Ivanić's 76 masters

The way in which Mirko Ivanić "trades" the ball on a handful of occasions has delighted all the star players who follow our club like no other. The popular "Mica" can bring the fans to delirium by dribbling, as when he caused great problems to the captain of Milan - Calabria at the "San Siro", but also can score with an extremely accurate shot from distance, which brings us back to the match against Ludogorets at the Maracana when sent the "kifla" into the goal from 25 meters. In order not to have any doubts about the personal skill of the player born in Bački Jark - Ivanić showed in the duel with Radnički in 1923 what he was made of.

At the end of the first part of the game, after Vladimir Lučić's play, he stuck the ball to his foot in reception, then lined up two players of the opposing team in a small area and just placed the ball past the helpless Stojan Leković. How to describe it in the former football terminology, the former player of Vojvodina and Bata Borisov showed the ultimate range of dribbling skills with ease and elegance regardless of the narrowed maneuvering space.

He proved that he can shake the opponent's net in different ways in the 66th minute on Osman Bukari's return pass. At that moment, the representative of Ghana was waiting for his teammates to arrive from the second plan and join the attack, which Ivanić did. Even though the ball bounced directly in front of him, he decided to send an indefensible shot without hesitation. He opened his foot and with a lot of felsch, feeling and precision I aimed for the corner of the goal. Radnički's goalkeeper only made the goal even more beautiful with a parade, but one got the impression that even two net guards would not have been enough to stop the ball that "took off the cobwebs" at that moment.

At the end of the match, Zvezda's four earned the title of player of the match, but with two goals, they also increased the goal scoring score in the red and white jersey. Namely, counting all the games he played in our club, the creative midfielder scored a total of 76 goals. In the national championship, he scored 47 times in six seasons, he hit the net on seven occasions in the Serbian Cup, while counting the qualifications in the Champions League and Europa League, as well as the group stage, he hit the target nine times. If we look at the control matches, he successfully checked the goalkeepers on 13 occasions, so Zenit, Fiorentina capitulated before Ivanić...

Certainly the most valuable, but also the star players' favorite, is Ivanić's goal in the 164th eternal derby, when he headed in the 58th minute from Gelor Kanga's cross, and our team celebrated thanks to the quick-footed "artist in football boots".

An interesting fact is the fact that Ivanić was accurate only three times from 11 meters, which implies that the lucid midfielder scored all goals from open play or after a break. When we add to that that Mirko Ivanić recorded an assist on no less than 48 occasions while playing for Crvena zvezda, we get an absolutely complete picture of a complete player with a huge performance on the field. We are sure that in the next matches, he will be the main player of our team and with these kinds of games, he will reach the three-digit number of goals scored.