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In the Russian capital, however, Salzburg expects a dangerous game against a tie king, which has so far been almost impossible to defeat. Marsch therefore hopes for the necessary balance between attack and defense. “We have to play our aggressive game and then be safe in the back as well. We can always score, but fewer goals are always important. “
Marsch once again called the opponent two points ahead, who hijacked a 2: 2 from Salzburg in the first comparison, as “very experienced, very smart.” “A team that defends incredibly, does everything possible to protect the goal.”
Salzburg in Moscow under pressure
Soccer champions FC Salzburg are under pressure heading into the penultimate match of the Champions League group stage against Lok Moscow.
Three draws, including in both games against Atlético de Madrid (1: 1, 0: 0), and a total of just five goals conceded in four games are warning enough for the Salzburgers, who have in turn conceded 14 goals. While the “Bullen” -Express roared over St. Pölten with 8: 2 in the league, Lok swallowed in his dress rehearsal in Grozny for the fourth 0: 0 of this competitive season.
Defeat is synonymous with leaving
To reach the round of 16, Salzburg, who have a point, also depend on the leader of the table, Bayern Munich (12 points), not be defeated in Madrid. Only then would promotion be possible before the home game against Atlético (5) at the end of the group. If Salzburg loses in Moscow, the international elimination is fixed before spring.
Group A, matchday five
Start 6:55 pm:
Lok Moscow – Salzburg
RZD-Arena, SR Wordyik (TUR)
Possible configurations:
Lok: Guilherme – Schiwogljadow, Corluka, Murilo, Rybus – Ignatjew, Krychowiak, Kulikow, Mirantschuk / Kamano – Ze Luis, Eder
Salzburg: Stankovic – Kristensen, Ramalho, Wöber, Ulmer – Mwepu, Camara, Junuzovic, Szoboszlai – Berisha, Koita
Salzburg started the trip to Moscow with optimism and a passenger on board who had been canceled for a short time in the new year: Patson Daka (22), the most dangerous forward in Salzburg since the departure of Erling Haaland, returns after a muscle injury on the Thighs back in the squad after almost exactly one month. “Patson is ready for Tuesday, but we don’t know how many minutes yet,” Marsch said.
The first goal will be very important against Lok, Marsch emphasized. You have to be disciplined. “When we are behind, it is difficult against these opponents,” he said. You have a lot of respect for the Russians. “You defended very well against great opponents. The organization of the team is very strong. “Attack alone is not the motto:” The most important thing is the goals we conceded, we had too many in the last Champions League games. “
Waiting for the stadium atmosphere
Twelve-time scorer Daka would make his return in Moscow in front of spectators who are still authorized in Russia. According to UEFA’s coronavirus guidelines, the stadium can be filled up to a third, that would be around 8,000 seats in the RZD Arena. The last home game against Atlético drew 5,500 spectators.
“I don’t even know when we were allowed to play in front of a big crowd,” defender Rasmus Kristensen said. “But I really want to experience something like the atmosphere of a real stadium again.”
Lok-Coach announces defensive play
Lok coach Marko Nikolic spoke of the “most important game of the season”. The Serbian indicated that he did not want to run into the open knife. “We need our best performance against this fast and aggressive team. But we know what we have to do: we will be disciplined for more than 90 minutes and we will pay close attention to defense. ” Muscovites will miss striker Fyodor Smolow, who is injured in the hip. Anton Mirantschuk is also questionable, the player of the Russian team has a cold.
In Salzburg, Zlatko Junuzovic faces his 50th European Cup appearance. Only Walke (50), Ramalho (60) and Ulmer (110) have played more club internationals than the current squad. Karim Adeyemi, who justified his appearance against St. Pölten with four points, said: “We feel in the air that we really want to play the Champions League. We will show it too ”. For the first time this year, the matter should be quite new. Temperatures around freezing are the order of the day.
