Our prediction for this Champions League match:
Milan
Match Time & Date:
11/12/2024
21:00
Prediction: 3-1
Crvena Zvezda
Milan will be aiming to recover from a 2-1 loss to Atalanta when they welcome Crvena Zvezda to their Stadio San Siro in the Champions League round 6. The Rossoneri are on a three-game winning run in the Champions League and they are seen as hot favourites to win Wednesday’s clash as well. Alvaro Morata is back from suspension, while the likes of Bennacer, Florenzi, Jovic, and Pulisic are out of contention with injuries. Ruben Loftus-Cheek is widely expected to replace Pulisic in the starting XI.
The Serbian champions, on the other hand, desperately needed a win against Stuttgart and they managed to get one in style (5-1). Vladan Milojevic’s men, though, are not regarded as good travellers and they are unlikely to spoil Milan’s party at Stadio San Siro. All Rade Krunic, Mirko Ivanic, and Ognjen Mimovic should be recalled to the starting XI after the trio came off the bench in a 6-0 crushing of Tekstilac Odzaci at the weekend.
Highlighted Player (Christian Pulisic):
Christian Pulisic is an American professional footballer who plays in the English Premier League with Chelsea. Born in Pennsylvania on the 18th of September, 1998, the talented midfielder joined Brackley Town's youth setup in 2005. He then went on to feature for Michigan Rush and PA classics before being recruited by Bundesliga outfit Borrusia Dortmund in February 2015.
Impressed with the rate of his progression at their academy, BVB integrated the teenager into their first team over the winter break. On the 30th of January, 2015, Pulisic made his professional debut at the age of 17, coming on as a substitute in Dortmund's 2-0 home win against Ingolstadt in the league. He then went on to score his first professional goal three months later in a 3-0 league win over Hamburger SV. Before joining English club Chelsea in 2018, Pulisic played a total of 4 seasons at Dortmund, three of which were as a full-time player and the last one on loan from the Blues.
The 21-year-old is now back at Chelsea for the 19/20 season and is currently on a contract that expires in 2024. Pulisic's club career honors include winning the 16/17 DFB Pokal with Dortmund. Additionally, Pulisic initially represented the USA at the under-15 and under-17 level before getting called up to the senior squad. He made his senior debut on the 29th of March,2016, as a substitute in USA's 4-0 thumping of Guatemala in the CONCACAF World cup qualifiers.
Highlighted Team (Crvena Zvezda):
Crvena Zvezda are the most famous club in Balkans. The Crveno-beli have 19 Yugoslav First League titles and have won eight domestic trophies since the breakup of Yugoslavia. Crvena Zvezda won their last league title in the 2015/2016 season, with the team finishing the campaign no less than 28 points clear of Partizan.
Speaking of Partizan, the Crno-beli are considered Crvena Zvezda’s bitterest rivals and the two teams meet in the “Eternal derby” (Veciti derbi). The capital club did well to win the European Cup title in 1991, with the team beating Olympique Marseile on penalties in the title game. That is considered the club’s biggest success, but it has to be noted that the Serbian club won the International Cup later in 1991. Crvena Zvezda outclassed Colo Colo of Chile (3-0) at National Stadium in Tokyo.
The likes of Dejan Savicevic, Vladimir Jugovic, Dragan Stojkovic, Dragoslav Sekularac, Rajko Mitic, Dusan Savic, Nemanja Vidic and Dejan Stankovic are some of the famous footballers who played for Crvena Zvezda in the past.
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