And it’s a demolishing. Crvena Zvezda up 5-0 against a strong Fiorentina side within 27 minutes, and that’s the way it ended. Stamenić with 70 mins, coming off in the second wave of subs, looked very very good out there as a DM
New coach Barak Bachar looks a gem. Real chance for Crvena Zvezda to do some damage in the UCL. Such incisive football, Stamenić acts almost exactly like Busquets did for the older Barca sides
New coach Barak Bachar looks a gem. Real chance for Crvena Zvezda to do some damage in the UCL. Such incisive football, Stamenić acts almost exactly like Busquets did for the older Barca sides
Is it fair to say they're going to be judged almost exclusively on how they go in the UCL this season?
I mean winning the league will be their #1 priority, and I'd imagine they're already at extremely short odds to do that. But is there any real optimism in Belgrade that they can do well in continental competition?
Ask anyone in red in Belgrade and they'll tell you they're winning it all. Optimism seems sky-high, especially considering the ease at which they're dismantling some good European sides. Vibes I'm getting on Twitter (or X, whatever) is that qualifying out of the group into the UCL knockouts is the goal - one person saying "Zvezda hasn't been this ready for 15 years".
I genuinely think they consider the league as a side show, they're clearly too good for the competition and seem to have stepped up even further over the offseason