Before I analyze the matches of our other two clubs, let's discuss the draw for
Partizan and
Vojvodina in the Europa League play-off:
UEFA Europa League play-off
Partizan - Thun
Solid draw for us, and I can say that I am generally satisfied.
Nome Kalju or
Pasching would've been ideal, but this is good as well. I don't have too much informations about the current team of Thun, but I do know that they have a respectable team and that they are playing offensively, "on the goal more than the rival" and that they are very tough at home. It is a good thing that we are playing the first match at home, since we have a chance to achieve the good and positive result before the rematch in Switzerland. And we have a bad tradition when we play the first match as guests.
It will not be easy of course, but we have a great chance to eliminate the Swiss team and yet again enter the Europa League
!
Vojvodina - Sheriff Tiraspoli
An ideal draw for Vojvodina! If they were selecting the rival they wanted for the play-off, they probably wouldn't select a better one
Vojvodina has shown an amazing quality in these qualifications and they deserved all this luck. They made the
people proud and I am really happy for them. Marko Nikolic deserves maximum respect for everything he is doing, as he already made a miracle. Vojvodina has a historical chance to qualify to the group stage of Europa League and that will be the biggest success in their history. It will not be easy against Sheriff, I would say that chances are 50-50 but if Vojvodina continues like this, Sheriff will fall. They made a huge shock by destroying
Bursaspor in Turkey with 3:0 and now they have an easier task, although they need to be careful, as play-off is always specific, there are two matches and both teams have their chances.
This will also be a test for them to see if they passed some of the, so called, "childhood illnesses". They used to lose and do badly when they were the favorites, just like they used to rape both us and Zvezda and then lose in the "small" matches. If they managed to overcome this now, they will also be the #1 favorites for the champions title in
I really hope both us and Vojvodina will make it to the group stage
It would be a historical day for
football as we never had two clubs in a group stage of any eurocup since their reformations