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The football team got another brand new sponsor. This time Ktitor, a company of office furnitures promised to give sponsoral support to Partizan for a year.
(photo: Facebook/Fudbalski klub Partizan)
It just popped to my mind, we need an applause effect that is commonly used at sitcoms for such events, to reinforce the reaction needed from the public. As an alternative, a laughing crowd effect could also be used.
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Josh Akognon said goodbye to the basketball team. The point guard came to Partizan by default only until the end of the season to help us get back to Euroleague. We failed to qualify, at the same time Josh got seriously injured on his shoulder. The official statement says, the contract was terminated on a mutual agreement.
- I'm very sad that I have to leave Belgrade without winning the title and qualifying to Euroleague - he said. - My shoulder injury is also deteriorating.
- Partizan has the world's best fans - he added. - I have never been a part of anything like that. I wish them health and success in everything they do!
About the team, coaches, staff and teammates he said: - They will forever be my family. I love you all and thank you for the time you let me be a part of Partizan family. Once again I'm sorry I wasn't 100 % to be able to help you on the court.
Belgrade is a great city that warmly welcomed me. I will never forget this experience. I will always follow you and wish you a lot of success in the future! Thank you, Josh, thank you for being here, thank you for risking even your health to help the team. I hope someday you will return to Partizan. Take care, get well soon from your injury, and all the very best!
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
I almost forgot to tell you this.
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, dear fellow fans, the football team got a new general sponsor. And not just an ordinary one.
It is Telekom Srbija personally.
Yes. This Telekom Srbija.
That Telekom Srbija, where almost 60 % of the company's shares are held by the state of Serbia.
And we all know what it means.
The company itself holds only 20 % of their own shares.
Upon news and infos Telekom Srbija will be the general sponsor of the club for one and a half years (from April 2015 to December 2016). During this time they'll invest 140,7 million dinars into the team that deserves a much better life. Now Miodrag Vučelić can show off: the new team leadership promised to find a new general sponsor. And so they did.
The sacred moment of signing the contract
Let’s not talk about the fact we made whores out of ourselves for almost 141 million.
There was reception and PR, all around. Half of the football team was sent there to show their politically correct smiles, they were jumping for joy.
(Or not.)
That’s how the new jersey will look like. Predrag Ćulibrk Telekom-boss (standing on the right side of this photo) said, he hopes the players will proudly wear the company’s name on their jerseys.
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