Europa League: Red Star vs Lille! Even the coach wants to quit, where can the struggling home team find hope?

Today’s first topic is aboutthe Europa League clash between Belgrade Red Star and Lille!

This Red Star squad might be the worst team in form among the 20-30 matches today—they are completely chaotic inside and out!

First, take a look at the clip of Red Star conceding a goal:The opponent executed a simple counterattack with two players and easily scored against Red Star.

These two players in blue jerseys look so talented individually, they must belong to a top-tier team, right?

NO, NO, NO, this was actually a league match Red Star played this Monday,against an opponent Suduvla, who have the lowest market value among the 16 teams in the Serbian Super League. Haida, who assisted with a heel pass, is valued at only 400,000 euros, and the scorer Jovan is worth 600,000 euros.

This valuation is incomparable to Red Star’s, and even less to Lille’s.

So why does playing against Red Star feel like cutting through butter? What’s really wrong with this Red Star team?

What exactly is wrong with Red Star?

French journalists attending the pre-match press conference seemed confused about the situation.

Because,a Serbian journalist directly asked about the Red Star coach’s resignation,and Red Star’s coach Milojević immediately started complaining, saying the management interfered from the beginning, wanted to replace him, and now that he wants to resign voluntarily, the club refuses, and so on, pouring out his frustrations.

This shocked the French journalists, who naively asked:Only four matches without a win, and it’s already like this?

Milojević even laughed at this and warmly shook hands with all the French reporters.

Milojević is not someone who gives up easily; he used to be a soldier, a fighter for his country.

But regarding Red Star’s current situation, he might feel completely helpless.

After the disastrous last match, when asked if he had any solutions, he couldn’t give a clear answer and only spoke vague words.

Judging by his voluntary resignation proposal, he is probably disheartened by this mess.

Red Star’s downfall is due to a series of bad decisions by the management.

Firstly, during the summer transfer window, they sold many key players in their prime and brought in many well-known veterans.

On the surface, signing veterans like Arnautović, Veliković, and Rodrigan without transfer fees seems like a bargain.

But free transfers often turn out to be the most expensive.Many could not integrate into the team, showed poor attitude, demanded high wages, which hurt both team performance and created locker room conflicts.

Secondly, when Milojević tried to restore discipline, the management didn’t support his authority but sided with the players, wanted to replace him, yet failed because no one else wanted the job, creating an awkward situation and completely undermining Milojević’s credibility.

Thirdly, after losing to Braga, the management made a foolish decision: they deducted wages from all players, yes, every single one!

On one hand, the veterans were furious—“I’m an international star, how dare a small Serbian club dock my pay?”

On the other hand, the hardworking players were also unfairly punished, killing their motivation.

Ten thousand euros means little to the veterans, so it didn’t matter much to them.

But for those who give their all, it was a heavy blow.

If the club only penalized the underperforming players, that would be understandable.

But docking the pay of those who work hard too? That’s outrageous, and I wouldn’t accept it either.

So after losing to Braga, Red Star has completely given up in their last three matches.

Honestly, with Red Star’s squad, I absolutely don’t believe they could perform this poorly even against weaker Serbian teams, not even with a full reserve lineup.

This shows their attitude towards the game is utterly rotten; no one wants to put in effort, some might even be waiting to see the club’s executives embarrass themselves, which is why these ridiculous results keep happening.

But what do I find most ridiculous?

It’s the attitude of the big shots.

Everyone should have noticed that Lille currently only holds a slight advantage.

This is completely inconsistent with the fundamental conditions of the two teams.

Red Star is already in total chaos; they can’t even beat Serbian teams valued six or seven million euros, so how can they face Lille? Is such a small challenge enough for Lille? I think it’s far from adequate; their awareness of defense is too poor.

Are there still many Red Star fans now? From foreign fans’ polls, most seem quite pessimistic about Red Star.

Although Red Star’s current form is extremely poor, the attitude of the big shots might be even more absurd.

So, can the desperate Red Star still satisfy their fans? What do you all think? I dare to hope they can at least secure a draw or a win!

Alright, for today’s other matches, I will still share my written opinions with you all tonight. If anything is unclear, feel free to ask me. “Watch the game and understand it,” see you then!

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