Dinamo Zagreb take on the visitors Shkupi in the first leg of quarterfinals of UEFA Champions League qualification. The match will be played on Tuesday, July 19th at Stadion Maksimir (Zagreb).
Dinamo Zagreb are legends of Croatian football. The Blues have been champions since the unified Yugoslavia. And they won the Fairs Cup at one time, in the mid-60s of the last century. Now it is a national grand, which has 23 "gold" in their assets, including, since 2006, almost without exception, seasons - except for the 2016/2017 season. Of course, it was they who started in the Champions League qualification. Sometimes, as in 2019, it was possible to break into the group stage. More often, as in the last draw, the Croats eventually flew out in qualifying and moved to the Europa League. In 2021, they passed Valur, Omonia and Legia, but unexpectedly lost to Sheriff. But in the Europa League they reached the playoffs, but there they immediately ran into Sevilla.
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Shkupi will try to build on success. The "Doves" were founded only 10 years ago. And pretty quickly they became one of the leaders of Macedonian football. This allowed the club to constantly play in European competitions since 2018. At first - extremely unsuccessfully, taking off from the very first opponent: Rangers (Glasgow), Pyunik, Neftchi. And only last season it was possible to cope with at least Lapi from Kosovo, and only then there were defeats from Santa Clara. The 2021/2022 season ended with the championship, the first in history. This allowed them to debut at the highest level for the club. Moreover, it was successful: on July 5, taking on the Lincoln Red Imps, Shkupi took a landslide victory, 3-0. Moreover, the score was opened already in the 11th minute, and the final score was fixed by the 63rd. In Gibraltar, a week later the Macedonians lost 0-2, but still proceeded to the next round. Although the last minutes were not easy in that fight. And now it will be a much more difficult to proceed further.
Although both clubs represent the countries of the former Yugoslavia, Shkupi are still very young they had not played against Dinamo Zagreb before. Dinamo will be the pair's favorite, especially in their native Zagreb. But Shkupi will definitely at least try to resist, so we bet on "total over 2.5 goals".
Prediction for the match: Over 2.5 scored goals.
