On Thursday the 16 of September
FC Salzburg hosts
Manchester City during the f
irst game in group A of the
Europe League. The team from England is the big favourite in this game but it will not be easy to beat Salzburg. Last year Salzburg was able to win each of their six games in the Europe League group stage.
Last week Salzburg played just a 0:0 drawn against LASK Linz. In the Austrian Bundesliga Salzburg is now on the 8th position. They just won one game (against Wr. Neustadt 4:2) and lost two games. But Salzburg has still two games to play, against Wacker Innsbruck and Sturm Graz. Last year Salzburg made a great performance during the group stage of the Europe League. All six games were won, but they were eliminated in the round of 16 from Standard Liège. Also Manchester City played just a 1:1 drawn against Blackburn during the 4th round of the premier league. The team from Roberto Mancini is like Salzburg on the 8th position in the premier league schedule.
1. game group A: Red Bull Salzburg against Manchester CityDate: 16. September 2010 7:00pm
Stadium: Red Bull Arena, Wals-Siezenheim
Referee: -
Salzburg:Goalkeeper: Tremmel
Defender: Schwegler, Afolabi, Sekagya, Švento
Midfield: Mendes da Silva, Schiemer, Leitgeb, Jantscher
Striker: Boghossian, Zarate
Coach: Huub Stevens
Injured: Gustafsson, Ulmer, Cziommer, Ngwat-Mahop, Nelisse
Booked: -
Manchester City:Goalkeeper: Given
Defender: Kompany, Boateng, Zabaleta, Kolo Touré
Midfield: Milner, Wright-Phillips, Barry, Yaya Touré
Striker: Adebayor, Tévez
Coach: Roberto Mancini
Injured: Balotelli, Taylor
Booked: -
Although Salzburg got the biggest sponsor with Red Bull this is nothing in comparison with Manchester City. The current value from Salzburg is 41.975.000 € (1.554.630 € average per player) but the current value from Manchester City is with 359.800.000 € (13.325.926 € average per player) much higher.
This teams never played against each other.
The game against Manchester City will be very hard for Salzburg. But this game will be the highlight for the players from Salzburg and I am sure that they will make a good performance. My tip for this game is a
drawn.
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