Mozzart Bet Serbian Super Liga, round 9
Venue: Partizan Stadium
Kick-off time: 7pm CET
Referee: Novak Simovic
Yellow cards: Ilic, Mujakic, D Jovanovic (PAR) – Elsnik (CZ)
GOALS: 0-1 `24 Ndiaye, 0-2 `45+3 Silas, 0-3 `55 Ndiaye, 0-4 `65 Ndiaye
Teams:
PARTIZAN
A Jovanovic, Filipovic, Ilic, Mujakic, Jurcevic (`HT Antic), Ariagga, Kovac, Zahid (`56 Lazarevic), Natcho (`HT Goh), Zubairu (`76 Trifunovic), Kalulu (`56 D Jovanovic)
CRVENA ZVEZDA
Glazer, Seol (`83 Kanga), Spajic, Djiga, Olayinka, Krunic, Elsnik, Silas (`62 Milson), Makismovic (`62 Prutsev), Ivanic (`66 Katai), Ndiaye (`66 Duarte)
Belgrade, Sep 23
Partizan suffered a heavy 4-0 home defeat in the hands of bitter rivals Crvena Zvezda.
Visitors dominated early possession and their early high pressing didn`t allow Partizan to develop any sort of meaningful play.
On 6, Jurcevic prompted Silas to send the ball over the ball from close range.
Visitors kept dominating possession while lively Kovac and Zubairu stood out for the home side, trying to break forward consistently.
But, it was Kovac whose block helped visitors take the lead. It appeared he had handled the ball inside the box and after the VAR review, referee pointed to the spot.
Keeper Jovanovic guessed it right, but Ndiaye`s shot was neat and powerful enough to give visitors a 1-0 lead.
Partizan started moving forward more and it was Zahid on 28 who sent a weak first-touch shot inside the box for Glazer to make a comfortable save. Natcho provided a fine assist.
On 33, Zubairu made another one of his right side breaks, crossed the ball onto the far post where Jurcevic managed to get a header only to hit the crossbar with his effort!
Olayinka had a great opportunity for visitors on 35, but he hesitated too much and wasted it with a poor pass. Three mins later, Elsnik sent the ball over the bar with his 18m shot.
Moments later, neat edge of the box drive from Natcho ended just wide off the right post.
On 43, Natcho sent brilliant through ball for Filipovic but Glazer was quick enough to move the ball away from the danger followed by tricky cross from Zubairu which prompted CZ keeper to flick the ball over the bar for a Partizan corner-kick – one stat Partizan dominated in.
On 45+1, one of many Zubairu`s right side breaks ended with another corner-kick for Partizan.
However, three mins into the first half added time, Partizan defence allowed too many passes around the box with Silas delivering the final product, sending the ball into the left corner of the net for a 2-0 lead.
Stanojevic made two changes at the half-time break, introducing Goh and Antic for Natcho and Jurcevic.
More from Zubairu on 50, but Olayinka made a good tackle to prevent 20-year-old winger from creating a trouble in visitor`s box. Another one of Zubairu`s moves was cleared by Spajic minute later.
Silas had a great opportunity on 52 but he lost his ground in the 6-yard box followed by shot from Ivanic and fine save from Jovanovic in the follow-up while youngster Maksimovic finished the move with a shot over the bar on the rebound.
Visitors took a 3-0 lead on 55 after a fine run from Elsnik who left the ball for Ndiaye to score his second of the night.
Two more Partizan changes happened on 56. Zahid and Kalulu made way for Lazarevic and D Jovanovic.
Ndiaye completed his hat-trick on 65 and after a pinpoint cross from sub Prutsev.
On 68, Zubairu was again stopped in his promising run. this time by Djiga`s sliding tackle.
D Jovanovic failed to seize on Lazarevic`s cross on 74 while visitors sub Duarte was prevented from scoring by Filipovic on 78.
Good header from Filipovic on 87 prompted Glazer to make a diving save.
After suffering two league defeats in a row, Partizan now occupies 9th position in the standings with two games in hand.
