Piu' that the result is important what Red Star has been able to do up to now and what it will be capable of in the future to return to count as it once did in the international arena. Vladan Milojevic, the coach of the Serbian team that tomorrow night will face Napoli at the San Paolo, has clear ideas about the mission to accomplish. "We - says Milojevic - are not afraid of anyone. We are Red Star, the same club that in 1991 won the Champions Cup in Bari and that was not afraid of anyone. We respect Napoli and Carlo Ancelotti for his history. I can only learn from him and he is doing great things. But we are very proud and honoured. Red Star is a club that is not afraid of anyone else. We are proud of ourselves and tomorrow we will demonstrate this on the pitch". "Napoli," the Serbian coach said in a press conference, "are a very strong team but we have shown that we can compete with anyone and therefore we will try to get a positive result to be able to move forward." "We are a young team," the coach added, "an outsider in our group and when we saw who we would have to play with we immediately realised the difficulties. Our three opponents have great international experience and we only have two experienced players, the rest are young. But after 28 years we are back in the Champions League and we will give it our all to make a good impression." Ancelotti has not revealed anything about the team he will send out but Milojevic does not believe there will be any big surprises and in any case he is not afraid of them. "I think that Napoli," he said, "cannot surprise us. They have a group of excellent players who have been playing together for a long time. They are a compact group and they compete very well both in the league and in the Champions League. We know what the team means to this city, we know their strengths. I do not expect any big surprises." "Tomorrow's match," Milojevic added, "will not be a special match for us. All matches are very important, tomorrow's a little more, but not that much. It's important that our fans are close to us. They weren't there in the first two matches. Red Star is coming back and we want to be one of the most important clubs in Europe again. So I just want the boys to play and for there to be a great show tomorrow." Milojevic is also very tight-lipped about the lineup that will take to the field. The choices are limited by the absences due to injury of important players such as Stojkovic, Boakye, Savic and Causic. Pavkov, who also had a muscle problem during the match with Liverpool, in which he scored a brace, has recovered and will almost certainly be on the field.
Article published on November 27, 2018 - 21:52
