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“Our goal is to create this group,” coach Jesse Marsch said at a news conference Tuesday. The American provided the condition at the same time. “To achieve this goal, we have to defend better. We scored a lot of goals last year, but we conceded too many.” Third with seven points and a goal difference of 16:13, Salzburg made it to the Europa League in 2019.
But the experience of the previous season, when the police molested Liverpool and Napoli, took it away, according to Maximilian Wöber. “We are more stable”, emphasized the defender, referring to the rehabilitation and lessons of the preseason. “These experiences and the feeling that we can keep up with the best teams give the team a great jolt and added motivation because we know: even if we have caught what is probably the most difficult group, we can achieve a lot.”
Salzburg at Hammer Group
For promotion to Group A with Kapazundern Bayern Munich and Atlético de Madrid a home win early on would make it much easier, as Wöber knew: “I think we can hurt the great teams again. But tomorrow it’s Lok. Moscow, and if we get it then we definitely have to win this game. “
Marsch didn’t want to talk about a mandatory victory. “One point would be important to us and if we could score three points it would be a good start.” The team passed the ten-day quarantine after the corona cases with extensive video studies. “We know the locomotive inside and out,” said Wöber. “We all know their strengths, their offensive qualities, that they play a lot on the flanks. We all know weak points where we can hurt them a lot and vice versa, where they can hurt us.”
“We are prepared for a gigantic performance,” said Marsch, who saw his team well equipped and almost everyone. Before the last training session, only the long-term injured Antoine Bernede was missing. The perfect soccer festival is a victim of the coronavirus. At least 3,000 spectators can again support the team, the latest government restriction of 1,500 spectators does not apply until Friday. However, on Wednesday the club decided not to open the dining rooms.
Fewer spectators in the premier category
This shouldn’t change anything in Salzburg’s hunger for success. “Of course it is a shame for the team and for all the fans that only 3,000 fans can be there,” said Wöber. “Motivation and anticipation are as high as last year, it’s something special again.” After eleven league rounds, Lok is the fourth team in Russia, and the dress rehearsal against Ufa was almost 1-0 appropriate. Because seven times Serbian coach Marko Nikolic’s team – mostly at 4-4-2 flat – did not receive a goal.
Although all the positive tests recently returned after the Corona cases, with Croatian defense chief Vedran Corluka (calf problems) and winger Wladislaw Ignjatew (Achilles tendon) missing two key players. Also because of this, the opponent still hid certain unknowns on Tuesday afternoon. “We haven’t heard anything about the injured players or the crown cases. Hopefully we will find more information in the next 24 hours,” Marsch said.
Lok Moscow meets the Champions League
Runner-up Russia is in the CL group stage for the third time in a row, having just finished last. Eleven of CL’s last 13 games were lost and the other two were won. Also uplifting for the strong home team from Salzburg: Lok only managed one win in the last seven road appearances (at Bayer Leverkusen), albeit on matchday one of last season. The most recent comparisons so far with a local club were decided by the “Eisbahner-Club” in 2011 in the Europa League against Sturm Graz (3-1 at home, 2-1 away).
(Those: APA)
