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All three winning picks

Red Star travels to Paris where they will face the super-strong PSG side. The team and individual quality gap is just huge and I`m afraid of a big defeat. But the odds on handicap and goals Market are very low,so there is nothing interesting to me. I really like Dortmund tonight. After a disappointing campaign in Champions League last season they`ve made some changes in team,brought new players and made interesting mixture of young and experienced players. Under new coach Lucien Favre they look very solid at the beginning of the season. Monaco is going through some kind of transition. It's obvious that they are making a new, young team. There are still some familiar faces at Monaco like Falcao,Glik and Sidibe,but it`s not the same,strong team that reached the UCL semi-final couple years ago. Also, some important players missing for away team - Subasic, Rony Lopes and Jovetic. Dortmund looks really impressive upfront and in the final third of the pitch. With likes of Reus,Paco,Pulisic and Sancho they are sharp and clinical. I agree with @newjack - we could see some goals here as well in this match. For me Dortmund&over 2.5 goals @1,80 (local) Anytime Scorer Paco Alcacer @1.90 (local) Double parlay Atletico Madrid & Dortmund @1,83 (local)

Ramos...what a joke of a player he became.

I should have stick to AH pick. Sorry guys.

Alright then.. Crvena zvezda - Napoli So Red Star Belgrade,Rotern Stern or Stella Rossa di Belgrado is back where it`s belong - in top European competition. It's little strange that journey took so long,but there you go. Better late than ever i guess. In the first match of the group stage we will face Napoli, runners-up of the two consecutive seasons in Serie A. A very strong team that you know quite a lot about so I will not waste my time writing too much about them. Match will be played in amazing atmosphere. Tickets are sold out for all three home matches so the Rajko Mitic Stadium will be packed with fans. The match will be attended by members of the Zvezda`s golden generation who won the Champions Cup in 1991 such as Dejan Savicevic,Robert Prosinecki, Sinisa Mihajlovic, Vladimir Jugovic,Darko Pancev etc. So it`s going to be quite a spectacle. The team is looking good,still without a defeat in season. In play-off round of qualifications we knocked-out Salzburg with 2-2 aggregate result on aways goals with both of my picks (Crvena zvezda AH2 +1 and CZ to qualify) winners. It is very important to mention that we finally have all players available. Lorenzo Ebicillio is back from injury,so is Jonathan Cafu who we signed from Bordeaux. On the last day of transfer window we lost Nemanja Radonjic who went to Olimpique Marseille, but we bought three very good players - Causic, Boakye and Marin (former German internarional and former Chelsea player). All three of them are expected to start tomorrow. In particular, the return of Boakye is a significant reinforcement because Zvezda has stuggled a bit upfront. I saw Napoli in couple of occasions in this season. Even though they didn't change their squad at all i feel that they are in some kind of transition under new coach,legendary Carlo Ancelotti,trying to adopt to his ideas and football philosophy. Their backline look a little bit shaky and in this i see some chance for us to keep a tie tight and maybe even avoid a defeat,altough Napoli is stronger side with more quality. Initially i was going for AH1 (+2/+1,5) because i think this will be much closer than odds suggest,but odds has dropped significantly so i`ll try with more risky pick. Crvena zvezda to score over 0,5 team goals @1,85 With Boakye,Marin,Ben&co. i think we have enough firepower to score at least one goal. GL!

Just came here to write exact same thing.

Czech, do I miss something or do you have no picks for today's matches?

I still don't know how we pulled this out but frankly i don't care much. I was so wasted last night. We are back where we belong.

Vika runs riot against Gavrilova

I thought so

Hey @CzechPunter will there be some bets today?

I didn`t get it - who was injured? King or Vikhlyantseva ?

I like goals on Werder`s match as well. For sure @Neubswill have his saying.

Salzburg home win 1.44? Wow! Crvena zvezda have good team and i don't really undrstand why are they so underrated. Unfortunately i didn't have time to write a preview of first leg,but i was absolutely sure we wouldn't lose it. As for the 2nd leg.. Crvena zvezda has played so far in this season 11.official matches (both in Europe and domestic league) and it's still without defeat. In these matches we only conceded 3.goals. From the begining of the previous season and under new coach Vladan Milojevic we really made progress,not just at home ground but in away fixtures as well: vs.Arsenal 0:0, vs.Koln 1:0, vs.Sparta Prague 1:0,vs.Krasnodar 2:3,vs.CSKA Moscow 0:1. So no one out-played us and what is more important - nobody beat us with two goals margin. I really don't see it happening in Salzburg either. First match in Belgrade ended in goaless draw but we were without the fans because of ban. Which was a huge blow for the team. Now it will be different in Salzburg where i expect advantage on the stands because there is a large number of Serbs living in Austria and Germany. Im sure in one thing - the atmosphere will be like we playing on home ground. In pre-season we've already played against two Austrian clubs and won both of them (vs.Lask 3:1,vs.Ried 2:0) but Red Bull Salzburg is something different. Salzburg have a good team,but a bit weaker than last season (this is my opinion of course). By the looks of things they wont have Hwang and Junuzovic available for the second match,and Leiner,Onguene and Schlager have some fitness issues as well. In Crvena Zvezda only defender Savic is questionable but Babic is ready to fully replace him. Salzburg have struggled against two Croatian teams (Dinamo and Rijeka) in couple of previous seasons and they were knocked-out by them. I see this Crvena zvezda side as strong,organized and hard to crack. Salzburg is legitimate favorite,but shouldn't be this big. I think that if we lose on Wednesday it not going to be a big lost. Therefore my pick will definitely be Crvena zvezda AH+1. By the looks of things,the odds on home side are dropping so i will wait for a couple of days for better odds on away side. (i'll probably try Crvena zvezda to qualify for small stake as well)

I was thinking of under 2.5 goals,but not anymore after your preview.