UEFA ECL: Partizan 2-0 Köln

Game stats

PARTIZAN                                KOLN

37%                 Possession      63%

8                       Total shots      9

4                        On target       2

3                       Off target       5

1                        Blocked         2

2                         Saves            2

14                    Free-kicks      14

2                    Corner-kicks    11

1                        Offsides        1

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

`3: Right side break from Koln, Popovic clears the ball, visitors win corner-kick

`5: Edge of the box shot from Skhiri saved by Popovic

`6: Brilliant right side move from Diabate, pass for Menig who beats his marker inside the box and shoots, keeper makes a punching save

`9: Koln wins corner-kick

`9: From the resulting corner, Ricardo heads the ball out of the danger zone

`16: 1-0, PARTIZAN!! Long ball forward to right flank from Popovic, Hubers fails to clear the ball from two attempts; Diabate steals possession, storms into the box and smashes the ball into the near corenr of the net with his angled shot

`25: Left side break from Koln, Markovic alerted

`30: Cunning Natcho`s through ball for Ricardo intercepted

`32: Game stopped due to a pyro show smoke reaching the field of play

`38: Game continues

`42: Another great right flank move from Diabate, his sharp ball into the 6-yard box for Ricardo intercepted by last gasp clearance from Soldo. Partizan wins corner-kick

`45: Ten mins added time

`45+3: Diabate (dangerous late tackle) booked

`45+3: Natcho in need of a medical treatment

`45+5: Natcho able to continue

`45+7: Partizan defence clears dangerous Koln attack

`45+10: WOODWORK!! Menig hits the crossbar with his effort with a bit of deflection of Hubers

`45+11: Half-time whistle

SECOND HALF HIGHLIGHTS

`46: Tigges in for Dietz

`48: Tigges turns and shoots inside the box, Popovic makes a save

`49: Edge of the box drive from Menig saved by Schwabe

`51: Shot from Ricardo blocked

`51: Partizan wins corner-kick

`52: 2-0, PARTIZAN!! From the resulting corner, ball rebounds for Urosevic who makes a dummy move and crosses the ball for Ricardo onto the far post who beats three Koln players in the air to head the ball into the net

`55: Hector (unsportsmanlike conduct) booked

`58: Belic (late tackle) booked

`61: Fejsa in for Belic

`62: Koln wins corner-kick

`62: Shot over the bar from visitors

`66: Maina in for Adamyan

`68: Markovic (roughing) booked

`69: Koln wins corner-kick

`69: Andrade in for Menig

`74: Huseinbasic in for Pedersen

`74: Fejsa (foul) booked

`75: Great opportunity for visitors, good reaction from Partizan defence

`76: Pavlovic in for Ricardo

`77: Poor 20m shot from Huseinbasic

`80: Koln wins corner-kick

`81: Fejsa in need of a medical treatment

`83: Fejsa able to continue

`84: Andrade comes back to help Partizan defence and clear the danger inside the box

`90: Another defensive block from Partizan

`90: Five mins added time

`90+4: Urosevic and Skhiri booked after a bit of a midfield aggro

`90+5: Final whistle

Partizan boss Gordan Petric after the game:

-We are now closer to the knockout stage but you never know what might happen. There are two more games to play, starting with Nice. It`s nice that we won three points today but we need to finish our job.

We said in the build-up of the game we`ll be fully charged and I think boys did more than that, they won quality opponent twice in the space of seven days. It was far from easy but let them enjoy tonight as we start looking into the next game tomorrow.

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