2023-09-19 02:02:00
From Real star David Alaba to Christoph Freund: red-white-red has never been so strongly represented.
Austria’s football champions Red Bull Salzburg start the Champions League season on Wednesday. For six Austrian professionals, the game for millions of euros in the premier class begins on Tuesday. In addition to Salzburg, more Austrians (13) than ever before are fighting for the winner of the Cup with handles. And many of them began their careers at Red Bull Salzburg, like Bayern Munich’s sporting director, Christoph Freund. The Leoganger even has a good chance of winning the cup with the German champions. Actually unbelievable, but realistic, that a Pinzgauer, like Freund, can lead a top European club to great triumph.
Bayern’s top game in the group against traditional English club Manchester United is scheduled for Wednesday. Former Salzburg player Konrad Laimer also has the best chance of playing as a right-back for Bayern, who have to do without suspended coach Thomas Tuchel. Laimer recently showed strong offensive scenes in the 2-2 draw against Leverkusen in the league.
The group phase begins on Tuesday for the ex-Salzburg Bulls Marcel Sabitzer, Nicolas Seiwald and Xaver Schlager. Sabitzer is visiting Paris Saint-Germain in Hammer Group F. Borussia will have to show a top performance right from the start if the Germans want to survive against the group favorites. Then AC Milan and Newcastle United are waiting for Dortmund. A group phase couldn’t be much more difficult.
RB Leipzig will face defending champions Manchester City in the group phase, but the other group opponents Young Boys Bern and Red Star Belgrade with ex-Vienna international Aleksandar Dragovic should be beaten by Leipzig with Austrian national players Seiwald, Schlager and Christoph Baumgartner. Reaching the round of 16 is quite realistic for the Bulls from Leipzig.
Also on Tuesday, the Dutch champions Feyenoord Rotterdam want to take the first step towards the round of 16 with the Austrian Gernot Trauner. But a home win against Celtic Glasgow is necessary for this.
In addition to the Austrians who are under contract with Bayern, the two ÖFB national players David Alaba and Marko Arnautovic can also hope to win the Champions League title. Alaba continues to be the lifeblood of Real Madrid’s defensive center. The Royals won 2-1 against Salzburg’s group opponents Real Sociedad on Sunday evening. On the first matchday the Austrians will face Gernot Trimmel’s Union Berlin in Madrid. At Union, Salzburg’s Markus Hofmann sits on the bench as an assistant coach.
At last season’s finalists in the premier class of European football, Inter Milan, Arnautovic will try to score goals to get the Italians into the round of 16. Styrian Kevin Danso can only dream of that with Lens. France’s runner-up is out of form and a complete outsider at Sevilla FC.
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