UEFA ECL: Partizan through to the knockout stage

Game stats:

PARTIZAN                            SLOVACKO

46%             Possession          54%

12                Total shots           9

2                   On target            2

6                  Off target            3

4                   Blocked              4

1                     Saves                1

9                  Free-kicks           9

6                Corner-kicks         3

0                   Offsides             0

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

`3: Visitors on the attack, Vujacic clears

`6: Ricardo beats his marker but fails to make the most of it on the opposition box

`9: Menig wins Partizan a corner-kick        

`9: Uncomfortable landing for Diabate after one air tackle

`10: Diabate able to continue

`16: Simko (tripping) booked after a careless foul on Markovic

`18: First-touch angled shot from ghosting Holzer blocked

`19: Slovacko wins corner-kick

`19: Opportunity for Slovacko, Belic clears

`24: Partizan wins corner-kick

`28: Exchange of passes inside the box between Ricardo and Menig, ball reaches Diabate who blasts the ball over the bar from his angled left-footed drive

`30: Tricky ball from Kohut dealt by keeper Popovic

`33: Slovacko coach booked for his protests by the dugout

`36: Pinpoint cross from Diabate, close range header just wide of the left post from Ricardo

`40: PENALTY-KICK!! Partizan wins penalty-kick after a handball inside the 6-yard area from Kalabiska

`40: Kalabiska (handling) booked

`41: 1-0, PARTIZAN!! Trademark shot from the spot from Natcho who sends the keeper the wrong way

`44: Filipovic (tripping) booked

`45: One minute added time

`45+1: Half-time whistle

SECOND HALF

`51: Shot inside the from Simko, ball deflects of Filipovic but Popovic makes a cat-like palm save to prevent visitors equalize

`62: Shot from Ricardo no threat to visitors

`62: Mihalik, Havlik and Tomic in for Doski, Vecheta and Hofmann

`66: Partizan wins corner-kick

`66: From the resulting corner, Vujacic heads the ball not far wide off the right post

`70: Pinpoint pass for Mihalik who fails to control the ball in a promising attacking position

`71: Shot from Urosevic wide

`72: Belic (groin) unable to continue, Pavlovic comes in for injured holding midfielder

`73: 1-1, SLOVACKO! Popovic punches the ball not far out, Mihalik sends the ball into the unmarked net with his slightly angled but alerted shot

`78: Slovacko wins corner-kick

`80: Shot from Filipovic over the bar

`82: Juroska in for Holzer

`84: Far post diving header from Tomic just over the bar

`87: Sasinka in for Kohut

`88: Partizan wins corner-kick

`88: Traore (tripping) booked

`88: Header from Ricardo saved by the keeper

`89: Lutovac and Bazdar in for Menig and Ricardo

`90: Five mins added time

`90+2: Vujacic (elbowing) booked

`90+3: Urosevic (unsportsmanlike conduct) booked

`90+4: Markovic (unsportmanlike conduct) booked

`90+4 : Sanicanin in for Natcho

`90+6: Final whistle

Partizan boss Gordan Petric after the game:

-First of all, I`d like to thank my players; they are the ones who got us here.

Slovacko pressured us and it wasn`t the game we wanted to be but at least they had no clear-cut opportunities. We could have scored at least one more goal midway through the first half. Visitors are a team who runs a lot and troubles you in the midfield.

After the winter break, we`ll play slightly stronger opposition coming from Europa League. I`m only disappointed we didn`t get a crucial point away to Nice for me to play a number of youngsters tonight.

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