Just as the Montenegrin national team won both matches after the premature departure of Andrija Delibasic, the continuation of the domestic championship had a strong symbolism - all the teams whose great goal scorer was a member won.
Buducnost, where Delibasic was the sports director, defeated Jedinstvo pod Goricam 5:2, even though they were trailing 14:2 after 0 minutes.
Sutjeska, where Andrija began and ended his career, celebrated 2:1 against Jezera, while Mornar, where Deli served as the head coach, defeated Bokelj 2:0 away.
The Buducnost players and coaching staff took to the field wearing T-shirts with Deli's image, and his name and photo were displayed on the large scoreboard of the Podgorica stadium before the start of the match.
Igor Ivanović and Petar Grbić, the most experienced in Buducnost, dedicated goals to him, as a sign of memory and a message that he will never be forgotten.
Buducnost increased, in fact restored, the gap at the top to 14 points compared to Petrovac, who drew with Dečić 0:0 at home.
It's only a matter of days, and weeks, when the people of Podgorica will mathematically celebrate the title.
Jedinstvo immediately took a 2-0 lead under Gorica, when it seemed that for the first time in independent Montenegro, after 30 matches and 25 losses, Buducnost would win.
The ball bounced off the post after a Bosnian shot, off Dragan Grivić's foot - straight into the net (own goal), only for the Japanese Komija to head the ball, which bounced into the goal...
The leader, however, turned things around by halftime.
Igor Ivanovic headed the ball after a Vukovic cross in the 25th minute, Marko Miličković in the 34th minute with a shot from the edge of the penalty area and a not-so-skillful intervention by the guest goalkeeper, and Ivan Bojović at the far post in the 39th minute - in just 14 minutes, Buducnost scored three goals.
Later, Petar Grbić scored on Ivanovic's return pass - he was just as happy as Andrija Delibasic, and in stoppage time, after the break, Rus Serikov scored for 5:2.
Sutjeska continued its excellent run and won for the fourth time in the last five matches, returning to third place in the standings.
The absolute hero of Nikšić in the triumph over Jezero (2:1) was 20-year-old Dragan Miranović.
He gave Milija Savović's team the lead in the 2nd minute, but the guests took control of the first half and equalized through Ryu Wakabayashi.
Jezero continued with several dangerous counterattacks, believing they could turn the game around, but they were left without even that one point - the best moment of the match was seen in the 64th minute when Miranović sealed the victory.
Nikola Janjić took the ball from his rival about forty meters from the Jezera goal, it reached Miranović, who sent it into the net with a sharp left-footed shot.
Despite the defeat, Jezero remains in ninth place, as Otrant Olimpik also lost in Tivat to Arsenal 2:1.
Abdulsamed Abdulahi scored his ninth goal of the season in the 39th minute to give Arsenal the lead, and in the 59th minute Nedjeljko Kovinić headed the ball into the net for a safe 2:0.
The new failure of the team from Ulcinj, the 16th of the season, was only mitigated by Balša Mrvaljević's goal in injury time.
There was no winner in the derby between Petrovac and Dečić AdmiralBet (0:0), and the biggest chance in a not-so-quality match was squandered by the guests' striker Ibrahima Endiaj, who was stopped by goalkeeper Marko Kordić in a one-on-one situation midway through the second half.
Mornar defeated Bokelj SBBet (2:0) in Kotor and recorded their second win in a row.
On the other hand, Bokelj deepened its crisis and suffered its sixth defeat in a row. It even failed to score a goal in its fourth consecutive match.
The last victory of the team from Kotor was on February 22nd, when they defeated Jedinstvo (1:0).
There were plenty of chances today in Kotor, Čavor could have given the home team the lead at the start of the second half, but he hit the crossbar, while Mornar took the lead in the 70th minute - Škrijelj did a great job on the right side, assisting Sekulić, who scored.
Three minutes later, Bokelj had another great chance to equalize - the home team was awarded a penalty, and Pepić was inaccurate from 11 meters. Pavličić intervened brilliantly in that situation.
The penalty arrived in the 86th minute, Kiši assisted Batrović, who set up the final score.
CFL - 26. KOLO:
Buducnost - Jedinstvo Franca 5:2
Igor Ivanovic 25, Marko Milickovic 34, Ivan Bojovic 39, Petar Grbic 60, Ilija Serikov 90+2 - Dragan Grivic (own goal) 8, Takeru Komija 14.
Petrovac - Dečić AdmiralBet 0:0
Sutjeska - Jezero 2:1
Dragan Miranović 2, 64 - Ryu Wakabayashi 41.
Arsenal - Otranto Olympique 2:1
Abdulsamed Abdulahi 39, Nedjeljko Kovinic 59 - Balsa Mrvaljevic 90+2.
Bokelj SBBet - Sailor 0:2
Balsa Sekulic 70, Veljko Batrovic 86.
Dejan Pepić (Bokelj) missed a penalty in the 73rd minute.
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