Red Star Belgrade coach Dejan Stankovic insists they have ‘already won and the reward is to play against a club like Milan’ in the Europa League.

It kicks off at 20.00 GMT, click here for the line-ups and LIVEBLOG.

The first leg ended 2-2, with the equaliser scored after the Serbians had gone down to 10 men.

Red Star Belgrade coach Dejan Stankovic insists they have ‘already won and the reward is to play against a club like Milan’ in the Europa League.

It kicks off at 20.00 GMT, click here for the line-ups and LIVEBLOG.

The first leg ended 2-2, with the equaliser scored after the Serbians had gone down to 10 men.

“There are 90 minutes to go, it feels like we already won and the reward is to play against a team and a club like Milan,” Stankovic told Sky Sport Italia.

“We won’t say we’re beaten before we start. There’s a disadvantage due to the first leg result, we are playing at San Siro against talented players, but we’ll have our say.

“The fact Zlatan Ibrahimovic is on the bench is certainly an advantage for us tonight. Ibra is a leader, he makes the team tick and takes on responsibility. Having said that, Milan do have high level replacements.”

Milan are struggling so far in 2021 and already lost more games in this year than throughout 2020.

“Great clubs react in difficult moments,” continued former Inter midfielder Stankovic.

“Nobody expected their poor performance against Spezia, but they will react. I just hope they react from the next match and not this one.”

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