Young Boys hosts FK Crvena Zvezda in the first leg of the Champions League qualification finals. The match will be played on Wednesday, August 21st at Stade de Suisse (Bern)
We will see the matches between the teams that are now experiencing new dawn in their international history, where Swiss Young Boys, in my opinion, is a favorite only on paper, having a chance to break into the group stage of the UEFA Champions League for the second time... At the same time, Young Boys plunge into the meat grinder of the qualifying stage playoffs of the Champions League immediately after the local championship, where they practically have no rivals again. And Crvena Zvezda has been boiling in the competitive juice of the current qualification for a long time, gaining the necessary experience by trial and error! By the way, in my opinion, the viscous and mostly defensive style of Crvena Zvezda is not suitable for the quick manner of Young Boys’ game, which is used to playing slightly different football in the Swiss Super League, where everyone tries to play openly and energetically. In this connection, it is not difficult for the Berners to run and shoot more (in terms of shots on goal) than their opponents at the expense of a more qualified + expensive squad. Well, the viscous Balkan style caused tension for Young Boys in the last season, when they managed to pass another grandee of the former Yugoslavia, Dinamo Zagreb, with great efforts. It played 1:1 with the Croats in Bern and won 2:1 away.
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As for Crvena Zvezda, this once great team returned to the elite in the last Euro season, where the Belgrade did not get lost at all. It managed to pull not only famous Italian Napoli (0-0 draw) but even English Liverpool itself, having defeated the current Champions League winner in Serbia (2-0)!
Now the Stars are in their ideal international shape, both physical and moral. Crvena gained it due to really heroic performance in the last qualification stage with Danish Copenhagen, where the Serbs, contrary to unfavorable circumstances (a quick red card) and forecasts, managed to eliminate strong and experienced Scandinavians in the penalty shootout. I’m waiting for non-losing of the upcoming visitors.
Prediction for the match: FK Crvena Zvezda to win with +0.5 handicap
