Dan Paltinisanu stadium is sold out for the game tonight, and FC Timisoara's supporters have prepared a special coreography for the first leg in the play-off for Europa League.
International Welsh player, Craig Bellamy has agreed to be loaned out to Cardiff City. Bellamy will be presented today at his new team, at which he could play his first game at the end of the week.
Play-off , 1st leg: FC Timisoara vs. Manchester City
Date: 19 August 2010, ora 21:45
Stadium: Dan Paltinisanu, Timisoara
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germania)
FC Timisoara:
Goalkeeper: Taborda
Defensive: DContra, Mera, Čišovský, Sepsi
Midfield: Curtean, Alexa, Bourceanu, Goga
Attack: Magera, Axente
Trainer: Vladimir Petrovic
Injured: Mansour
Suspended: -
Manchester City:
Goalkeeper: Joe Hart
Defensive: Micah Richards, Kolo Toure, Vincent Kompany, Pablo Zabaleta
Midfield: Yaya Toure, Nigel De Jong, Gareth Barry
Attack: Shaun Wright-Phillips, Carlos Tevez, Emmanuel Adebayor
Trainer: Roberto Mancini
Injured: -
Suspended: -
Weather conditions/referees
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The weather forecast for tonight is looking good. It will be a very warm night with an expected temperature of 18 degrees Celsius.
Last encounter: first encounter!
Victories FC Timisoara: 0
Victories Manchester City: 0
Draws: 0
Manchester City made transfers of about 100 million Euros this season. On the other hand FC Timisoara has only a fraction of that budget for the whole season. The game tonight reminds me of the fight between David and Goliath, but I don't expect a happy ending for Timisoara tonight. Manchester City is clearly the favourite team.
The best odds for a success of Manchester City are at:
