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This is rarely seen, the referee got injured in the Zvezda match, caused a "war" between the eternal rivals before the derby, and now replaced his colleague
We could see an interesting situation in the match between Čukarički and Crvena zvezda, where the referee had to be replaced due to the injury of the main referee Aleksandar Knežević, so a well-known face in Serbian football "stepped in" instead of him.
TL;DR
- Referee Aleksandar Knežević was injured during a match between Čukarički and Crvena zvezda.
- Pavle Ilić, a well-known figure in Serbian football, replaced Knežević.
- Ilić had previously been the main referee for the 178th eternal derby.
- His appointment for that derby had caused public controversy, with Partizan expressing objections and Crvena zvezda willing to accept Partizan's choice.
- Ilić's performance in the 178th eternal derby was assessed as correct.