We almost lost this one after leading 2:0, but in the end better club won!
It was a picture perfect first half. Partizan started furiously, and it did not take long for a first goal. In 13th minute Jovetić got the ball on the center line, passed it to Diarra who had a breakaway. Thundering kick, and Partizan is up 1:0. Only three minutes later Jovetić and Maletić exchanged passes, Morreira was alone on penalty spot, took a shot but it was stopped on goal line. Not long after that it was 2:0. Knežević started a play, and made a terrific pass to Diarra. He turned several Red Star players around and struck from 18 meters. Two more opportunities were missed in first half.
During first ten minutes in the second half Partizan had two more good scoring chances. Then the wheels fell of for ten minutes and Red Star scored two goals. First one was from a classic off side position, but the ref obviously missed it. Then as the score was 2:2 Red Star scored a third, but this time Ref called it back. He made a mistake, there was no offside. In 80th minute Obradović crossed the ball from the left side, Diarra turned it towards Jovetić and Partizan had a lead once again, and a place in the Serbian cup finals against Zemun.
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