OFK Belgrade met Radnicki Kragujevac in the Super Liga's tenth round on Saturday and lost 3:5 at home. The visitors had already established themselves as a serious force this season, sitting third with 17 points from nine matches, while the hosts languished in tenth place with just nine points after ten games.
Silue opened the scoring for the home side in the sixth minute, and two minutes later Mohamed Cisse equalised for the away team. By then the pattern was set — a back-and-forth affair that never settled. Silue restored OFK's lead in the 21st minute before Uros Sremcevic struck twice in quick succession, first in the 34th and then in the 46th, to put the visitors ahead.
Andrej Pavlovic pulled one back for OFK in the 66th minute, and for a moment it looked as though the home side might salvage something. But David Buchta extended the lead in the 75th minute, and Semir Alic sealed the result with a late goal in the 84th. Three yellow cards for Radnicki — by Babic, Hilo and Ristic — and two for OFK's Addo and Pavlovic marked a match that grew increasingly scrappy.
The statistics tell their own tale. OFK Belgrade dominated possession at 52 per cent and attempted more attacks — 144 to 104 — but Radnicki were far more clinical. The visitors registered seven shots on target compared to six for the hosts, and created four big chances against two. It was a reminder that control does not always translate into goals.
For OFK Belgrade, the defeat leaves them rooted in tenth place, their record of two wins, three draws and five losses offering little comfort. Radnicki Kragujevac move further clear of the mid-table pack, their five wins from nine games suggesting they will challenge for the upper reaches. And here's the thing — this was not a match won by sustained pressure, but by opportunism and timing.
