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According to Transfermarkt.at, the market value of Arsenal is 631.95 million euros, that of Rapid a modest 33.65 million. “Money does not score goals, but it is (with that) easier to score,” emphasized the coach. Dietmar Kühbauer on Wednesday referred to the “enormous quality” of the Londoners and spoke of a “very, very attractive rival who of course has won a lot in the past”.
But you don’t have any chance, but “we have to play at a very, very good level so that we can inherit something,” Kühbauer said. With only 3,000 spectators able to attend the stadium due to the coronavirus pandemic, Rapid lacks the usual support from the stands. “We would like to see a sold-out stadium,” captain Dejan Ljubicic said, but still spoke of a very special match. “That’s definitely something special, because you don’t play Arsenal that often,” said the 23-year-old.
Strong arsenal even in rotation
The fact that Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta can rotate a lot heading into the Premier League home game against Leicester on Sunday and probably won’t make his best lineup doesn’t mean much of a difference for Rapid manager Kühbauer. “There are other names, but not the playground. We know what they are doing, how they want to play, that’s the deciding factor, “said the 49-year-old.
Europa League, Group B
Thursday, 6.55 pm:
Fast – Arsenal
Vienna, SR Pavel (CZE)
Possible configurations:
Quick: Strebinger – Stojkovic, Hofmann, Barac – Schick, Ritzmaier, D. Ljubicic, Ullmann – Arase, Fountas – Kara
Arsenal: Leno – Maitland-Niles, Gabriel, Luiz, Tierney, Kolasinac – Ceballos, Partey – Nelson, Lacazette, Nketiah
Despite the rotation, the opponent still has a “very, very good team that has the playful element,” emphasized Kühbauer. “We have to try to interrupt their paths, just defend, that will be very little.” It’s particularly important to keep an eye out for Arsenal’s quick forwards.
“The tempo is always difficult to defend,” explained the Rapid coach. Therefore, your players have to be “very, very strong of spirit”, that is, wide awake, to recognize dangerous situations from the beginning and thus prevent them.
No lines of concern after a CoV case
In Rapid, a player fails after a positive coronavirus test. Kühbauer said he reacted “deeply relaxed”, “because we have been living with this Covid story for so long and we will probably have to live with it for longer. (…) We can’t change it, we still have enough players. It will probably affect everyone. clubs. ”And since there is only one case to complain about,“ that doesn’t bother us now. It would be different if really a lot of players were sick, then it would be a big problem for us. ”
