Zvezda's only opponent from Germany, in this year's edition of the Champions League, will be a team from the very west of that country - Stuttgart. The match with the current vice-champion of the Bundesliga is scheduled for November 28, 2024, starting at 18:45, and the match will be played at the "Rajko Mitić" stadium.
The "Reds" were founded more than a century ago, on September 9, 1893. They play their home games at the "Gottlieb Daimler" stadium, which is also known as the "MHP" arena in Germany. In the sea of powerful clubs that Germany has to offer, Stuttgart has managed to profile itself as a club that very often competes for trophies. Throughout history, their club has won numerous trophies, and they were German champions five times, they celebrated winning the German Cup three times, they triumphed in the German Super Cup once, they won the Bundesliga 2 twice, and they were the winners of the South German Cup twice. It is interesting that throughout the rich history of Red Star and Stuttgart, until this season, the two clubs have never met in an official match.
The coach of Stuttgart is forty-two-year-old Sebastian Hennes. In his career, before his current job, the German expert worked in the Hoffenheim team and the reserve team of Bayern Munich. He is on the Stuttgart bench for the second season already, and in his debut he made a phenomenal result. Namely, he managed to turn the Stuttgart team, with minimal investments, into an uncompromising team that dominates the Bundesliga. Second place in the elite ranks of German football is, without a doubt, the greatest achievement in his coaching career. His tactical ideas are specific in that he knows how to change formation very often. The main feature of his Stuttgart team is fluidity in the game, which gives him the ability to change players' positions during the game itself. The football players of the German representative in the Champions League are very versatile, and can play in several positions, so it happened that Stuttgart started the game in a 4-2-3-1 formation, and ended it in a 3-4-2-1 formation. Even at the beginning of the new season, this does not bring them such good results, and after two rounds they are in 14th position in the championship, with only one point won.
After numerous changes compared to last season, the starting line-up of Stuttgart consists of: Nibel - Stenzel, Scheis, Chabot, Mittelstadt - Stieler, Karazor - Milot, Leveling, Furik - Undav. They have excellent players on the bench who can help the team, and the biggest strength this season, as well as last season, lies in the physically dominant attackers. With their moves, they "open up" the field for their teammates, who "act" on the sides of the field. The opportunity for our team lies in the somewhat slower stoppers of the German team, which our fast footballers, such as Milson, Silas and Radonjic, could take advantage of. Stuttgart is a team that scores a lot of goals, but also very easily concedes chances to the opponents, which will certainly be a facilitating factor for the Red Star team.
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