Red Star Belgrade travel to Sheriff Tiraspol on Tuesday with everything left to play for a place in the Champions League play-off.
Starting the double legged tie as huge underdogs in Belgrade, Sheriff surprised the hosts by taking the lead through Frank Castaneda. However, Red Star restored parity within 10 minutes via Lois Diony.
The second half was less eventful, other than the red card to Guelor Kanga that left Red Star in a lurch. The match witnessed a few half chances from there on, but nothing cynical
The second leg is in perfect balance, but Red Star remains as the favorite. The big question is if Sheriff can use the home conditions at Tiraspol to their advantage.
Red Star were halted at this same stage by Omonia Nicosia in the covid-19 2020/21 season when the qualifying rounds were single legged tie. The match went into penalty shootout after scored were tied at 1-1.
This season, the Serbians had a poor start as well, losing the previous round’s first leg at Almaty 2-1. However, they responded brilliantly and bagged one of their biggest wins at the competition in the second leg on a 5-0 margin.
There is no doubt that the quality is there with this Red Star squad. But the consistency is what they need to make deep runs in to the competition.



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贝尔格莱德红星队将在周二前往蒂拉斯波尔，带着为冠军联赛附加赛而留下的一切。
在贝尔格莱德的比赛中，两回合的平局以巨大的劣势开始，警长通过弗兰克·卡斯塔涅达取得领先，出乎东道主的意料。然而，红星通过Lois Diony在10分钟内恢复了平价。
下半场没有那么多事，除了盖洛·坎加的红牌让红星队陷入困境。从那以后，比赛中出现了几次机会，但并没有什么值得怀疑的
第二回合比赛保持着完美的平衡，但红星队仍然是最受欢迎的。最大的问题是治安官能否利用蒂拉斯波尔的条件为他们服务。
在2019冠状病毒病(covid-19) 2020/21赛季的资格赛中，奥莫尼亚·尼科西亚(Omonia Nicosia)在同一阶段暂停了红星队的比赛，当时的资格赛是单腿平局。双方比分为1比1，进入点球大战。
本赛季，塞尔维亚人也有一个糟糕的开局，上一轮在阿拉木图以2-1输掉了首回合比赛。然而，他们的反应非常出色，并在第二回合以5-0的比分赢得了这场比赛中最大的胜利之一。
毫无疑问，这支红星队的实力是毋庸置疑的。但要想在竞争中深入，他们需要的是连贯性。