Champions League

Novi Beograd and Brescia will replay their semi-final clash, which was one of the most incredible encounters in 2022, on Wednesday in Belgrade.

Since this group features five F8 participants from the previous season (Marseille is the fifth), this game may have long-lasting impacts, so we can expect nothing less than a thrilling hour in the last game of this year. Last week Group A saw multiple-goal wins, while Group B offered thrilling encounters (two ended in a draw, one was decided in the last seconds) and something similar is in the cards. Indeed, these two encounters, the one in Marseille and the other one in Budapest between OSC and Sabadell, feature teams which are all yet to get their first win this season. In the last seconds Brescia’s goalkeeper Petar Tesanovic scored a goal in a 7 on 6, but Angelos Vlachopoulos replied with 6m shot with 0:05 to go to win it for the Serbs (14-13). Title-holder Recco play newcomer Vouliagmeni and it’s hard to image any other result than a convincing win by the Italians, even though the Greeks are coached by former legend of Recco, Vlado Vujasinovic (won three CL titles with Recco). The Serbs had some ups and downs in the previous three rounds but can be a dangerous rival to anyone.