The Marakana will not be full against Be'er Sheva, pressure on Red Star and Lucas Ventura
In conversations with Walla! Sport, journalists in Serbia explain why the stadium is expected to be far from full capacity for the second leg, in which the Israeli champion will try to qualify for the Champions League playoffs (Tuesday, 21:00, Sport 1). Red Star understands how critical the game is, and they have also identified the two key players of Kozuch's team.
At Hapoel Be'er Sheva, there was quite a bit of talk over the weekend about what awaits them at the Red Star Belgrade Marakana stadium on Tuesday (21:00, Sport 1). An atmosphere like the one that will be there has not been present at Hapoel Be'er Sheva's matches against the teams they have faced in recent years. At the same time, Serbian journalists told Walla! Sport today that the capacity of 50 or even 54 thousand spectators will not be reached on Tuesday. According to those journalists, the estimate in Belgrade is that there will be 35,000 to 40,000 fans who will come to the game.
According to them, many of the team's fans are currently on vacation, and the opponent is not as attractive as other opponents they have faced in recent years, so the team's large and well-known crowd is not expected to be there on Tuesday. In conversations with Serbian journalists, it was also heard that Red Star Belgrade is under very great pressure following the loss to Hapoel Be'er Sheva last Tuesday in the game in Hungary. According to them, the entire club is focused on the game after the loss.
What initially seemed to them like a relatively easy trip turned into a big minefield in the first game, and the club is very worried about the second leg and does not think it will be easy for them, even though the Hapoel Be'er Sheva staff felt at the end of the last game that the Serbs were very confident in themselves ahead of the second leg.
When the media personnel from Serbia were asked who the player being talked about at Red Star Belgrade is, they mentioned the name of Lucas Ventura, who was excellent from their point of view for Hapoel Be'er Sheva, but added that many are talking about the Serbian striker Igor Zlatanovic, who grew up, as is known, at Partizan Belgrade, the city rival.
By the way, unlike Hapoel Be'er Sheva, which will rest from games tonight, Red Star Belgrade will play a league game, but it is quite clear that they will play with a secondary lineup.
