Serbian champions Vojvodina Novi Sad confirmed status of the best Serbian team with a win over Spartak Vojput 28:25 (16:12) in Subotica. They managed to break resistance of the home team thanks to outstanding Russian left back Aleksey Rastvorcev who netted nine goals and goalkeeper Bojan Perovic, whose 17 saves were decisive in crucial moments.
Vojvodina began with 5:1 series leading them to 12:16 after first 30 minutes.
Good defense and young Rakocija who was in shooting mood managed to bring hosts closer on 16:17 (41.), while the first leveled result since 1:1 has been seen on 22:22 in 54th minute.
Vojvodina's coach Nikola Marković was sent off after vigorous reaction on refferes' decision, which caused certain fall in the performance of his team.
However, Russian giant Rastvorcev who netted three goals in the last five minutes was enough for Vojvodina to take points from Subotica.
Dragan Kukić, Vojvodina' assistant coach:
We've played first 17 minutes like we wanted. Everything went well until that moment as we planned. However, it was obvious that our players became relaxed, which didn't decrease a good Spartak' performance. We began in series of easy taking shots which was followed by losing self-confidence. Home team recognized that and punished all our mistakes. During the middle of second-half result was leveled. We didn’t have enough players on the necessary level except Rastvorcev, who did a job in crucial moments.
Aleksey Rastvorcev, Vojvodina Novi Sad' player:
We are tired. Thanks to Spartak for a good match. Match was exhausting. We began good, I thought about victory, we made advantage quickly. Afterwards, we started to make mistakes, match became leveled, but at the end we were lucky enough to win.
Branislav Zeljković, Spartak Vojput' coach:
I want to congratulate Vojvodina who showed once again that they have better roster than us. I was optimistic before the match counted on better efficiency of my team, but also Vojvodina fatigue and more saves of my goalkeepers. Unfortunately I missed. Only motivation wasn't on enough level to beat Vojvodina, my team had that , so I can’t put finger on my guys in that part. But, to beat Vojvodina, you also need quality. We didn’t have that tonight, for what one of the biggest reason is bad play of our playmaker Djekic. We all know how important he is for our game. It wasn’t his day, I don’t put finger on him as he led us last year and a half. He has right to play bad once. Quality wins.
Veselin Jelić, Spartak Vojput' line-player:
I want to congratulate Vojvodina on a win and great performance. We had preparation for this match and gave our maximum to win tonight. Obviously, that wasn't enough. I begin from myself, it was bad 6-meter shot efficiency. We havent' been fully concentrated, and that can cost a lot against teams like Vojvodina. That happened tonight.
Novosadska Vojvodina je potvrdila epitet najbolje srpske ekipe pobedom nad Spartakom Vojputom u Subotici - 28:25 (16:12).Uspeli su Novosađani da u samom finišu slome otpor domaćina zahvaljujući sjajnom Alekseju Rastvorcevu, strelcu devet golova i raspoloženom golmanu Bojanu Peroviću, koji je sa 17 odbrana bio presudan faktor u pobedi svog tima.
Počeli su Novosađani silovito serijom 5:1, da bi Filip Marjanović doneo i +7 - 11:4 posle 17 minuta. Uspeli su izabranici Branislava Zeljkovića da stabilizuju igru u odbrani do poluvremena i preko Čupića i Lojaničića uhvate priključak do poluvremena - 12:16.
Raspucani Rakocija i angažovana odbrana domaćina, doveli su Spartak nadomak egala - 16:17 u 41. minutu, a prvo izjednačenje nakon uvodnih 1:1 viđeno je u 54. minutu kada je Knežević izjednačio na 22:22.
Pad Vojvodine nastao je nakon crvenog kartona dodeljenog treneru Nikoli Markoviću, koji je žustro protestovao nakon jedne odluke sudijskog para Stojković - Nikolić.
Meč-viner bio je ruski div Aleksej Rastvorcev, koji je sa tri gola u poslednjih pet minuta doneo odlučujuću prednost svom timu - 28:25.
Aleksei Rastvorcev, rukometaš Vojvodine
- Umorni smo. Hvala ekipi Spartak Vojputa za dobru utakmicu.Utakmica je bila baš naporna. Počeli smo dobro, mislio sam daćemo dobiti, brzo smo poveli. Posle smo počeli da grešimo, ušaoje meč u egal, ali smo na kraju imali sreće da pobedimo.
Dragan Kukić, trener Vojvodine
- Hvala domaćoj ekipi na fer i korektnoj igri i na dobrog igri. Mislim da smo ovu utakmicu od početka, u prvih 17 minuta, igrali onako kako smo priželjkivali i hteli. Sve je do tadafunkcionisalo onako kako smo predvideli. Međutim, očiglednoje bilo da su naši igrači ušli u fazu opuštenosti, što ne umanujeveliku želju i dobru igru Spartak Vojputa. Ušli smo olako u nekešuteve i došli u situaciju da kroz promašaje gubimosamopouzdanje. Ekipa Spartak Vojputa je to prepoznala ipokazivala svoj kvalitet i tokom utakmica nas je kažnjavala.Sredinom drugog poluvremena utakmica je ušla u totalnurezultatsku neizvenost. Ovako kako smo mi danas pobedili, mogla je da pobedi i ekipa Spartak Vojputa. Nismo imalidovoljno raspoloženih igrača sem Rastvorceva, on je bio taj kojije u ključnim momentims odradio posao za nas.
Branislav Zeljković, trener Spartak Vojputa
- Sve čestitke ekipi Vojvodine koja je pokazala još jednom da je igrački od nas kvalitetnija. Pred utakmicu sam bio optimista, računao sam na umor Vojvodine, računao na mnogo boljurealizaciju moje ekipe, na više odbrana mojih golmana. I, promašio sam. Za pobedu nad Vojvodinom nije potrebno samozalaganje, a moja ekipa je to imala i ni jednog momenta u tom segmentu da im nešto zamerim. Ali, za pobedu nad ovakvomekipu treba i kvalitet. Danas ga mi nismo imali, a jedan odključnih razloga je slaba igra našeg organizatora Đekića. Dobroje poznato koliko znači našoj ekipi. Nije imao svoj dan, ali mu ne zameram, jer je to igrač koji je nosio našu igru u poslednjihgodinu i po dana. Ima i on pravo da jednu utakmicu odigraslabo, za nas nije povoljno što je to bilo danas posle Vojvodine. Kvalitet je pobedio.
Veselin Jelić, rukometaš Spartak Vojputa
- Čestitam ekipi Vojvodine na pobedi i na sjajnoj igri. Spremali smo se za ovaj meč i dali smo sve od sebe da danas pobedimo. Očigledno da to nije bilo dovoljno. Polazim od sebe, bila je loša realzacija sa 6 metara. Nismo bili dovoljno koncentrisani, a protiv ekipe kao što je Vojvodina to zna vrlo skupo da košta, a to se tako i desilo večeras.
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