IT’S BIG, IT’S A CUP, AND IT’S BACK, BABY!
The goal of the season so far was unquestionably scored by Milan Pavkov on Tuesday night. The substitute striker was sent on late by Red Star Belgrade – or Crvena Zvezda, if you like needlessly throwing up barriers to comprehension – in the hope of winning the Big Cup qualifier they were playing. And win it he did, if only for opponents מועדון הכדורגל מכבי חיפה – that’s Maccabi Haifa, duh – as under no pressure whatsoever, he sliced spectacularly into the top-left corner of his own net on the stroke of time. Oh Milan! The 2022-23 edition of Big Cup hardly knew ye!
