Red Star Coach Vladan Milojevic “cannot wait” to play Napoli in the Champions League – “it’s hard to explain what it means to us”.
The Serbian side won the European Cup in 1991, but this is the first time they’ve reached the Group Stage since the 1991-92 season.
“The moment we’ve been waiting for has arrived,” Milojevic said in his pre-match Press conference.
Red Star Coach Vladan Milojevic “cannot wait” to play Napoli in the Champions League – “it’s hard to explain what it means to us”.
The Serbian side won the European Cup in 1991, but this is the first time they’ve reached the Group Stage since the 1991-92 season.
“The moment we’ve been waiting for has arrived,” Milojevic said in his pre-match Press conference.
“We cannot wait to play, it’s hard to explain what it means for us, the club and the fans – we want to bring Red Star back to where it deserves to be.
“I respect [Carlo] Ancelotti so much as a Coach and he said we are fascinating outsiders, and that’s what we want to be.
“This is a difficult group and the matches will be tough, but it’ll be a spectacle.
“We respect everyone but fear no-one. We’re here to get a good result, not just to make up the numbers.
“We want to continue this journey in the coming seasons too. The objective was to play these kind of games, many players stayed despite having offers.
“In financial terms we’re small but we don’t want to stop. Football is strange, you never know what could happen…”
The Coach also dismissed suggestions his side could look to sit in and hit Napoli on the break.
“We’re not afraid, even if we respect them enormously. We know they have no weaknesses, and with [Maurizio] Sarri they came so close to the Scudetto.
“We’ll play our game without fear and then we’ll see what happens.
“We’ll try not to give away chances because Napoli will punish you right away. A lot of our lads are playing in the Champions League for the first time, but we’re growing.
“Against giants like Napoli it’ll be difficult, but we’ll give our all.”