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Attractive, lucrative, extremely demanding in sporting terms – FC Salzburg has a subscription to the defending champion of the Football Champions League. Almost a year after the two duels with Liverpool (3: 4, 0: 2), the “Red Bulls” were drawn yesterday in Lyon by FC Bayern Munich with Robert Lewandowski, European Footballer of the Year 2020. With Atlético de Madrid another caliber awaits in Group A, the third rival will be the Russian runner-up Lokomotiv Moscow. The first round is for 20./21. Scheduled for October.
On paper, reaching the round of 16, which requires a place in the top two, does not seem realistic. But the people of Mozart’s city have often outdone themselves and await the challenge with great anticipation. FC Salzburg can compete with renowned players: David Alaba, who fell behind in the choice for the best defense in Europe against his clubmates Joshua Kimmich, Manuel Neuer, Lewandowski (all FC Bayern), Joao Félix or Luis Suárez (both Atlético).
Memorable test game
“We can always play a good role, but we have to act exactly as we did in 2019: dynamic, attractive and relaxed,” stressed Salzburg midfield director Zlatko Junuzovic. Knowing that the pressure is on others. FC Bayern currently has the best team in the world, the Munich team won five titles in 2019/20: the championship, the DFB Cup, the Champions League, the European Super Cup and most recently the German Super Cup with a 3-2 on Wednesday. against Dortmund. Alaba was on the bench due to muscular problems.
In January 2014, the people of Salzburg impressively put the people of Munich in their place. At the time, 30,188 fans applauded the 3-0 victory in a test match for which they bought Bayern for a lot of money.
This year the Red Bull Arena will sadly not be about to burst due to the corona pandemic, that’s the worst. According to the current state, 3,000 are allowed per game in the stadium.
Group G accelerates the hearts of soccer romantics. The superstars who have shaped events in the last twelve years will finally meet again: Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) and Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus). There has been no match between the two on the pitch since the Portuguese left Real Madrid in the summer of 2018. Messi even confessed that he lacks this particular rivalry. “The sporting match between us was very pleasant on a personal level. I think people enjoyed us.”
