Vojvodina made a statement in Belgrade on Friday evening, running out 5-0 winners against Tsukaricki in the Super Liga's regular season seventh round. The away side took control early and never looked back, extending their lead at the top of the table with a performance that felt inevitable by the second half. Dejan Zukić opened his account in the eleventh minute and added a second before the break.
The home side's resistance crumbled quickly. Zukić's early strike at 11 minutes set the tone, and Kokanović doubled the advantage just before the interval with a 44th-minute goal. To be fair, Tsukaricki's collapse came in stages — Sambou Sissoko turned on his own goal in the 50th minute to make it three, and Stefan Mitrović added a fourth at 85 minutes to ensure the result would stand as a convincing victory.
Coaching decisions from both sides told their own story. Tsukaricki turned to the kids, bringing on five players between the 21st and 69th minutes in a desperate attempt to change the game, while Vojvodina made three changes including both goal-scorers Zukić and Kokanović being withdrawn together in the 67th minute. The yellow cards told of frustration too — three for the hosts against two for the visitors.
The statistics painted a picture of efficiency over dominance. Tsukaricki held 51 per cent possession and created 45 attacks compared to Vojvodina's 24, but the visitors were far more clinical with 10 shots on target against 7, and 59 per cent accuracy compared to 47 per cent. Both sides created two big chances, but the difference lay in conversion — and the own goal that decided nothing but added insult to injury.
And here's the thing about this result: Vojvodina now sit six points clear at the summit with 15 points from seven games, while Tsukaricki remain in sixth with 10 points. The gap widens at a time when the table goes out of the window in these games, but this performance suggested Vojvodina had already found their rhythm after a mixed start that included losses to Novi-Pazar and Ajax.
