CFR Cluj – Dinamo Zagreb will take place on Wednesday at 19:00 in “Gruia”, the duel counting for the second preliminary round of the Champions League, 2020-2021 edition.
CFR Cluj started this European campaign with the right, defeating the Maltese champion 2-0 away. The difference with Floriana FC in the first preliminary round was made by Cestor (min. 53) and Golofca (min. 90 + 7). The victory in Malta gave a good morale to the title champions of Romania who made their debut with success in the internal competition, winning 2-1 in the trip from Clinceni with Academica.
We note only one direct confrontation between the two teams, score 4-0 in favor of the Croatians in a friendly played in the winter of 2010.
CFR Cluj left the Europa League, 2019-2020 edition, in the last 16 without being defeated by Seviila, a team that won the competition for the sixth time in history, this being an absolute record.
On the other hand, Dinamo Zagreb was in the first round, a duel in “Gruia” to be practically the European debut of the Croatians. In the internal competition, the team prepared by Zoran Mamic started strong, ticking two consecutive victories (n.r. 6-0 at home with Lokomotiv Zagreb and 1-0 away with Istra).
Dinamo Zagreb is the kind of opponent that “Badger” would have wanted to avoid in this phase of the competition. With 21 titles in the palmares, the last three being consecutive, Dinamo Zagreb evolved the last edition in the Champions League groups having opponents Atalanta, Manchester City and Shakhtar, finishing on the last place the group with 5 points and a goal difference of 10-13.
The match is announced to be extremely balanced, being difficult to anticipate what will be the name of the team that will enter the next phase of the competition, which is why we will bet accordingly.
CFR Cluj: Bălgrădean- Burcă, Vinicius, Cestor, Camora- Chipciu, Bordeanu, Djokovic- Deac, Rondon, Pereira
Dinamo Zagreb: Livakovic- Dancic, Gvardiol, Kévin Théophile-Catherine, Stojanovic- Ivanusec, Ademi, Majer- Orsic, Petkovic, Kastrati
PREDICTION: Both teams to score / YES @ 1,81
