EL round 1: Rudar – Partizan 0:3 (0:1) first leg

Europa League round 1, first leg

Niksic (Montenegro), 12^th of July 2018

Venue: Gradski Stadium

Att: 5000

Kick-off time: 8:15pm CET

Referee: Stuart Atwell (England)

Yellow cards: Pesukic. Mitrovic (RUD)

GOALS: 0-1 `44 Jevtovic (p), 0-2 `50 Soumah, 0-3 `57 Ricardo

Teams:

RUDAR

Radovic, Pesukic, Mitrovic, Soppo, Sekulic, Bosnjak, Zivkovic, Kuc (`60 Vukovic), Golubovic (`74 Macanovic), Zecevic, Djalovic (`70 Janketic)

PARTIZAN

Stojkovic, Enache, Markovic, Valiente (`76 NR Miletic), Sehovic, Zdjelar, Jevtovic (`71 Jankovic), Soumah, Pantic, Nikolic (`64 Kosovic), Ricardo

GAME HIGHLIGHTS:

`4: Poor attempt from Djalovic after Rudar`s corner-kick

`8: Rudar corner-kick and Zecevic`s edge of the area shot over the bar after the rebound

`30: Poor close range attempt over the bar from Zecevic

`34: Partizan corner-kick, Rudar keeper failed to clear it but two Partizan players on the far post failed to seize on it

`41: Long ball from Markovic, great charge and interception from Sehovic but his left side of the box right-foot shot was stopped by Rudar keeper

`43: PENALTY-KICK!! Nikolic brought down in the box

`44: 0-1, PARTIZAN!! Emphatic low strike into the corner of the net from Jevtovic

`45: One minute added time

`45+1: Half-time whistle

SECOND HALF HIGHLIGHTS

`50: 0-2, PARTIZAN!! Pinpoint inviting pass from youngster Sehovic, great first-touch 14m strike from Soumah

`57: 0-3, PARTIZAN!! Neat 22m low strike from Ricardo

`60: Vukovic in for Kuc

`64: Kosovic in for Nikolic

`71: Jankovic in for Jevtovic

`74: Macanovic and Jankovic in for Golubovic and Djalovic

`76: NR Miletic in for Valiente

`82: Soumah in need of a treatment

`84: Soumah taken out on a stretcher

`86: Soumah able to continue

`87: Sehovic received a nasty kick but continues play

`88: Pesukic cautioned for a foul on Sehovic

`89: Mitrovic cautioned for a foul on Ricardo

`90: Four mins stoppage time

MIROSLAV DJUKIC AFTER THE GAME:

– I`m quite pleased as it`s not easy to win in European competiton, especially away. We showed firmness and focus all the way through. This margin would suggest it was an easy win but it wasn`t. It felt more comfortable only after the opener. Rudar allowed us possession but we didn`t create too many opportunities.

I`m glad youngster Sehovic played an excellent game. He`s just a kid but looked serious on the pitch and his manners are great. He is maturing into one great player. He was spotless at the back and assisted to our second goal.

Valiente and Enache played on a required level and we all know they trained with us for less than two weeks. They need to work a lot more to get the level of fitness rest of the team has. Ricardo scored and that`s what matters. Nikolic was moving around well, worked in a midfield too and won a penalty for us. Soumah looks better compared to the last season, he played a lots of passes and crowned his performance with a goal.