The captain of our club, Aleksandar Dragović, expressed his expectations at the press conference ahead of the match between RB Leipzig and Crvena Zvezda in the third round of the group stage of the Champions League, which is scheduled for Wednesday at 21:00 on the away field.
- We want to win every game as Red Star footballers. We know that a difficult and demanding duel awaits us, while we are well acquainted with the way RB Leipzig plays. Our next rival plays direct football. We will fight for our fans and the club in the desire to achieve triumph - said Dragović.
The host of this match has the role of favorite, as confirmed by the German press. However, the experienced defender points out that our first team players are focused on mutual communication and tomorrow's meeting.
- I didn't read the media headlines. We are absolutely focused only on us and tomorrow's match. We know that an important duel awaits us, but we are also aware of the opponent's strengths and weaknesses. We want to play a good match, mutual communication in the team is important to us and of course we fight as hard as possible.
The media was interested in whether Aleksandar Dragović was in contact with his teammates in the national team, who play for RB Leipzig.
- Baumgartner is not the only member of the Austrian national team, there are also Seewald and Schlager. We heard from you a month ago, after the draw for the Champions League. After that we were not in contact. We will probably hear from each other after the game, but during the 90 minutes there is no conversation. I will fight for Red Star, and on the other hand they will fight for Leipzig. After the meeting we can have a drink.
The staunch stopper pointed out that it will not be easy to play against the strong German representative, who has excellent individuals in the team.
- We prepare to the maximum for every duel. In the last period, we conceded more goals, but we will do our best to save our net tomorrow. However, it is not easy to stop good opposing players. Specifically, in the game we have to be focused, not only on the strikers Openda, Poulsen, Simmons and the rest of the players. They are a strong and fast team. It is necessary for the whole team to run, not just the stoppers, and be as one team for the whole 90 minutes.
During his career, Dragović has already played at the RB Leipzig stadium, and he used the opportunity to recall the statistics, while emphasizing that it is too early to talk about the table of Group G of the Champions League.
- I played in the Leverkusen jersey two or three times at the Red Bull Arena. I think I was losing away games, while we were winning at our stadium. I think it is too early to think about whether we will be second in the table, there are four more games, so we will see at the end of this part of the competition what position we will take - concluded Dragović.
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