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D. Zagreb vs Rosenborg Prediction & Betting tips
In the play-offs of the Champions League, Dinamo Zagreb and Rosenborg compete for a starting ticket for the main tournament on Wednesday evening. The Croats are favorite, but the Norwegians have a rich history in the European champions ball.
Dinamo Zagreb:
Dinamo Zagreb is by far the best club in Croatia, and hopes to be able to win the Champions League this season as well. The team had no trouble with its opponents in the previous preliminaries, as both Georgian Saburtalo Tbilisi (5-0 over two games) and Hungarian Ferencvaros (5-1 over two games) were beaten with ample numbers. Also on Wednesday evening at the own Maksimir Stadium against Rosenborg in Norway, the Croats are naturally the big favorite.
Dinamo Zagreb is known for its excellent youth education, but star player is the young Spaniard Dani Olmo. The playmaker crowned himself this summer with his country as the European champion for players under 21, and was named man of the match in the final. Ajax is said to have tens of millions left this summer to bring him to Amsterdam, but the Croats did not want to lose him. Logical because Olmo is in top form again this season. Trainer Nenad Bjelica is extremely careful with his talisman, who has already scored four goals and three assists in just under 261 minutes of football. These are statistics that even Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo would envy. For Dinamo Zagreb, Olmo is clearly the key to the Champions League qualification.
Rosenborg:
Rosenborg of course has a rich history in the Champions League. Between 1995 and 2007, the Norwegians were no less than eleven times in the European champions ball, with the quarter finals in the 1996-1997 season as the high point. Rosenborg also had a subscription to the Norwegian national title during that period, but then a dark period dawned for Troillongan.
In recent years, Rosenborg is doing well in its own country with four national titles in a row, but in Europe it does not want to go so smoothly. The last time the Norwegians managed to reach the group stage of the Champions League is already twelve years ago. The team of coach Eirik Horneland has something to prove on Wednesday evening, also because Rosenborg is busy with a very moderate season. The Norwegian Eliteserien is now more than half way through, but with fourth place and ten points behind Molde it does not look like Rosenborg will extend her national title. One of the few players who managed to escape somewhat from the sporting malaise is attacker Alexander Søderlund, who was already accurate five times in the preliminary rounds of the Champions League this season.