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Half of the eight matches played this week in Bosnian Premier League was draw and three of them were 1-1. Both teams from capoital city, Sarajevo and Zeljeznicar got only one point in this week’s matches.
Zeljeznicar had also lost two points against Zrinjski in away match in Mostar last week, despite a very succesfull start of the second half of the season, not only by the magnificient matches, but also by the surprise results of the rivals which made them to catch the leader and even make a gap of 8 points between them and the runner up. This week, they could not avoid a point loss with a result of 0-0 against Olimpik Sarajevo, one of the crabby teams of Bosnia. Irfan Fejziç was surely the man of the match who bravely supported his gate during the match which was played under heavy rain and with only 3000 supporters of Zeljo. (Photo: Dnevni Avaz)
Thus the point gap between Zeljo and Şiroki Brijeg dropped to four.
Another crabby score was in Zenica. Zenica’s Çelik team loves to be crabby against Sarajevo teams. Sarajevo, simply unsuccessful in the second half of the season was obliged to get three points for a claim in championship struggle. However, they could not avoid Smriko’s goal at 27th minute. They replied with Suljiç at 57th minute. But, they lost the third place to Borac who defetaed Travnik in a home match with an easy score of 1-1.
We also have to mention that Çelik will be playing against Zeljo as their other bloody rival from the capital next week.
It was expected that GOŞK Gabela, without a chance in the championship struggle and being –at least currently- away from dropline would not be compelling Şiroki Brijeg a lot and Şiroki Brijeg needed a sure victory to reduce the gap between them and the leader. However, the host team scored a goal at 27 by Tomiç. It is a bit difficult to score against Şiroki Brijeg, who had seen only 8 goals in their nets until now. In addition to that, it was not expected from the second least scorer team of the league with only 12 goals. Şiroki Brijeg, good in defence, but not that good in offence with the least goals scored among the other teams in the championship struggle surprised us by replying two goals: Varea’s at 39th and Misiç’s at 82th minutes.
The critical match of next week is between Zrinjski and Borac. Borac will likely to loose points against Zrinjski who will play with the love of “Şiroki Brijeg”. In this situation, only two candidates of champion will be left: Şiroki Brijeg and Zeljeznicar.
It seems, the bottom of the league is a bit warmed up this week. Currently there are five teams from Republika Srpska (RS) and four of them occupies the bottom four ranks of the standing table. That is to say, probably both of the teams which will drop will be from RS and since only one team from RS will be promoted to Premier League, there will be only four teams representing RS next season. Slavija, who had stuck in the bottom of the league had defeated Kozara and equalized the points with Kozara. If they will be able to defeat Leotar in away match next week, surprisingly the team who was stuck at the bottom since the beginning of the season will be able to jump through the relegation line. But, one should keep in mind that it is not that easy in Bosnian football to beat host team.
The results of the matches played in the Bosnian Premier League in the 20th week is as follow:
Çelik Zenica: 1 – FK Sarajevo: 1
FK Slavija: 2 – FK Kozara: 1
Velez Mostar: 1 – Leotar Trebinje: 1
GOŞK Gabela: 1 – Şiroki Brijeg: 2
Sloboda Tuzla: 1 – Rudar Prijedor: 2
Borac Banja Luka: 1 – NK Travnik: 0
Zvijezda Gradaçac: 1 – Zrinjski Mostar: 1
Zeljeznicar: 0 – Olimpik Sarajevo: 0
Standings of the teams by the end of 20th week:
Top scorersAdiloviç (Zeljo): 13 goals
Haskiç (Sarajevo), Wagner Marjanoviç (Zrinjski), Kajkut (Borac): 7 goals
Wagner (Şiroki Brijeg), Zeba (Zeljo), Obuça (Sarajevo): 6 goals
Next week’s schedule:Zeljeznicar – Çelik
Olimpik – Zvijezda
Zrinjski – Borac
Travnik – Sloboda
Rudar – GOŞK
Şiroki – Velez
Leotar – Slavija
Kozara - Sarajevo
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Novi Pazar had a surprising result this week. Probably, the 2-0 away victory against Borac was the best welcome to Bekvalac, the fresh trainer of Novi Pazar in his first match. )He was previously the third trainer.)
On the other hand, the expectations of Novi Pazar from the other matches partly came true. Both Javor – Jagodina and Radniçki 1923 – Hajduk matches were finished with the same result: 0 – 0. On the other side BSK Borça lost home match against Sloboda Uzice 2-0 which can be a slightly surprising score. Thus, as I have mentioned three days ago, the fault line at the bottom part of Jelen Super Liga is still existing, but BSK Borça is now added to the lower part with Borac and Novi Pazar.
Above all, a difficult home match for Novi Pazar against Red Star awaits for next week.
Next week’s schedule for the teams at the bottom of the league is as follow:
Sloboda – Borac
Hajduk – Vojvodina
Partizan – Javor
After the 5-0 defeat by Red Star, we re-consider Metalac again as the team who will relegate from the Super League. Thus, our eyes are on those 3+2 teams.
Looking objectively, it seems impossible for Novi Pazar to steal some points from Red Star this weeks. But, we cannot know if the subjective reality will surprise us. There is also probability that Borac may turn back to home with points from Uzice. If they will come with a victory, Novi Pazar may again be under the red line.
I do not think that Hajduk will gain some points from the match against Vojvodina. Javor will also probably be defetaed easily by Partizan.
Considering those options, this week which we identify as a difficult week for Novi Pazar may not be that much difficult looking beyond the matches of the rival teams in the relegation basket. At least, there is a probability that the rankings in the standing table be the same next Sunday evening.
(Source: www.utakmica.rs)
It has been raining
for days in Novi Pazar. However, just before th match started, it has stopped
and made “Pazarci to be more interested in the game. The northern stands were
just built and it was the first match that Torcida Sandzak would be watching
the game from there. The 12,000 fans, forcing the limits of the stadium had a
support for 90 minutes for their team. Novi Pazar, playing quite well and
creating difficultis for the strong Red Star shared the points with a result of
0-0. However, news coming from Uzice was quite good. 2-1 away defeat of Borac
againts Sloboda meant that the gap between Borac and Novi Pazar had increased
to 3 points. Moreover, the 2-1 away defeat of Javor against Partizan, and 1-0
home defat of Hajduk against Vojvodina meant a breath for Novi Pazar for an
expectedly difficult week. Borça, another candidate of relegation had an away
victory over OFK Beograd, who has a tendency to loose easy points againts “relegation
candidates”. If not, Borça would have the same point like Novi Pazar. (photo: www.haberbosnak.com)
