BELGRADE, Serbia -- What would football be without nights like this?
Red Star Belgrade had not enjoyed a victory of this significance since their European Cup win in 1991, and the timing could hardly have been better. On a week when details of the big guns' apparent plans for a continental super league have dominated the news agenda, the Serbian champions served up a vibrant, wild demonstration of everything the sport cannot afford to lose.
Perhaps the executives and money men who would like to create a closed shop among the elite should be made to watch this 2-0 win over a rattled Liverpool side on a loop, and at full volume.