Partizan defeated two Champions League clubs in derbies of the Serbian League eight days. Last week, the βblack-whitesβ edged out Crvena Zvezda 11:10 in the 6th round. On Day 7, Partizan beat Serbian and Regional League champion Radnicki 13:11.
The big match of the day in Croatia was played in Sibenik. Solaris hosted Mladost, which recorded an 11:9 victory
2021/22 Serbian League, Round 7
Partizan β Radnicki 13:11 (4:3, 4:2, 3:2, 2:4)
Proleter – Novi Beograd 5:22 (1:6, 3:5, 0:4, 1:7)
Vojvodina – Nais 21:12 (3:2, 4:4, 6:2, 8:4)
Sabac – Zemun 15:10 (4:2, 4:4, 4:2, 3:2)
Valis – Crvena Zvezda 12:20 (5:5, 3:5, 3:5, 1:5)
Partizan opened the game against Radnicki with a 3:0 blast, but the Serbian and Regional League champion managed to come back and level at 3:3. Still, Partizan had a 4:3 advantage after the first period. The visitors equalized once more (4:4), but Partizan responded with three goals and jumped to a 7:4 lead. From that point on, Partizan was always in front, but Radnicki was in the match and didn’t let the hosts make a big difference.
Partizan entered the final quarter leading 11:7. Still, the contest wasn’t over yet. To remind, Radnicki came back from a 7:11 deficit in the Champions League match against Ferencvaros on Tuesday and earned a point with four goals in the last four minutes (11:11). However, the title-holder didn’t repeat that feat and left Belgrade empty-handed. Radnicki came very close to Partizan in the fourth period (10:11 and 11:12). They had a man-up to equalize at 12:12, but Partizan’s goalie Risticevic saved a shot from Ukropina. In the next possession, Partizan got a penalty shot, which captain Milan Aleksic converted to the final score – 13:11.
Radnicki managed to stop Partizan’s best scorer Filip Radojevic, who didn’t get on the scoresheet. The best scorer in the winning team was Stefan Mitrovic (4), center-forward Nemanja Vico added three, Milan Aleksic and Petar Velkic two each. MVP of the World U20 Championships Marko Radulovic netted three goals for Radnicki, while Milos Cuk and Nikola Lukic scored two.
After more than three years, Partizan defeated Radnicki for the first time and a 16:5 win in the league match in the season 2017/18 when it won the title. Partizan proved that it would be a contender for finals and even trophies in domestic competitions. The seven-time European champion will be stronger in the second half of the season. Two Olympians, Lovre Milos (Croatia) and Marko Vavic (USA), signed contracts with Partizan, and they will debut for Partizan in January after a winter transfer window. They joined Partizan after the start of the season, so they still don’t have the right to play in official matches.
The league-leader Novi Beograd did a clean job in Zrenjanin, beating Proleter 22:5 with four goals from Olympic champions Dusan Mandic and Nikola Jaksic.
Crvena Zvezda was convincing in the match against Valis 20:12. Gavril Subotic led the Belgrade-based side with six goals. Nikola Bogdanovic helped Vojvodina with six goals in beating Nais 21:12. Aleksandar Radanovic added five.
Sabac defeated Zemun 15:10 and caught up with Radnicki in points. Nikola Markovic was the top scorer with five goals.
1 Novi Beograd 7 β 21
2 Partizan 7 β 18
3 Radnicki 7 β 15
4 Sabac 7 β 15
5 Crvena Zvezda 7 β 12
6 Valis 7 β 10
7 Vojvodina 7 β 7
8 Proleter 7 β 4
9 Zemun 7 β 1
10 Nais 7 β 0
2021/22 Croatian League, Round 6
Solaris β Mladost 9:11 (1:2, 4:4, 1:2, 3:3)
Jug β Mornar 19:7 (4:1, 6:2, 4:0, 5:4)
Zadar 1952 β Jadran S 4:24 (1:9, 0:6, 1:3, 2:6)
Primorje β Medvescak 19:12 (6:3, 6:3, 3:1, 4:5)
KPK Korcula β POSK postponed
The big match of the day of the Croatian League 6th round was an encounter between clubs which battle for 3rd place β Solaris and Mladost. The game was an even contest, but Mladost led for most of the time. Solaris took the lead just two times in the second quarter (4:3, 5:4). Still, Mladost had a 6:5 advantage at halftime. The hosts leveled at 6:6 early In the third quarter. After that, Mladost strengthened its defense and kept Solaris goalless for more than eight minutes. The visitors produced a 3:0 run for a 9:6 lead (25th minute). Solaris cut the deficit in the 31st minute from a penalty shot (9:10), but immediately after, Mladost forced a penalty shot. Franko Lazic made no mistake from the 5m line and gave Mladost an 11:9 lead. It turned out that it was the final score.
Marin Dasic scored three goals for Mladost, Franko Lazic and Dario Rakovac scored two. Solarisβ best scorers were Eigen Koprcina (3), Antun Goreta (2) and Roko Pelicaric (2).
The Champions League clubs Jug and Jadran Split continued their neck-and-neck race. Both clubs have kept their perfect records. Jug downed Mornar β 19:7. Young players led Jugβs attack β Marko Zuvela (4 goals) and Ivan Vukojevic (3).
Jadran ran over Zadar 1952 β 24:4. All Jadranβs field players found the net β Duje Pejkovic scored five, Jerko Marinic Kragic four goals, etc.
Primorje defeated Medvescak in a flood of goals β 19:12.
1 Jadran 6 β 18
2 Jug 6 β 18
3 Mladost 6 β 12
4 Solaris 6 β 12
5 Mornar 6 β 9
6 Primorje 6 β 9
7 KPK Korcula 5 β 6
8 Medvescak 6 β 3
9 Zadar 6 β 0
10 POSK 5 – 0
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