With the defeat in the 173rd eternal derby, Partizan lost the last chance to return to the championship race and will almost certainly remain without a title for the seventh season in a row. The black and whites were at the head of the Super League caravan until mid-March, but then they went a few games without a win and are currently in second place, 10 points behind the reigning champions.
The steamroller still has a chance to win the trophy and save the season. Igor Duljaj’s trump cards visit the red and whites today in the semi-finals of the Serbian Cup, just four days after the championship clash. The last time the steamroller came to the throne of our most massive competition was in 2019, and since then not a single trophy has entered the showcases of the club from Humska.
Today, Partizan has the opportunity to jump over the most difficult obstacle on the way and schedule a final with the better of the duel between Radnički 1923 and Vojvodina. But, according to the “bookmaker’s” estimates, Crvena zvezda has a big role as a favorite.
In this season, the black and whites have a half-hearted performance against their biggest rival, with a win, a draw and a loss, but in all matches they have shown that they can match the leader of the Super League. Also, one of the biggest assets returns to the goal of Parni Valka Igor Duljaja – Aleksandar Jovanović and there is no doubt that with the former Serbian national team player among the posts, the chances of a positive result increase for the club from Humska, even though in the last game Miloš Krunic did a great job.
In addition to the first goalkeeper, Partizan can also count on the best scorer Mateus Saldanha from the first minute. The Brazilian spent a little more than half an hour on the field last Saturday and was not much of a threat to the goal of his biggest rival, but the main asset of Steamroller in the attack played the first game after a month and a half.
16 TIMES Partizan won the cup
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