MILAN – ZVEZDA: First Real Test for the Red-and-Whites Ahead of the New Season!

Pulse Sports Team 15:47 - 04 September 2026

Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet basketball players will play a friendly match at 5:30 PM before the start of the new season, with Olimpia Milan as their opponent at the Crete tournament. You can follow the live coverage of this encounter on Sportal.

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Olimpia Milan – Crvena Zvezda (Tip-off at 5:30 PM)

Match Preview

Crvena Zvezda will clash with Olimpia Milan in a live televised match, while Olympiacos and Fenerbahçe face off in the day's other fixture.

Team Status and Roster Changes

Crvena Zvezda has already played one closed-door friendly (a 102:68 victory against Mladost, with Baldwin scoring 23, Ojeleye 18, Nwora 16, and Carter 12). They now enter a phase of team cohesion through public matches under new head coach Ibon Navarro.

During the summer transfer window, the red-and-whites bolstered their squad with Chris Jones, David Kramer, Jonathan Motley, Patrick Baldwin Jr., Vojin Medarević, Nick Weiler-Babb, and Andrej Bjelić.

Conversely, the team saw departures including coach Saša Obradović, Codi Miller-McIntyre, Hasiel Rivero, Uroš Plavšić, Donatas Motiejunas, Isaiah Canaan, Ognjen Radošić, Joel Bolomboy, and Nikola Kalinić, who announced his retirement as a player and immediately joined the red-and-whites' coaching staff.

This will be an excellent opportunity for Ibon Navarro to test the team's form against one of Europe's top clubs, although Zvezda will not be at full strength for this tournament due to the absences of Chima Moneke, Stefan Miljenović, and Nikola Đurišić.