4th matchday in the Champions League group phase: Red Bull Salzburg meets Inter Milan. We report live (see below).
Here is the LIVE TICKER: With the possible comeback of ÖFB team star Marko Arnautovic, Red Bull Salzburg faces a tricky task in the Champions League. In the sold-out home game against Inter Milan today, points are needed to stay in the promotion race. But last but not least, the good performance in the 1:2 in the first leg is encouraging. “We want to take something with us, that’s the clear goal,” said coach Gerhard Struber before the duel with the Serie A leaders. Even though Salzburg lacked its usual dominance in the league and the cup in October, they put in a good performance in Milan. The Bulls weren’t necessarily the worse team when they left the field as losers; Oscar Gloukh’s equalizer ultimately went unrewarded. “We have to take away the happy air from playing football!” “We’ve seen that we have to be very proactive and cheeky. Even for a lot “It’s not that easy for us to deal with experienced players with this quality. We did quite well in this game,” explained Struber. “Little space, little time” can be given to the finalist from the previous season. “Knowing this unbridled pressure “They don’t come from the league like that. Players like (Nicolo) Barella or (Hakan) Calhanoglu shine with their technical skills. If you take time and space away from these players, then we take away quality,” explained the 46-year-old. “We have to Take the happy air to play football. It’s important to get something moving with a flow, with a spirit, with 30,000 spectators behind you. That’s how we can stress out an opponent like this at this level.” “Inter can do a lot from very little “It’s clear that “a lot of things have to come together” against the Italians, who would secure their place in the round of 16 with a win. The high quality of coach Simone Inzaghi’s team, whose top striker Lautaro Martinez scores almost on an assembly line (13 goals in 14 games in the league and CL), is evident. “Inter can make a lot out of very little. Often not that much is visible, but in the end something great always happens. There needs to be a solidarity within the team,” demanded Struber, whose team is third in Group D with three points and is currently four points behind Inter and Real Sociedad, but still ahead of bottom club Benfica with no points. “Know that Arnautovic is fantastic on the ball Has options!” Struber saw with both a laughing and a crying eye that ÖFB striker Arnautovic was back in the Inter squad after his injury break (thigh). “We know what he has achieved for Austria in recent years. I’m glad that team boss Ralf Rangnick has him available again. But we also know that he has fantastic possibilities on the ball because he is difficult to control in many ways. That doesn’t make it any easier for us. It would have been nice for us if he hadn’t made the trip to us.”Struber goes into the game with personnel concerns, midfielder Maurits Kjaergaard is the new addition to the injured list after his shoulder operation, which also includes Dijon Kameri (gluteus muscle), Sekou Koita (adductors), Bryan Okoh (hamstring), Kamil Piatkowski (calf), Aleksa Terzic (adductors) and Lukas Wallner (hamstring) are standing. Central defender Oumar Solet is questionable because of his thigh, at least striker Fernando reported back to team training. At Solet, they wanted to wait for the final training, Struber emphasized on Tuesday, and a CL-experienced replacement was available in the form of ÖFB team kicker Samson Baidoo. The coach didn’t want to commit to the game system yet. In Milan they had consolidated the midfield in the unusual 4-2-3-1 and did quite well with it. “I’m still torn on this question,” said Struber.
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