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Marko Marin was once considered one of Germany’s greatest talents in football. Already at a young age, the little blond boy enchanted the Bundesliga with his creativity and technique. These qualities helped the Bosnian-born former DFB international in summer 2012 to move to Chelsea FC in the Premier League.
After several failed stops in Spain, Italy, Belgium, Turkey and Greece, the now 30-year-old in Serbia finally seems to have found his sporting home. As a central midfielder and captain Marin is one of the performers at reigning champions Red Star Belgrade.
26 years after the reorganization of the premier class, the Serbs were able to qualify for the first time for the main competition. The same targets Vladan Milojevic’s team also in 2019/2020. Opponent in the third qualifying round on the way among the elite circle of 32 participants is the Danish champions. There is no clear favorite between Red Star Belgrade and FC Copenhagen on odds to progress past the return leg.
As a result, even the first meeting on Tuesday evening from 19:45 clock in the traditional Marakana Stadium a trend-setting significance. Because the guests from the north of Europe could live well with a draw and experience a stable defensive, we consider it anything but unlikely that the duel Red Star Belgrade vs.. FC Copenhagen the guess will go up to a scoreless first half.
Red Star Belgrade:
The sporting development of Red Star Belgrade can be rated as quite positive in recent years. In addition to the two championship titles 2018 and 2019, the first-time entry into the Champions League group phase in particular must be recorded as a success. The former European Cup winner qualified 26 years after the redesign of the Beletage of international football for the first time for the main competition and was able to defeat on the way, inter alia, Red Bull Salzburg in the playoffs.
Although the team of coach Milojevic retired after six games completed, but one of the four teams that could defeat the eventual champions from Liverpool (2-0).
In fact, no major analysis is needed to establish that the most successful football club in the former Yugoslavia can play to its strengths, especially in its own stadium. In addition to the mentioned 2: 0 against Jürgen Klopp’s Reds, the Underdog also fought Naples a respectable 0-0 draw. Only against Paris St. Germain pulled the Eastern Europeans at 1: 4 clearly the short straw.
In the current season, it was once again the home games at the Marakana Stadium, which served as the basis for the entry into the third round. In the first round, Crvena Zvezda needed a 2-1 home win in the second leg to make it to the next leg after a 0-0 draw in the first leg.
In the second round, thanks to a 2-0 win at home, Belgrade’s visitors were even able to allow a 2-1 defeat a week later in Helsinki. Marko Marin and Co. have not yet set footballing highlights in this year’s game, and yet confidence in the Serbian capital is high that the club’s name will once again be in the pot of the Champions League group stage in four weeks.
The Milojevic team is certainly not lacking support at the national level, because to ensure optimal preparation for the important first leg on Tuesday, the Serbian football league even came after the wish of the Red Star officials, the actually planned for the weekend league game to move to Vozdovac.
We expect a well-rested red and white team, which could be difficult to find offensive solutions against a stable Danish defensive. Between Red Star Belgrade and FC Copenhagen is therefore a prognosis on a goalless first half.
Neither club will take excessive risk in the first 45 minutes due to the importance and the prophesied equal opportunities, which speaks for relatively few highlights until the pause. With the exception of midfielder Jovicic, all players should be available. After the weak performance in Helsinki, however, some changes are conceivable.
FC Copenhagen:
Unlike Red Star Belgrade, FC Copenhagen have been able to gain a lot of experience in the Champions League group stage in recent years. In this millennium alone, the Danish titleholder was four times among the top 32 clubs in Europe, most recently in 2016/2017. After two seasons of abstinence, the White Blues are now aiming to return to the biggest European football stage.
In the second qualifying round, the team of former Bundesliga coach Stale Solbakken had to live up to their role as favorite against the Welsh underdog The New Saints. They did that quite confidently. A 2-0 win away followed a 1-0 victory in front of home crowd. Incidentally, it’s no coincidence that the Scandinavians did not concede a goal in the entire 180 minutes of play, because the team is generally defined primarily by their own defensive action. Only four conceded goals in the previous six mandatory games 2019/2020 prove this thesis impressively.
It is quite possible that the compactness in the game against the ball will even play an even greater role in the future, as in the past week with Robert Skov by far the most dangerous attacker left the club in the direction of the Bundesliga, more precisely to the TSG Hoffenheim. This departure will be difficult to compensate for the otherwise strong Solbakken Elf.
The dress rehearsal in the domestic league was for the defending champion as desired. With 2: 1, the away game at SønderjyskE was successfully organized. After four games, the FC leads the classification with the optimal yield of twelve points as expected. In the past five competitive games, the Copenhagen have also received in the first 45 minutes, not a single goal.
In addition, it can be assumed that the guests will give priority to keeping zero for as long as possible. Between Red Star Belgrade and FC Copenhagen, the forecast for a scoreless first half is therefore obvious. Andersen, Boilesen and Mudrazija will be injured due to injury.