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Red Bull Salzburg is trying to put aside the first European Cup game against Maccabi Tel Aviv for the moment. In league, Jesse Marsch’s team awaits in Altach at home on Saturday (starting at 5 pm on the LIVE ticker).
With a slightly modified squad, the second victory in the second game is planned against the Vorarlberg side, who have recently been weak in the cup. Salzburg’s starting eleven three days before the important first leg of the Champions League playoffs in Tel Aviv will look a little different than a 3-1 win at Wolfsberg.
“There will be a bit of rotation, but we are in the beginning of the season where we need rhythm and form,” explains Marsch. At the same time, the American announces that he will make all five possible changes (“an advantage for us”) during the game.
Can Berisha compete against her old club?
Mergim Berisha could raid again from the beginning. The German U21 player opted for Altach until the beginning of the year (16 goals in 34 games) and said: “If we play the basics against them, we won’t have any problems.”
A trio will definitely be missing. Midfielder Zlatko Junuzovic is still plaguing his thighs, new signing Oumar Solet (muscle problems) is missing as his fellow defender Jerome Onguene following his coronavirus disease.
Failures are not a headache for March. “We will definitely play a strong team on Saturday,” emphasized the Salzburg manager, which is not a daring promise given the “Bulls” squad. “We have so many good players that I can’t make the wrong decision.”
Altach awaits another sensation
Altach coach Alex Pastoor would sign this statement. “Everyone will be fine, everyone will have the rhythm,” Pastoor said of the opponent. “Whether Heinrich or Helmut play is not important in Salzburg.”
Altacher looks back with pleasure on March 2, 2020. With a 3-2 win at home, they inflicted their last league loss with Salzburg. “We were able to play our own game and win with it,” Pastoor, sitting in Salzburg on Friday, said via video press conference. After the 3: 1 cup victory in Gurten, Upper Austria, which was only fixed in the final, the Vorarlbergers did not return home.
For the duel with the league croesus, the Dutchman expected his players to be “immediately mentally present”, as in the sensation of March. “So you have to see if we’re in a good mood so we can play our own game 100 percent.”
Return of fans in Wals-Siezenheim
The eighth of last season had difficulty scoring goals. In the last five league games, only three goals appeared. Chinedu Obasi should up the cut, the former Schalke striker could make his debut in the starting eleven in Salzburg.
“Edu brings calm and style to the game. When he touches the ball for the first time, he is always face to face with the opponent and the goal. That makes our game incredibly well,” explains Pastoor.
For the first time since the 2-0 win against Sturm Graz on March 8, Salzburg will once again play in front of the spectators at their home stadium. Tickets were raffled. “We are happy for our 3,000 fans. The team is ready to play in front of the fans again in a competitive game,” Marsch said.
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