National Cup: Cukaricki v Partizan preview

Wednesday is reserved for National Cup semis first leg, with Partizan away to Cukaricki from 6.30pm CET.

Macva hosts Mladost from 4pm.

Both semis will be covered live by Arena Sport TV1.

So far, Partizan had five cup meetings with Cukaricki:

-19^th of Nov 1997: Cukaricki-Partizan: 2:5 (Quarter-finals, first leg)

-3^rd of Dec 1997: Partizan-Cukaricki: 3:1 (Quarter-finals, return leg)

-4^th of April 2001: Partizan-Cukaricki: 3:2 (Quarter-finals)

-3^rd of Dec 2003: Partizan-Cukaricki: 5:2 (Last 16)

-20^th of May 2015: Partizan-Cukaricki: 0:1 (Final)

Miroslav Djukic on Cukaricki game:

– As it always happens after derby defeat, your team is psychologically down. But, we have no time to mourn and we eagerly await Cukaricki game to kick-off. Wednesday`s game is quite important for us as we can get closer to the cup final.

We are aware of Cukaricki`s qualities. They are one aggressive side and I expect them to trouble us but we are Partizan and we`ll do everything possible to win it.