The players of Vojvodina FC qualified into the 1/8 finals of the Serbian Cup, after tonight’s victory over the team of RFK Novi Sad 1921, with the result 2:0.
The scorers for Vojvodina FC were Dejan Zukić in the 78th, and Aleksa Vukanović in the 84th minute.
The teams performed in the following lineups:
RFK Novi Sad: Đulčić, Varga, Krstić, Čolić (from 71st Vlalulkin), Rac, Serdar, Vrekić (from 83rd Gajić), Jevremović, Masanga, Blagojević (from 71st Ilić), Rađen.
Vojvodina: Toroman, Lazarević, Rosić, Crnomarković (from 86th Jeličić), Bukinac, Miletić (from 46th Malbašić), Milosavljević, Radulović (from 88th Butraković), Zukić, Nikolić (from 65th Kajević), Ivanović (from 46th Vukanović).
Before the match started, there was a minute of silence in honor of Vlatko Šimek, who marked the golden period of RFK Novi Sad between 1974 and 1977.
Vojvodina controlled the game from the very beginning, and played on the rival’s half, creating several excellent chances. The first two chances were almost identical. After the corner shot by Nikolić from the left side, Rosić head kicked the ball, but couldn’t overpower the goalkeeper Đulčić. After that, Lazarević also attempted shooting from some 20 meters, but the goalkeeper of Novi Sad was in the right place.
In the 35th minute, Nikolić was once again in the center of attention. Zukić passed him the ball, but his shot was blocked. Soon, Nikolić almost entered a new chance, in the last minute in the penalty box, but Blagojević reacted in front of him.
Novi Sad had difficulties reaching the penalty area of Vojvodina, and in the first half of the game their only dangerous attempt was by Rac.
In the last moments of the first half, a shot by Crnomarković ended over the goal, so the result remained 0:0 at halftime.
Voša added some fuel in the second half, and immediately after the break Malbašić and Vukanović replaced Ivanović and Miletić. In the first 10 minutes of the continuation, Voša had 3 great chances. Malbašić’s shot from the distance was stopped by the goalkeeper, then the goalkeeper of Novi Sad proved himself in a 1 on 1 situation, after saving the goal from the shot by Nikolić. After that, Vukanović followed with a shot from the edge of the penalty area, but the ball went over the goal.
The punishment almost followed at the end of 1 hour of the match, after a cross from the right side, Krstić was alone on the other goal post, he received the ball on his chest, but sent it over the goal.
Voša continued to attack, and had a new chance after another corner by Nikolić, Rosić head kicked almost over the goal stand.
In the 78th minute, Voša finally managed to break through the wall of Novi Sad, after a corner by the right side, Zukić shot the ball with his head, and it went into the further angle for 1:0.
Vojvodina had another chance again, Vukanović had the opportunity, but he was not precise enough. However, only 2 minutes later he redeemed himself. Radulović went through the right flank nicely, entered the ball into the center and shot, the goalkeeper blocked it, but Vukanović received the rejected ball and shot routinely for 2:0!
Until the end, there were no changes, so Voša secured its qualification into the 1/18 finals of the Serbian Cup.
