With a draw with the Spanish Celta in the last round of the Europa League, the Red Star team did not manage to get a direct passage to the round of 16 of the second strongest UEFA competition. What awaits Zvezda in the knockout phase of the Europa League?
The Red Star team played a draw, 1:1, with Celta Vigo in the last round League of Europe so Dejan Stanković's team will still have to take a more difficult route to the round of 16.
The red and whites had the opportunity to win over Celta, with a few more results matching, to find themselves among the top eight and thus directly advance to the round of 16. However, because of the draw at the Maracana Zvezda will have to reach the round of 16 through the barrage.
Zvezda had control and a good game throughout the match, especially in the first 45 minutes of the game. In just 20 minutes from the start of the game, two goals were disallowed, both by Marko Arnautović, the first time due to a foul by Katai, and then due to offside.
The second half brought a slightly slower pace, with a couple of good chances on both sides. The team Dejan Stanković they pushed forward with all their might, but then conceded a shocking goal in the 87th minute, when Fernando Lopez checked Mateus. However, the Serbian champion managed to equalize only two minutes later with an effective goal by Bruno Duarte.
With the point won, Zvezda remained in the play-off part of the so-called league stage, in 15th place, just ahead of last night's opponent. Belgrade red and white finished the first part of the competition with 14 points, more precisely four wins with two draws and two losses.
Although the club from Ljutica Bogdan does not yet know who Zvezda's opponent will be, the list has been narrowed down to only two names. In addition, Zvezda also "knows" the opponent in the eventual round of 16.
With the draw, scheduled today (January 30) from 1 p.m., Crvena zvezda will find out whether they will play against PAOK or Lille in the battle for the round of 16. The matches are scheduled for February 19 and 26.
It is difficult to judge who is the better option in today's draw for Zvezda. On paper, Lille sounds stronger than PAOK. However, Zvezda already beat Lille in the league stage at the Maracana in the fall and showed that they can and do against rivals from France. By the way, just before that match, Lille was defeated by PAOK at home with a score of 4:3.
If the double match against the Greeks or the French in the playoffs goes through, Crvena Zvezda will play in the round of 16 against one of the leaders of the league stage – Aston Villa or Olympique de Lyon.
As mentioned, the Belgrade team finished in 15th place in the Europa League, so they will fight for the round of 16 in the play-off. Right above is Victoria from Pilsen, while the place below Zvezda is last night's rival Celta.
The leaders of this year's Europa League are Aston Villa and Lyon, who finished this stage of the competition with 21 points each, and one of them is Zvezda's possible opponent in the round of 16. In addition to them, Mittelland, Real Betis, Porto, Braga, Freiburg and Roma are also in the top 8.
Among the 24 best teams are representatives of Bulgaria and Croatia. The Bulgarian Lugogorec won the play-off in the last round with a 1:0 victory over the Nice team, while the Croatian Dinamo survived the defeat by Mitjeland and moves on from the 23rd position.
Romanian FCSB remained below the line, while at the very bottom of the table are Utrecht from the Netherlands, Malmo and Maccabi from Tel Aviv, who finished the Europa League with only one point won.
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