Celebrated Yugoslav basketball coach Dusan Ivkovic won the second trophy this season. After Greek Cup, AEK Athens won Saporta Cup by winning Kinder 83-76 (46-33) in the final match in Lausanne.
Italian team had a good start with a10-2 lead thanks to excellent actions of Yugoslav Predrag Danilovic. AEK is ahead by on 14 - 12, but Kinder tried to run away and moved the ball in the right way. 29 - 24 is the last Kinder advantage. Then, Messina's team, was outscored in 7 minutes 22-4. First half ends by 13 (46 - 33)
The last chance to come back Kinder had in the last minutes (76-74 for AEK with three minutes left), but Abbio and Stombergas missed the crucial shots, and Sconochini made a turnover.
Predrag Danilovic was the best Kinder scorer with 18 points (5/8 2PFG, 1/3 3PFG, 5/5 FT) in 36 minutes. Yugoslav player added four assists and six turnovers.
After the match Yugoslav coach Dusan Ivkovic especially congratulated Chatzis for his defence on Danilovic and Hansell for his defence on Abbio. He added that after winning Greek Cup and Saporta Cup, AEK wanted to win Greek Championship.
Kovacevic congratulated
by his teammates
after he scored
against Bologna
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Yugoslav Darko Kovacevic's header in the 88th minute and a last minute own goal from Paganin gave Juventus a vital win over host Bologna in the round 29 of the Italian football League.
Juventus looked destined for a goalless draw - a result that would have left Lazio just one point behind the Serie A leaders, the Turin side.
But with two minutes remaining, Kovacevic, who replaced Inzaghi in the 70th minute, headed home, and two minutes later Paganin turned the ball into his own net. This 2-0 victory keeps Juventus three points clear of Lazio with five matches to play.
"Juventus` victory", "Kovacevic takes care of that", "Darko`s hugs for everyone", "One Serb, point and a wizard", "Danger for everyone"- these are only some of the headlines from Italian sport journals regarding the very important goal of Darko Kovacevic.
"Luckily enough, when things go bad for Juventus, or when they are doing badly, Darko is there. He takes care of the victory" - this is the comment of "La Gazzette dello sport" journal.
"Darko plays a little, these are in fact bits of a game and proportionate to that, he scores a fantastic number of goals, three in the Championship and 18 altogether in this football season, including the European cups", shows "La Gazzette dello sport" and repeats the same question over and over again - why does not Kovacevic play more frequently?
