I thought Degenek was excellent. He completely shut down Dabbur who had no effect in the game. You will see a totally different Salzburg in the 2nd leg I think. I expect a lot more urgency and pressing from the likes of Dabbur, Haidara and Samassekou. They are probably going to have to score at least twice though. It must be said though that Marin Pongracic the replacement for Duje Caleta-Car who went to Marseille in the summer was terrific along with goalie Cican Stankovic who is pushing for that starting GK jersey for the Austrian national team.
Yes, Degenek was very good, that was probably his best match in Zvezda so far. And Cican, on the other hand, was one of the few good individuals in Salzburg.
I have no doubt that Salzburg will indeed play differently in Austria, but I can assure you - Zvezda will also play differently.
I expect Milojević to be defensive once again, but Zvezda has much bigger potential in the attack than what they shown so far. At one point, Salzburg will have to open and that will leave plenty of room for Zvezda's counter-attacks. They are very good in this segment this season and players like Radonjić, Stojiljković and Srnić can outperform any keeper.
I think Salzburg definitely missed a huge opportunity here and if they conceive a goal, I think that will be it. Based on what I've seen, they will hardly score 2 goals against Zvezda.
You know about Red Bull Salzburgs Champions League curse? They tried to qualify for the group stage 10 times and theyve never made it
once they even failed against Dudelange
so Maybe thats why they are inhibited and underperforming... traumatic memories
I can see the second leg ending 1:1 with Salzburg having the lead until 5 minutes before the end and then conceding the equalizer
Yes, I am aware of that fact. And it's actually quite surprising to me as Salzburg constantly has great teams yet they can never pull it off.
And ironically, I have the same feeling
I feel that Salzburg could take an early lead on Tuesday and then retreat. If they really do that, that will be suicidal against this team of Crvena Zvezda. In that case, it will just be a matter of time before they conceive a goal.
Spartak Trnava repeated the same mistake and last season several other teams did the same (including
Krasnodar) and all of them lost at the end.
This team of Zvezda is much weaker than the one from the last season but it's still on a high enough level to pass Salzburg, at least with a result like 1-1.
#CZVFCS
I choose to believe in a 1-0 home victory in the second leg with Red Star being denied a rightful penalty at 90+5' and our goal scored from blatant offside.
Knowing Zvezda's leadership (and the most hardcore fans), I am actually already picturing a reaction.........
You should try to preserve the home ground on Tuesday as I expect Zvezda's fans to fill at least half of it. There are plenty of Zvezda's fans living in
and when that is combined with these fans that will come to Salzburg from Belgrade, the local team might actually play as if they were guests on their own stadium.
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