself into the way of the Captain’s shot, it ended as corner.
In the beginning of the second half Mladost seemingly tried to speed up. They had brave tryings, they took the initiative, ran up til our penalty area, but without too many consequences. The pace was definitely slower than in the first half, when Partizan was attacking heavily for the whole time.
In the meantime Mladost’s Nigerian striker, Friday stomped into Branko Ilić so heavily that the painful scream of Partizan’s defender could be heard even through the stream... Then in the 58th minute Andrija Živković ran up with the ball and passed it to the middle. The goalkeeper saved, defenders cleared, but we still possessed the ball. Ninković got it, dribbled a bit then sent it ahead, where Andrija Živković was waiting for it. He headed the ball to the goal line, the goalkeeper jumped, but couldn’t catch it. The ball slowly rolled through the goal line. 3:0
In the 69th minute Ninković ran up on the left and sent the ball to Brašanac with an amazing Oxford trick. Brašanac shot, but it ended as corner. He headed the arriving corner kick again to the goal line, but the ball hit a defender.
Not much later came Mladost’s first chance. They made a counter-attack, finally Ninković threw himself into the ball’s way, saving it to a corner. It was a great move, a bit risky, but it just made the match even more spectacular.
In the 81st minute we ran up making a counter-attack. Bandalovski ran up, then after a kind of "find the ball"-alike game (once we lost the ball, then we got it back in an adventurous way) Kojić shot, but the ball hit a defender again.
Bandalovski in action
In the 85th minute Grbić was wrestling with two defenders at once. He could still shot, but it also ended in a corner. A minute later Kojić dribbled himself through the penalty area. His shot was saved by the goalkeeper, but the ball ended at Brašanac. His shot was also saved by the goalkeeper.
For the very end, in the 90+1st minute there was one Mladost free kick left, from 22-24 metres, but it caused absolutely no headache for Živko Živković.
Highlights:
Facts:
Venue: Partizan Stadion, Belgrade
Number of spectators: 2000
Referee: Danilo Grujić (assistants: Milan Minić, Oliver Petrović - 4th assistant: Miroljub Petković - goal line assistants: Róbert Kis-Csepegi, Ilija Brdar)
FK Partizan: Ž. Živković - Bandalovski, Balažic, B. Ilić, Petrović - Marković, Brašanac - A. Živković, S. Ilić (Grbić, 69.), Ninković (Marinković, 79.) - Šaponjić (Kojić, 75.)
Head coach: Zoran Milinković
Kneel down: the champions of the autumn season are watching you.
(photo: partizan.rs)
In the 1st minute Marković wanted to welcome the Čačak team with a goal, if the goalkeeper hadn’t pushed himself in the way, it would have been 1:0 then. Both teams started with great pace, Borac looked as if they wanted to show everyone, by any price that they don’t get scared in the "lion’s cave". In the 6th minute their defender, Obradović ran up and kicked the ball from the right, into Lukač’s hands.
In the 12th minute Partizan had a corner (that was the first corner of the match). Marković jumped up for the ball and headed it right on the top of the net. A minute later Škuletić passed the ball to the middle from the left, goalkeeper Petrić saved, and they were immediately set up for a counter-attack. Stojanović made some uncomfortable moments in front of Partizan’s goal line. The ball was dropping in the goalmouth in a hair-raising way, finally Lukač caught it.
Then in the 18th minute Božić sent a shot to our goal line. It was dangerous, but ended as corner (it looked as if the ball would have hit Drinčić before rolling out of the field). The kick was shot by someone on the goal line, but Petrović saved it throwing himself into the way of the shot. But the ball dropped in front of Đoković, who passed it into the net from the goalmouth. 0:1
The moment when Petrović saves
WTF. Cold shower. No. Just now. It’s just a joke, right? A glitch in the Matrix. No way such a disaster can happen to us on the last match of the season. Let’s reboot the match, okay?...
In the 20th minute it seemed, Škuletić missed the Chance of the Year. He got a huge pass, but the goalkeeper threw himself into the way. In the 27th minute Babić sent the ball to our goal line from 17 metres, the ball flew out above the crossbar.
Here I must remark, dear Mr. Anđelovski, in the 29th minute Stanković did not have any foul at all. Yes, there, when you whistled, because he was focusing on the ball, not on the ankle of the Borac-player. For your great luck, Mr. Referee, Lukač saved the free kick you gave to the guest team afterwards.
In the 30th minute Drinčić got a brilliant pass from Lazović. He headed it to the goal, the goalkeeper saved, meanwhile the assistant was already waving for offside. Four minutes later a quick counter-attack was led by Borac after a Partizan-corner. Stojanović was running up to our goal. Lukač faced him all alone. The striker took advantage and shot from the penalty area line. He barely missed.
Then in the 42th minute Grbić was wrestling with two defenders at the same time near Borac’s penalty area. He fought himself inside the goalmouth while both defenders were hanging on him and passed the ball to Volkov. Volkov thanked and kicked it into the net. 1:1
For the rest of the first half there were two more Borac-chances left. The first was by Božić, he sent the ball from distance. Lukač caught it, then he even saved a free kick. Then everyone could go back to the warm locker-room for a pause.
The first two minutes of the second half brought two more Borac-chances. First Stojanović kicked a distant shot to Lukač, but our goalkeeper easily saved. A bit later Božić got a dangerous pass, but thankfully his shot flew out of the field above the crossbar.
In the 50th minute Škuletić had a try, but he shot into the goalkeeper. Then a minute later Borac had a chance, that brought heart-attack to Average Fan. Stojanović had the ball and could have shot, but he was fumbling too long. Partizan-defenders cleared the area (Lukač would have missed the shot if there had been any). We made an instant counter-attack, Marković shot from 25 metres, missed.
Verbal karate between oversized Jovančić and little Živković
In the 54th minute Škuletić missed an even bigger chance than the one in the first half (and it cost a new grey hair for every fan...). He shot the ball from around the penalty point. The ball was dropping through the field and no joke, it would have needed only 1 centimetre to get into the net. But it was missed, the ball left the field next to the goalpost.
Živković working hard
In the 57th minute Stanković was just one step slower than Drinčić’s free kick arriving into Borac’s penalty area. Three minutes later Borac missed a similar chance (they were also on offside) and we could immediately run up for a counter-attack. Škuletić got a marvellous pass from Lazović, he shot, the goalkeeper threw himself in the way.
In the 63rd minute Drinčić had a 30-metre free kick bomber. Defenders headed it out, right to Saša Ilić, who shot, but the ball left the field above the crossbar.
Then came the 65th minute. Lazović passed to Škuletić, who ran up and kicked the ball near the goalkeeper who slowly fell on the ground. The ball dropped in the net. 2:1
Two minutes later it was 3:1.
Substitute player Živković got the ball from Volkov. Volkov ran up on the left side and passed to the young midfielder. Živković didn’t waste much time, he checkmated the goalkeeper with a movement that must be taught. 3:1
In the 72nd minute a free kick dropped in front of Marković, but the midfielder shot the ball out to 25. Mai museum. Four minutes later there was an upheaval in front of Partizan’s goal. Milojević was dribbling, he shook off the defender and properly shot the ball above the crossbar.
Kojić about to arrive
In the 82nd minute Drinčić shot a free kick bomber into the goalkeeper. Then in the 87th Kojić got the ball from Saša Ilić. The striker ran up to the guests’ goal line and missed.
Škuletić arrived right then, but his shot was saved by the goalkeeper.
A minute later Saša Ilić showed everyone who’s the boss.
Kojić sent him a pass and he kicked it into the net with such a cold-blooded, elegant way as if he would have been wearing tuxedo instead of football shirt. 4:1
Jedan je Ilić kapiten.
The rest was fiesta. Škuletić got a huge pass in the 90+2nd minute and gave the coup de grace to the Čačak team. 5:1
We could see this 5 times on Sunday
Petar "I make your ass a goal" Škuletić.
Petar "I break Cléo's record" Škuletić.
Because Škuletić broke former Partizan-striker, Brazilian player Cléo's record, who scored 21 goals in a season. This goal was Škuletić’s 22nd one in the 2014/15 season.
Facts:
Venue: Partizan Stadion, Belgrade
Number of spectators: 2000
Referee: Novica Anđelovski (assistants: Milan Minić, Darko Rasinac - 4th assistant: Miloš Gagić - goal line assistants: Ilija Brdar, Igor Stojilković)
FK Partizan: Lukač - Petrović, Stevanović, Stanković, Volkov - Grbić (A. Živković, 56.), Marković, Drinčić, Ninković (S. Ilić, 46.) - Lazović (Kojić, 83.), Škuletić
Head coach: Marko Nikolić
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