partizan power to record victory published: tuesday 21 july 2009, 23.40cet fk partizan 8-0 rhyl fc (agg: 12-0) the serbian champions racked up the biggest victory in their european history with new signing cléo claiming a hat-trick.
by aleksandar bošković from belgrade
fk partizan racked up the biggest victory in their european history with an eight-goal show against rhyl fc in front of 10,000 spectators in belgrade, setting up a third qualifying round tie against apoel fc.
cléo hat-trick cléo led the way for the serbian champions with a hat-trick while there were goals in either half for brana ilić. lamine diarra had opened the scoring with nenad djordjević making it 3-0 and the seventh came from radosav petrović. the spree ensured they eclipsed their record 7-1 success against fc santa coloma in the uefa cup qualifying round in 2001/02.
diarra opener the welsh side displayed great respect and sportsmanship in both games of the tie but were simply outclassed again following a 4-0 reverse a week ago. cléo's header provided the first for diarra before the brazilian himself registered with a sensational finish from nemanja tomić's pass.
set-piece strikes djordjević's free-kick after 19 minutes increased the lead and ilić's solo effort made it four before half-time. diarra repaid the compliment for cléo after the interval before a special strike from ilić made it 6-0. petrović continued the onslaught by heading in a corner before cléo completed his treble from the penalty spot with 18 minutes remaining.
