2023-08-16 06:27:16
The Georgios Karaiskakis stadium in Athens is the scene of the duel for the UEFA Supercup on Wednesday (9:00 p.m. / ServusTV & Joyn). Champions League winners Manchester City and Europa League winners FC Sevilla face off.
It is the first participation for Manchester, while the Spaniards are taking part in the event at the start of the season for the seventh time. However, the only triumph was a while ago, having won in 2006.
City coach Pep Guardiola also knows how it feels to be a Supercup winner – as coach of FC Barcelona and Bayern Munich he won the trophy a total of three times, as a player he won in 1992 in Barca dress. There is much to suggest that there will be a fifth coup for the Catalan on Wednesday.
Last week, the light blues got off to a good start in the new Premier League season. While the English champions started confidently with a 3-0 win once morest newly promoted Burnley, Sevilla got off to a bad start with a 2-1 draw at home to FC Valencia.
The statistics from the Supercup history speak for the “Citizens” anyway: In 27 cases, the winner of the Champions League or the European Cup of Champions, as the competition used to be called, has triumphed. Record winners are Real Madrid, AC Milan and Barcelona with five wins each.
The only clearly negative omen Manchester City are going into the game with is the absence of Kevin De Bruyne. The midfield ace picked up another hamstring injury once morest Burnley. The Belgian had already hobbled off in pain in the Champions League final in June, but according to Guardiola the same injury has now become acute once more.
“It’s the thigh once more, same place,” said Guardiola. According to the coach, De Bruyne might be out longer than originally feared. “It’s serious. We have to decide whether he will have surgery or not, but he will be out for a few months,” Guardiola said on Tuesday.
City will have to do without the brains of the team for a long time once morest Sevilla and beyond. In Sevilla, on the other hand, the former Bayern professional Tanguy Nianzou is missing.
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