Showing posts with label Vladimir Vujasinović. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vladimir Vujasinović. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 9, 2016

XXXI. Summer Olympic Games, Rio de Janeiro - Day 3, 8th August 2016

The day had a good start. The rowing repechage events could finally happen and Partizan's both duos could make it to the qualifying. Nenad Beđik, Miloš Vasić, Andrija Šljukić and Marko Marjanović will race on Tuesday at 15:00 CET for the final.

The water polo team played draw with the Greek team, the match ended with 9:9. Team Serbia is third now in Group A.

Vladimir Vujasinović was also there, he came to see his "sons"

Dušan Mandić in action

At the tennis fields Nenad Zimonjić and Novak Đoković clashed in men’s double with the Brazilian pair Melo and Soares. They were defeated to 2:0 (6:4, 6:4), the Olympic Games have ended for them, too.





The day finished with basketball. Serbia wrestled played with Australia, then in the very last minutes they were defeated to 80:95. Serbia is 3rd in their group behind Australia and the United States.

Ana Ivanović and Viktor Troicki were there to support the basketball team

(photos: Facebook/Olimpijski komitet Srbije)

Sunday, March 13, 2016

OSC - VK Partizan 10:8 (Champions League, Round 7)

Not funny at all, believe me.
Even if this time the commentator was a relatively normal one

at least concerning water polo and regular pronunciation of Serbian names
okay, he constantly said "Vičo" instead of Vico, but at least he pronounced "Rističević" and "Subotić" correctly
yes, I’m a grammar nazi, so what?

named István Hajdú B. And even if one could hear the enthusiastic chanting and shouting of 3 (three) Grave Diggers from Nyéki Imre Pool through the TV and the constant murmuring of the commentator.

Greetings and respect to these three Partizan-fans. They were so great that even the commentator talked about them with appreciation.

 Rističević before the game

I have mostly screenshots, because all Hungarian media are a bunch of garbage, mentioning this game only "in brief"-style. The only exception was Nemzeti Sport Online.

The beginning was like a dream. Rističević had great saves, Gogov scored our first goal in the 3rd minute (0:1), approx. a minute later Partizan got a penalty. Subotić shot and scored (0:2).
Here came OSC’s first goal (1:2). Subotić scored another goal in the 5th minute (1:3). We dominated, everything looked fantastic.
OSC just had to get a penalty 6 seconds before the buzz.
The first quarter ended with 2:3.
Then came the second quarter and Drašović’s goal in the 4th minute (2:4). Afterwards OSC took advantage of a power play (3:4).
Then they equalized (4:4) even though Rističević had such saves that even the Hungarian commentator was amazed. While we were struggling. If it was not the goalpost or the crossbar we hit, then the goalkeeper saved our attempts. 4:4 was the half-time result, but at this point it already looked less and less happy.

Lukas Gilen

In the third quarter OSC took the lead in the beginning (5:4). We equalized from a penalty (5:5, Subotić), but the home team took the lead back soon (6:5). No problem, now Gilen scored the equalizing goal (6:6). But OSC just didn’t want to stop (7:6).
8:6.
Vladimir Vujasinović asked for time-out and it could be heard through the TV that he yells off everyone separately as well as the entire team.
I’m sure he was totally right.


Players wilting down

It didn’t use much. OSC dominated more and more, we made mistakes that was painful to see, and the cold shower was the home team scoring their 9th goal only 1 (one!!!) second before the buzz.
The last quarter was about hitting the goalposts and the crossbar. Really. I don’t know why it is so that we kill the wooden goal pieces. If water polo was played for goalpost/crossbar-hitting instead of goals, we would have won this game with flying marks.
Instead we had a penalty (9:7, Subotić) and Jakšić’s great goal at the end (9:8).
And the coup de grace just before the end buzz. 10:8

(photo: nemzetisport.hu)

Current standing of Group B:
1. Pro Recco 16 points
2. Dubrovnik 16 points
3. Szolnok 15 points
4. OSC 9 points
5. Partizan 6 points
6. Galatasaray 0 point

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

VK Partizan - VK Banjica 14:3 (Serbian Cup, quarterfinal)

Fresh and hot, right from the oven, the match has just ended, the result has been served, only for you, dear fellow fans.

I hope you appreciate it...

The quarterfinal of the Serbian Cup was an easy insider training match (VK Banjica is in fact Partizan’s junior team - to be more precise, it consists of those juniors who are eligible to take part in senior championships).
In the first quarter both sides scored only one goal. First was scored by Partizan’s Banjica’s player, Radonjić, not much later Gogov equalized. The rest of the quarter was spent by both teams hitting the goalposts with the ball.
From the second quarter the difference between the two teams was more and more obvious. In the half time we were leading to 5:1, this difference grew to 12:1 (!!!) for the end of the third quarter. In the last part Banjica scored two goals, so did we, settling the final result by them (14:3).
The hero of the day was Mateja Asanović with 4 goals. He is followed by Nikola Jakšić (3). Draško Gogov and Lukas Gilen both scored 2-2 goals, Đorđe Vučinić, Gavril Subotić and Filip Radojević added 1-1 goal to the victory.
What should be noticed about the game is that head coach Vladimir Vujasinović watched it from the stands, letting assistant coach Miloš Ćirić take up his position (and responsibility) for this game. Also, Ognjen Stojanović, who has been injured long ago (he had to undergo operation as well) is recovering slowly, but he is still not healthy enough to be able to take part in matches.
With this victory Partizan’s water polo team qualified to the semifinal of the Serbian Cup. The games will be played on 5th and 6th December.


Friday, May 8, 2015

VK Partizan - VK Crvena Zvezda 7:7, after penalty shootout: 11:10 (Serbian league play-off semifinal, 3rd match)

WE MADE IT!!!!
WE ARE IN THE FINAL!!!!
It was death and resurrection. Drama. Cardial arrest. Tears. Everything that is required for a great match.

Except for normally working stream. The one and only available was like a rheumatic snail, crashing twice in every minute. I could see only fragments from the match.
But who cares?! We won!!!

(photo: Twitter)

For the end of the first part red team was leading to 1:2. Both teams were nervous, and as an extra, Subotić was permanently sent off in the beginning of the match. In the second quarter reds scored two more goals. It was terrible, even if Rističević had giant saves at our goal line, but it seemed the red and white striped team will crash us.
And after all these, they scored one more goal in the third quarter. 1:5. That’s it. There goes the final. Goodbye, championship dreams. We can even go home now, keep moving, people, there’s nothing to see here.

(photo: mozzartsport.com)

I’ll be honest and admit, I don’t know what happened here. I don’t know what Vladimir Vujasinović said (or didn’t say) to the players. I bet though, even they themselves don’t know. But one thing is sure: Partizan shook themselves back to life. First came Jakšić with an amazing, shameless, troll goal. (2:5) Not much later Gilen scored, the ball dropped behind the goal line hitting the crossbar. (3:5)
In the last quarter we swept Zvezda off. Again Jakšić, with a distant bomb shot, Šefik had absolutely no chance. (4:5) Then Mandić equalized from penalty, tearing the net to pieces. (5:5) At this point Grave Diggers were about to kick out the four walls of the Banjica swimming pool from joy, but the best was yet to come.
4 minutes before the end Mandić scored an unbelievable, impossible, giant bombshell goal. With left hand, from distance, overwhelming. He pushed us on the lead. (6:5)

(photo: mozzartsport.com)

Meanwhile we must not forget about Rističević, who made miracles in the goalmouth.
Then Mandić again.
With left hand. Amazing, distant, unsaveable bomb. 7:5. 7:5!!! When not much earlier it was 1:5, Average Fan was thinking of asking Grave Diggers to dig a private grave to lie into it and just die.
Zvezda could still make it for a draw. Not even a nuclear attack could have stopped them. They equalized 9 seconds before the end buzz. Brain death. Nerves torn to pieces.
Penalty shootout.
And we made it. We won.
We won!!!!


A video with our goals:


This is the end of the match with the totally deserved celebration:


And here are 13 minutes of massive cheering and happiness:


First game of the final comes on Saturday, from 18:45.


Wednesday, March 11, 2015

VK Partizan - VK Crvena Zvezda 12:9 (Triglav League)

It was a great match.
The two teams started immediately a heavy fight. Nemanja Vico scored the first goal (1:0). Mandić quickly brought two more (3:0, the latter one from penalty), meanwhile on the other side Slobodan Soro saved all tryings of Zvezda with a wide grin.
They could still threw two (3:2), then Draško Gogov shot one just before the end buzz, because it’s better to be safe than sorry. (4:2)

In the beginning of the second quarter the stream died. Me too, a bit.

More than 3 minutes passed until the first goal of the second part, scored by Subotić (5:2). Goalkeeper Šefik just watched with shock, not knowing what happened... Yet Zvezda couldn’t take advantage of a double power play (two Partizan-players were sent off). They still reduced the difference from a counter-attack (5:3), they made a speed-swim to our goal line and shot.
Mandić again scored from penalty (6:3), Soro was the strong bastion of our defense. At the end of the first half, just 10 seconds before the buzz the opponent scored, so we went to the half-time pause with 6:4.
The 3rd quarter started and Zvezda didn't even pushed themselves at the swim-off. Mandić didn’t hesitate much, but scored another goal (8:5).
Then referees showed the red card for Vladimir Vujasinović. (He complained after a foul, referees didn't like it.) The head coach found a place on a tribune, from that point on the second coach was in charge.
Soro was still our biggest strength, Subotić had a brilliant try left, he wanted to shoot with a backhand twist, but he missed. (Had he scored, it would have been the Goal of the Month.)
The final part was opened by Stojanović (9:5), Zvezda had an instant reply (9:6) - but us, too! Repanović scored, immediately (10:6). Zvezda kept on trying (10:7), our rapid reaction came by Manojlović (11:7). What is more, Mandić stole the ball, swam up to Zvezda’s goal line like a shark on speed (all defenders were left far behind him) and threw the ball into the net without mercy (12:7). Zvezda had two goals left to score, but they couldn’t switch the standing to their benefit.

(photo: sportske.net)


Tuesday, January 20, 2015

VK Partizan - Galatasaray 10:7 (Champions League)

After the basketball game Average Fan quickly switches to RTS 2

"quickly switches", as if it was just a click with the remote control... in reality it was a desperate search for stream link

to see the waterpolo team being in trouble up to the hilt.

The atmosphere was unbelievable. Crowded house at the Banjica pool, singing and cheering fans with flags all over

But let's see what happened from the beginning.

It was one of those very rare moments when politicians (!) showed up at a Partizan (!!!) match. On the right, with blue shirt and glasses Nebojša Stefanović Serbian minister of home affairs, in grey sweatshirt Vanja Udovčić, former water polo player, now Serbia’s minister of youth and sports

The first quarter was great. Mandić scored a goal, that was the final result of the period as well. Then in the second one Turks decided to re-play the 1389 battle. They were leading to 3:4 in the half-time, and when the basketball match finished (and a working stream popped up, too) the standing was 3:5. Then immediately 3:6. We reduced the difference (4:6), but Turks quickly scored another (4:7).

Match action: Mandić in the heat of a fight

Slow and thorough drowning of a Partizan player in Turkish style

Vladimir Vujasinović

This was that moment when Average Fan starts to think of a nice, moving (and Turk-mocking) blogpost about a lost match, but I should have learned long ago that Partizan is famous for their great resurrections as well as for Parni valjak, the steam roller, when the team shakes themselves back to life bulldozing the opponent like a snow-plough cutting loose.
Stojanović started it. He came, he saw and tore Galatasaray’s net to pieces (5:7). Not much later arrived Gavril Subotić, and from then on our difference was only one goal. (6:7)
Then Mandić equalized with a fantastic shot (7:7).

We must definitely mention Dimitrije Rističević, too, who made wonders at this match, saving everything possible, and even some among the impossible as well.

Jakšić and Subotić blocking a Turkish attack

Gilen took us on the lead. Even RTS 2’s commentator was screaming from ecstasy (and the best was just about to come).


Mandić scored from penalty (9:7) and the coup d’etat was done by Subotić with the world’s perkiest troll goal.


Match highlights:


Then it was high time for a totally deserved celebration.


Finally, just for you, only here, only now, an 11-minute-long, massive ecstasy.


(Photos: Facebook/Vaterpolo klub Partizan Raiffeisen)