Sūduva meets representatives from Andorra or San Marino in the European league

The Lithuanian champion Marijampolė "Sūduva", who will start in March from the first leg of the Champions League, has also learned about his potential rivals. Sūduva will meet Crwena Zvezda from Belgrade.

Spells led losers Marijampolė Sūduva and Crvena zvezda of Belgrade in the European Championship to meet SP Tre Penne of San Marino and Santa Coloma in Andorra.

The first match will be played in San Marino or Andorra on July 25th and August 1st. In Marijampolė or in Belgrade.

The Serbian-Lithuanian winning couples will meet the winners of the Helsinki HJK (Finland) and Torshavn (Faroe Islands). The match will be played on July 23-24 and 30-31.

Phase II of the UEFA European League:

Luzern (SUI) v knights (LTU) / KI Klaksvík (FRO) / SP Tre Fiori (SMR)

Brann (NOR) / Shamrock Rovers (IRL) v Kaunas Žalgiris (LTU) / Apollo Limbadol (CYP)

Budapest Honvèd (HUN) / Grunwald Vilnius (LTU) v Sabail (AZE) / Universitatea Craiova (ROU)

SP Tre Penne (SMR) / Santa Coloma FC (AND) v Suva (LTU) / Crvena zvezda (SRB)

Promise a serious fight

Marijampolė Sūduva's head coaches Vladimir Cheburin and team captain Algis Jankauskas promise to challenge the Belgrade Crvena zvezda squad to compete in the first round of the UEFA Champions League selection. 2019-2020.

This team is in the second leg of the Champions League selection a year ago. He then went to the next round for the Serbs, who then joined the teams of the Champions League, and "Sūduvas" had to go to the European league.

"A year ago, we made sure our team was very strong when we lost it both at home and on the road. This year, our task is to prepare for a serious competition and to have the opportunity to go to the next stage of the Champions League themselves, "said Chuvur, Sūduva's head coach. Belgrade has very good players, invited to be part of the Serbian team and equipped with very powerful individual teams.

A year ago, in Belgrade, we felt a very serious team attitude and maximum preparation at every moment. "

"It was clear that we would have a powerful opponent, the first spells did not bother us, last year they defeated us, so we want to hurry." Coach A. Jankauskas was disappointed. agree with him. "Obviously, it will be difficult, but we will try to play, we will fight."

Two very victorious victories – against Sion and Nicosia APOEL – the Mariampolians have won in recent years when they played at home. The match against Celtic Glasgow in Lithuania also ended in a draw 1: 1.

A year ago, the first duel with Crvena zvezda was traveling. This year, the teams will meet for the first time in Marijampolė.

"There are advantages, disadvantages," Cheburin smiles. – Last year we played at home with the first game of APOEL, the second – and we managed to overcome this barrier.

We will try to give our fans even more joy and try to create a new historical event. Time will tell how it will work.

"You will have to play with them at home and on the outside, but the past shows that it might be better to play the first home games," said A. Jankauskas.

The first match between "Sūduva" and "Crvena zvezda" in Marijampolė will probably take place on July 9, with a response in Belgrade on July 15 and 16.