Belgrade, April 21 (Reuters) - The leader of Yugoslav Championship, Partizan lost in the 118th derby against archrivals Red Star 0-3. The scorers were Vidic at 44', Bogavac at 79' and Milovanovic at 90'.
The match was full of tension, interruption, but also of nice actions. In the first half hour, the defending champion could have already led, but Partizan goalkeeper Radakovic defended well Pjanovic, Markovic and Boskovic's shots. A few minutes before the break, Nemanja Vidic succeeded to score an opening goal. The 21-year-old used Boskovic's corner kick and headed to the net. He dedicated this goal to his friend Vladimir Dimitrijevic, with whom he started to play football in Red Star and who died in a training.
In the second half hosts tried to equalize in every way. They started to play more aggressively. A conflict occurred between Red Star's Dejan Ilic and Partizan's skipper Sasa Ilic. It ended by Sasa Ilic's sent-off and a big uproar on the field, in which all players, even Partizan's goalkeeper participated. Partizan's reserve Cirkovic was also sent off.
Red Star organized counter attacks successfully. In one of them, Red Star's Boskovic scored, but the line referee signalized offside. However, at 79' Bogavac scored using Gvozdenovic's assistance. The 18-year-old Dejan Milovanovic set the final 3-0 at 90'. All three scorers were debutantes on derbies.
Partizan's coach Ljubisa Tumbakovic said after the match: "Red Star won the match deservingly. After 1-0, in the beginning of the second half, we succeeded to balance. Sasa Ilic's sent-off disrupted us and we went on all or nothing. At the end, 1-0 or 3-0, there is no difference."
Red Star coach Zoran Filipovic was satisfied: "We were better during the whole 90 minutes. The opponents were strong, but they didn't show their advantage, because my players didn't let them do it, playing so as we had agreed."
Scorers: Vidic 44', Bogavac 79' and Milovanovic 90' for Red Star.
Booked: Vitakic, Ilic, Bratic, Vidic, Pjanovic and Milovanovic (Red Star); Nuhi, Trobok and Stojanovski (Partizan).
Sent-off: Sasa Ilic (Partizan) 67'.
PARTIZAN: Radakovic, Nuhi, Miskovic (Cakar), Savic, Stojanovski, Duljaj, Trobok
(Vukic), Ivic, Ilic, Becanovic (Ilijev), Lazovic.
RED STAR: Arandjelovic, Markovic (Matijasevic), Vidic, Vitakic, Lalatovic, Ilic, Gvozdenovic, Bratic, Boskovic (Milovanovic), Pjanovic, Bogavac.
