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“It will be a tough matter,” says Sky cult expert Alfred Tatar of Austria’s champion FC Salzburg’s group opening match against Lok Moscow (today 6:55 pm, Sky). This is the Russian runner-up where Ried’s former coach brandished the scepter alongside Rashid Rachimow from 2008 to 2009. That’s why Tatar doesn’t believe in a big “Red Bulls” gala like early 2019. Back then, Mozart’s folks knocked Genk 6-2 out of the Siezenheim arena on their ‘premier class’ debut. The triple scorer was a certain Erling Braut Haaland, who now shines in Dortmund.
Lok Moscow with Eder, who was the winner of Portugal’s match in the 2016 European Championship final against France (1-0), is reportedly the weakest opponent in a hammer group with defending champions FC Bayern and Atlético de Madrid. The two favorites will meet today (9pm) at the Allianz Arena in Munich behind closed doors. At least 3,000 can see in Salzburg.
Red Bull coach Jesse Marsch wants to give fans total success. “We are ready for a gigantic performance,” said the American, frankly euphoric. Despite the overwhelming competition, he is even confident that his team will reach the round of 16, that is, at least second place in “Group A”. “To achieve that goal, we have to defend better,” said the 46-year-old.
Lok Moscow is currently fourth in the national championship and has played seven scoreless times in eleven rounds, including the most recent against Ufa (1-0). The record in the Champions League can be extended. Of the last 13 games, eleven were lost. There was respectable success in 2019 with the away win over Bayer Leverkusen.
If you want to go far, you must jump over the obstacle of the locomotive. ÖFB team player Maximilian Wöber also knows: “We have studied our opponents intensively, we know them from the inside out. If we want to advance, we have to beat Lok. But we also have the feeling that we can keep up the best teams in Europe. “
