The German national team measures from less to more the ‘sky blue’ state in the long-awaited Champions League, also in full swing for the Premier
The fronts are piling up for Manchester City. Leaving aside the maelstrom of the battle for the English Premier League, a thrilling face-to-face against Arsenal, Pep Guardiola’s team faces the decisive stage of the much-anticipated Champions League. The maximum continental competition, object of desire and pending subject of Manchester’s pharaonic Emirati project, re-examines a team that appeared to have launched into ‘gunner’ territory after the victory, but in which the weekend’s draw in the visit to the Nottingham Forest tempered the euphoria.
Guardiola has his entire squad at his disposal, with the only question being the physical fitness of central defender John Stones, who would open the doors of the eleven for Laporte. The Catalan coach has recently been betting on a tactical plan with three centre-backs and wingers as very attacking wingers, populating the midfield with players with a good base and with the insatiable Haaland as an attacking reference. The Norwegian is the ‘sky blue’ angular attacking piece, both for his devastating finishing ability and creating space for his second-line teammates through his intimidating presence.
Marco Rose’s Leipzig is a good ‘citizen’ touchstone. The theoretical English favoritism is beyond question, but last year’s defeat at the Red Bull Arena in the group stage serves as a warning. Also stumbling Real Madrid on the same podium this season (3-2). And it is that the series of energy drinks has grown this campaign, in which a poor start in the Bundesliga has corrected it until it is only one point from the Champions League, its natural place, and four from the leadership in which they share Bayern, Dortmund and the surprising Union Berlin.
Leipzig recovers Christopher Nkunku, injured for the World Cup and who made his first minutes in last Saturday’s resounding win against Wolfsburg (0-3). The French striker still lacks the pace of competition needed for a bet like this, so he will basically start from the bench and Portugal’s André Silva will be the chosen one at the top of the German attack. Spain international Dani Olmo has been ruled out for a torn fibre, although returnee Timo Werner and Swede Forsberg complete a good attacking front, without forgetting the hierarchy in defense of Croatian central defender Gvardiol, who is on half Europe’s agenda after his extraordinary World Cup.
Source: La Verdad
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