04.10.2012, 06:00 Serbian champions move out of the capital for VELUX EHF Champions League |
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Niš becomes Partizan’s new fortress
Serbian title holders Partizan Beograd have decided to play their VELUX EHF Champions League home matches in the 2012/13 season in Niš in order to generate a full house and frenetic fan support in the southern city’s Čair Hall, club officials have said. New home in handball-crazy city
“We will certainly benefit from going to Niš because Partizan has a strong fan based in this handball-crazy city, which has the best handball crowd in Serbia. Fans in Niš are very educated, they know the game inside-out and there is no doubt that we will get fantastic support from the terraces packed with action-hungry supporters,” Blagojević told Serbian media. 7,500 requests for 3,500 seats Experienced right back Nenad Maksić, who scored 13 goals against Medvedi, said he expected the game against Flensburg to be yet another learning experience for Partizan. “It would be audacious to promise a result against a team of such quality, they are the best team in the Bundesliga alongside German and European champions THW Kiel. Flensburg are a star-studded outfit and what we should be looking forward to is a great chance to learn and improve,” Maksić told Belgrade daily Sportski Žurnal. “On the other hand, they conceded 37 goals in the opening draw against Montpellier and that shows they are not invulnerable. But we must avoid falling into the trap of playing that run-and-gun game, hopefully the full house will get behind us and give us the strength to put on a good show in our first home game,” he added.
The club’s general secretary Predrag Jusković made it clear in no uncertain terms at Wednesday’s press conference just how much fans in Niš were craving to see Partizan in action against Europe’s best teams. “We have had 7,500 requests for tickets and we could only sell 3,500 because that’s Cair’s capacity,” Jusković told reporters. “The demand only shows that the club made the right decision to play home games in Nis.”
TEXT: Zoran Milosavljević /br |
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