Semedrija 1924 secured a narrow 2-1 victory over Grafičar in the second round of the Prva Liga on Sunday. The result keeps the visitors on track for a top-six finish while the hosts remain rooted in the lower half of the table. By then, Grafičar had already been reduced to ten men, and that changed how the game played out.
B. Maric's red card in the 38th minute was the turning point. Grafičar had been holding their shape, but the dismissal forced a reshuffle. S. Srnic came on at half-time, and N. Furtula followed in the 54th minute as the hosts tried to recover. And here's the thing — you can see it in the substitutions: they were chasing, not controlling.
Semedrija 1924 took the lead through S. Mitrovic in the 62nd minute. P. Obasi doubled the advantage six minutes later, and it looked like the visitors had done enough. To be fair, Grafičar refused to fold. S. Petkoski Cimbaljevic pulled one back in the 90th minute, but it was too little, too late.
The visitors now sit sixth with 12 points from seven games. Grafičar remain 16th on just four points, with five defeats already on their record. They're running out of games before anything meaningful happens in this league.