RB Leipzig vs Man City: uDemichelis ujongana “nomntakwabo” uMaresca

I-RB Leipzig iza kwamkela i-Manchester City eRed Bull Arena ngoLwesithathu, umhla we-4 kweyeNkanga, ngo-22:00 (ixesha laseMzantsi Afrika, SAST), kumjikelo we-4 wenqanaba leligi le-Champions League. Lo ngumdlalo phakathi kwabahlobo ababini abadala ecaleni lebala: umqeqeshi weLeipzig uMartín Demichelis, owayedlalela iCity ukusuka ngo-2013 ukuya ku-2016, ujongana no-Enzo Maresca, othathe indawo kaPep Guardiola e-Etihad kweli xesha lonyaka. Omabini amaqela afika emva kokuqala okungazinzanga eYurophu – kwaye iCity ifika emva kokoyiswa ekhaya kwiPremier League.

Apho amaqela akhoyo

Emva kwemidlalo emithathu, iCity inamanqaku amathandathu kwaye ikwindawo ye-10 kwitheyibhile yamaqela angama-36; iLeipzig inamanqaku amathathu kwaye ikwindawo ye-29. Uloyiso lungasondeza iCity kwiindawo ezisibhozo eziphezulu ezikhokelela ngqo kumaqela ali-16 okugqibela, ngelixa iLeipzig ifuna amanqaku ukuze ihlale kukhuphiswano lweendawo ze-play-off (ukusuka kweye-9 ukuya kweye-24).

	RB Leipzig	Manchester City
Champions League (emva kwemidlalo emi-3)	amanqaku ama-3, ye-29	amanqaku ama-6, ye-10
Iligi	Bundesliga: ye-4, amanqaku ali-15 emva kwemidlalo esi-8	Premier League: ye-2, amanqaku angama-21 emva kwemidlalo esi-9
Umdlalo wokugqibela	Schalke 0-2 Leipzig (Nusa ngepenalti 37', Rômulo 78')	Man City 0-1 Brighton (Ayari 11')
Umqeqeshi	Martín Demichelis	Enzo Maresca

Iphulo leLeipzig eYurophu libe phakathi kweziphelo ezimbini: ukoyiswa ngo-4-1 eComo nakwiReal Madrid, kwaye phakathi kwezo yoyisa iPSV ngo-1-0 ekhaya. ICity yoyisa iPorto ngo-2-0 kude nasekhaya ne-AEK Athens ngo-5-1 ekhaya, kodwa yoyiswa ngo-4-2 ekhaya yiParis Saint-Germain. Kwitheyibhile yeBundesliga, iLeipzig ikwindawo yesine, amanqaku amathathu emva kweBayern neDortmund. ICity ingamanqaku amathathu emva kweArsenal kwitheyibhile yePremier League emva kokoyiswa ngo-1-0 ekhaya yiBrighton ngoMgqibelo, kumdlalo apho yadubula amaxesha angama-21 ingafaki nanye igoli.

Iindaba zamaqela

ILeipzig ayizukuba no-Assan Ouédraogo (igxalaba) noMarc Guiu (isihlunu), kwaye akuqinisekwanga ukuba umdlali ongasemva embindini uMaxime Estève uza kudlala ngenxa yokubethwa. UDemichelis uqinisekisile kwinkomfa yoonondaba phambi komdlalo ukuba uChristoph Baumgartner uza kuqala okokuqala kweli xesha lonyaka emva kwexesha elide enzakele; lo mdlali wase-Austria wenza i-assist engena esuka ebhentshini eMadrid. Ngaphandle koko, umqeqeshi ugcine iqela lakhe liyimfihlo – kwanaxa, njengoko esitsho, uMaresca wambuza ngalo. “Umhlobo wam u-Enzo Maresca ebesele efuna ukwazi iqela kum, kodwa andinakutyhila ngaphezu kukaBaumi,” utshilo uDemichelis kwiintatheli, ngokutsho kwe-dpa.

Ekuphela komdlali ongekhoyo eCity ngu-Antoine Semenyo, owenzakele edolweni kwaye ongazukudlala de kube malunga nembindi kaDisemba. UPhil Foden noRayan Cherki kulindeleke ukuba babuyele kwiqela eliqalayo, badlale emva kuka-Erling Haaland.

Amaqela anokuqala (ngokutsho kweSports Mole):

• Leipzig: Vandevoordt – Baku, Orbán, Lukeba, Raum – Banzuzi, El Aynaoui, Baumgartner – Gruda, Rômulo, Nusa
• Man City: Donnarumma – Nunes, Dias, Guéhi, O'Reilly – Anderson, Fernández – Foden, Cherki, Doku – Haaland

UHaaland nembali

ILeipzig yoyise iCity kanye kuphela kwiintlanganiso ezintandathu – ngo-2-1 ekhaya kwinqanaba lamaqela ngo-2021/22. ICity yaphumelela yomibini imidlalo ngo-2023/24, kuquka ukubuya iphumelele ngo-3-2 e-Etihad emva kokuba isemva ngo-0-2 ngexesha lekhefu, kwaye uHaaland ufake iigoli ezili-12 kwimidlalo esibhozo ejongene neqela laseSaxony, ezintlanu zazo kuloyiso lwe-7-0 kumaqela ali-16 okugqibela ngoKwindla 2023. “Akukho resiphi ngokuchasene noHaaland. Ungumhlaseli okhethekileyo,” utshilo uDemichelis. UDemichelis uchaze uMaresca, owayesakuba liqabane lakhe eqeleni nommelwane wakhe eMálaga, ngokuthi “phantse ufana nomntakwethu”.

Uluvo lwethu

Ngomgangatho iCity ingcono, kodwa le ayiyiyo iCity yakudala: ivumele iigoli ezili-12 kwimidlalo yayo emithandathu yokugqibela kwaye ibingenamandla ijongene neBrighton. Amandla eLeipzig asemaphikweni – u-Antonio Nusa noDavid Raum benza amathuba amaninzi – kwaye uBaumgartner wongeza ukubaleka kade ebhokisini, nto leyo eyayisilela kwiqela likaDemichelis eMadrid. Ukuba iLeipzig ingadlula kwixesha lokuqala lomdlalo ingafakwanga igoli, inesantya sokwenzakalisa ukhuselo lweCity olubonakale lungaqinisekanga. Amanqaku angatshintsha amathemba eLeipzig kwiChampions League; okunye ukukhubeka kweCity kungavusa imibuzo yokuqala malunga nokuqala kukaMaresca.

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