Crvena zvezda or Bode Glimt, Karabagh or Dinamo Zagreb, Slavija Prague or Lille and Slovan Bratislava or Mitjiland.
These are the last four dilemmas before the historic start of the new, expanded version of the Champions League, in which 32 teams will participate instead of the previous 36, and instead of eight groups - the entire league will be one group.
All teams will play eight games in the first phase (four at home, four away, and with whom - the computer will decide) and a unique table will give the answers to who and where goes next.
The first eight at the end of the first stage go directly to the round of 9, the teams placed from 24th to XNUMXth place will play through two matches of the round of XNUMX, while the weakest eight are eliminated...
An unusual, computer draw will be made on Thursday in Monte Carlo, at the UEFA gala, where a new format will be presented once again, for the last time, not only the Champions League - the Europa League and the Conference League will be played, namely, in the same format, with the only difference being that in LK the teams will have six, not eight, games in the group stage.
The rematch between Zvezda and Bode is one of the most uncertain in the playoffs, since the Norwegians won 2:1 in the Arctic Circle, and Zvezda's trump card is full of "Marakana".
- This match is of great importance, the Champions League is at stake. In the first match, Bodo was better and won (2:1), but then the first 90 minutes ended. In the meantime, we recovered, some players got up. We are playing against a good team, but there are no bad teams here. They have a system of work and play. It will be no less difficult than in Norway. It's up to us to be ready - said the coach of Zvezda Vladan Milojevic.
Marko Jankovic i Marko Vesovic (both are currently injured) are the only hope that Montenegro will have representatives in the "new" Champions League, but their teammates from Karabagh are facing a difficult task - to make up for the 3:0 loss from Zagreb against Dinamo in Baku.
- We are inferior in the overall score, but there is a great chance to enter the Champions League - said the coach of Karabagh Gurban Gurbanov.
- Our strength is that people, fans believe in us despite the result from the first match. We have no other way but to please the fans.
Slavia in Prague is chasing a two-goal deficit against Lille, while Slovan and Mitjiland are starting from scratch in Bratislava - it was 1:1 in Denmark.
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