Yugoslavia: Obilic seize the advantage

FK Obilic are within a point of the 1st Liga summit after taking full advantage of leaders FK Partizan's failure to beat OFK Beograd in Saturday's round-14 game.

Late drama
Obilic secured a 2-1 victory against FK Sutjeska but there was more than a little drama at the Milos Obilic stadium. The visitors looked set for a share of the points when Ivan Boskovic's 89th-minute penalty cancelled out a 42nd-minute header from Adrijan Djokaj, but another penalty for Obilic deep into added time was confidently tucked away by Nenad Mladenovic.
 
Tense second half
While Obilic triumphed, Partizan had to settle for a 1-1 home draw with OFK. Ognjen Koroman put the visitors ahead against the run of play after 44 minutes but Danko Lazovic equalised five minutes into the second half to set up a tense but ultimately fruitless final 40 minutes.

Crvena Zvezda maintain pressure
Third-placed FK Crvena Zvezda eased to a 3-1 win in Belgrade despite FK Rudar Plevlja taking a ninth-minute lead when Dragan Bogavac scored following a defensive mix-up. Branko Jelic equalised ten minutes later from a Mihajlo Pjanovic cross to leave the sides level at the break. Into the second period, Milenko Acimovic slotted home a 65th-minute penalty and Pjanovic added a decisive third goal with ten minutes remaining to keep Crvena Zvezda in contention at the top of the league.

Counter-attacking football
FK Zemun earned a dramatic 2-1 victory away at FK Rad with a fine display of counter-attacking football. The home side dominated the first half but it was the visitors' Igor Matic who opened the scoring after 42 minutes. Although Ivan Jovanovic equalised after 65 minutes with a classy effort - cutting in from the right before lashing the ball into the left-hand corner - the home celebrations were dampened ten minutes later when Dragan Mladenovic finished off a swift Zemun attack with a powerful shot.

Second-half goals
Second-half goals saw FK Cukaricki and FK Zeta share the honours with a 1-1 draw. Momir Mileta's thunderous 25-yard free-kick gave Cucaricki the lead, but Dejan Batrovic equalised for the visitors with an 85th-minute penalty.

Joy in Smederevo
FK Vojvodina and FK Mladost Lucani played out a dour goalless draw in Novi Sad and it was the same score between FK Mladost Apatin and FK Zeleznik, despite the visitors' dominance of the game. Meanwhile in Smederovo, FK Sartrid cruised to a 2-0 victory against FK Hajduk Kula with first-half goals from Vladimir Mudrinic and Demir Ramovic.