EVERYTHING IS CLEAR: Here are the potential rivals of the Red Star and Partizan in the Europa League
Does it matter, Belgrade will have the opportunity to watch top football in autumn
Bravo for Partizan, and bravo for Red Star, who both managed to qualify for the Europa League at the same time.
With wins in the rematches of playoffs against Videoton (4:0) and Krasnodar (2:1) the eternal rivals, who will share a contest on Sunday on the largest stadium within the Superleague, secured themselves another six games in the second strongest European championship.
Right after the matches of playoffs, UEFA has announced the composition of the "hats" from which the names of our clubs will be drawn today at the headquarters of the European Football Union.
Partizan is in the third, and Star in the last, fourth hat, and they can basically meet in the group, but this is not possible due to the UEFA rules, but our clubs can get these rivals in the group stage.
There are a lot of teams (48), a lot of combinations, so see for yourself which one would be the best and which one the worse or the teams of Miroslav Djukic and Vladan Milojevic.
FIRST HAT: Arsenal (England), Zenit (Russia), Lyon (France), Dinamo Kiev (Ukraine), Villarreal (Spain), Athletic Bilbao (Spain), Lazio (Italy), Milan (Italy), Plzen (Czech Republic), Salzburg (Austria), Copenhagen (Denmark), Braga (Portugal);
SECOND HAT: Steaua (Romania), Ludogorets (Bulgaria), BATE Borisov (Belarus), Everton (England), Young Boys (Switzerland), Marseille (France), Real Sociedad (Spain), Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel), Lokomotiv Moscow (Russia), Herta (Germany), Austria Wien (Austria), Nice (France);
THIRD HAT: Astana (Kazakhstan), Partizan (Serbia), Hoffenheim (Germany), Cologne (Germany), Rijeka (Croatia), Vitoria S.C (Portugal), Atalanta (Italy), Zulte Waregem (Belgium), Zorya (Ukraine), Rosenborg (Norway), Sheriff (Moldova), Hapoel Be'er Sheva (Israel).
FOURTH HAT: Apollon Limassol (Cyprus) Istanbul Basaksehir (Turkey), Konya (Turkey), Vitesse (Netherlands), Slavia Prague (Czech Republic), Red Star (Serbia), Skanderbeg (Albania), Zlin (Czech Republic), AEK Athens (Greece), Lugano (Switzerland), Vardar (Macedonia), Ostersunds (Sweden).