Regional League champion Novi Beograd convincingly defeated Crvena Zvezda 15:7 in the derby of the 4th round of the Serbian Super League.
Most of the favorites recorded easy wins. The surprise of the day is the outcome of the clash in Novi Sad, where NBG Vukovi, the newcomer to the League, beat Vojvodina.
2022/23 Serbian League, Day 4
Novi Beograd – Crvena Zvezda 15:7 (4:2, 4:3, 5:1, 2:1)
Novi Beograd: Mandic 4, S.Rasovic 3, Granados 2, Drasovic 2, Skoumpakis 2, D.Pijetlovic 1, Martinovic 1.
Crvena Zvezda: Tankosic 2, Seman 2, Subotic 1, Dankovic 1, Radovic 1.
Radnicki – Nais 17:7 (4:1, 4:1, 3:1, 6:4)
Radnicki: Jankovic 5, Radulovic 3, Brankovic 2, Kojic 2, Stanojevic 1 Madzarevic 1, Pljevanciic 1, Poznanovic 1, Gavrilovic 1.
Nais: Vulovic 2, Janjic 2, Tanasijevic 2, Vujovic 1.
Partizan – Valis 17:10 (5:1, 6:4, 3:4, 3:1)
Partizan: Smiljevic 7, Gladovic 3, Jaukovic 2, Božovic 2, Milos 1, Gak 1, Dimitrijevic 1.
Valis: Radanovic 4, Bursac 2, Obradovic 1, Baucalo 1,Andjelic 1.
Proleter – Sabac 11:20 (3:4, 3:8, 3:4, 2:4)
Proleter: Mitrovic 6, Cabrilo 1, Ljubenovic 1, Ilic 1, Coric 1, Tomicevic 1.
Sabac: Sulc 4, Toholj 4, Repanovic 3, Koptsev 2, Krug 2, Barac 2, Tubic 1, Stanic 1, Shaikhutdinov 1.
Vojvodina – Vukovi 5:6 (1:2, 1:1, 1:2, 2:1)
Vojvodina: Rogac 2, Radovanlija 1, Vukovic 1, Biocanin 1.
NBG Vukovi: Andrin 2, Janosevic 1, Sofranac 1, Nesic 1, Manojlovic 1.
Novi Beograd dictated the pace from the beginning of the derby. The hosts earned an early 3:0 lead Crvena Zvezda, which played without injured captain Milos VUkicevic,attempted to come back. It reduced the gap a few times, but it ran out of energy for the second half. At halftime, Novi Beograd led 8:5, and opened the second period with a goal for 9:5. Tankosic scored for 6:9, but then cam crucial moments. Novi Beograd, led by Dusan Mandic and Strahinja Rasovic produced a 6:0 rush and jumped to 15:6. Slovak Lukas Seman scored a consolation goal for Crvena Zvezda.
The other Serbian club in the Champions League – Radnicki, trashed Nais (17:7). The Kragujevac-based team played without several experienced players, but it cruised to the victory. Captain Filip Jankovic netted five goals. Radnicki continued its winning streak. The Serbian Cup winner has scored at least 14 goals in each game so far. In the first three rounds, it beat Partizan (14:12), Novi Beograd (15:14) and Proleter (15:5).
Partizan, led by Petar Smiljevic, was too strong for Valis.
The youngest team in the league NBG Vukovi earned three points in Novi Sad, beating Vojvodina. The hosts led for most of the time. Vojvodina came close (5:6) with three minutes to go, but there were no goals in the remaining time.
Sabac did a clean job in Zrenjanin.
1.Radnicki 4 – 12
2.Novi Beograd 4 – 9
3. Partizan 4 – 9
4. Sabac 4 – 9
5. NBG Vukovi 4 – 7
6. Crvena Zvezda 4 – 6
7. Valis 4 – 4
8. Vojvodina 4 – 1
9. Nais 4 – 1
10. Proleter 4 – 0
