RB Leipzig vs Man City: uDemichelis ubhekene “nomfowabo” uMaresca

I-RB Leipzig izobhekana ne-Manchester City e-Red Bull Arena ngoLwesithathu, mhla zi-4 kuLwezi, ngo-22:00 (isikhathi saseNingizimu Afrika, SAST), emzuliswaneni wesi-4 wesigaba seligi se-Champions League. Lo ngumdlalo phakathi kwabangane ababili abadala emaceleni enkundla: umqeqeshi weLeipzig uMartín Demichelis, owadlalela iCity kusukela ngo-2013 kuya ku-2016, ubhekene no-Enzo Maresca, othathe isikhundla sikaPep Guardiola e-Etihad kule sizini. Womabili amaqembu afika ngemuva kokuqala okungazinzile eYurophu – kanti iCity ifika futhi ngemuva kokuhlulwa ekhaya kwiPremier League.

Lapho amaqembu emi khona

Ngemuva kwemidlalo emithathu, iCity inamaphuzu ayisithupha futhi isendaweni ye-10 kuthebula lamaqembu angu-36; iLeipzig inamaphuzu amathathu futhi isendaweni ye-29. Ukunqoba kungasondeza iCity ezindaweni eziyisishiyagalombili eziphezulu eziya ngqo kumaqembu ayi-16 okugcina, kanti iLeipzig idinga amaphuzu ukuze ihlale emncintiswaneni wezindawo ze-play-off (kusukela kweye-9 kuya kweye-24).

	RB Leipzig	Manchester City
Champions League (ngemuva kwemidlalo emi-3)	amaphuzu ama-3, endaweni ye-29	amaphuzu ayi-6, endaweni ye-10
Iligi	Bundesliga: ye-4, amaphuzu ayi-15 emidlalweni eyi-8	Premier League: ye-2, amaphuzu angu-21 emidlalweni eyi-9
Umdlalo wokugcina	Schalke 0-2 Leipzig (Nusa ngepenathi 37', Rômulo 78')	Man City 0-1 Brighton (Ayari 11')
Umqeqeshi	Martín Demichelis	Enzo Maresca

Umkhankaso weLeipzig eYurophu ubulokhu uguquguquka kakhulu: ihlulwe ngo-4-1 eComo nakuReal Madrid, kwathi phakathi kwalokho yanqoba i-PSV ngo-1-0 ekhaya. ICity yanqoba iPorto ngo-2-0 ngaphandle kwasekhaya ne-AEK Athens ngo-5-1 ekhaya, kodwa yahlulwa ngo-4-2 ekhaya yiParis Saint-Germain. Kuthebula leBundesliga, iLeipzig iyesine, amaphuzu amathathu ngemuva kweBayern neDortmund. ICity isemuva ngamaphuzu amathathu ku-Arsenal kuthebula lePremier League ngemuva kokuhlulwa ngo-1-0 ekhaya yiBrighton ngoMgqibelo, umdlalo eyashaya kuwo amashothi angu-21 kodwa ingashayi ngisho igoli elilodwa.

Izindaba zamaqembu

ILeipzig ngeke ibe no-Assan Ouédraogo (ihlombe) noMarc Guiu (umsipha), kanti akukaqiniseki ukuthi umdlali wasemuva maphakathi uMaxime Estève uzodlala ngenxa yokushayeka. UDemichelis uqinisekisile emhlanganweni nabezindaba ngaphambi komdlalo ukuthi uChristoph Baumgartner uzoqala okokuqala kule sizini ngemuva kwesikhathi eside elimele; lo mdlali wase-Austria wenza i-assist engena esuka ebhentshini eMadrid. Ngaphandle kwalokho, umqeqeshi ugcine iqembu lakhe liyimfihlo – ngisho, njengoba esho, nalapho uMaresca embuza ngalo. “Umngane wami u-Enzo Maresca ubesefuna ukwazi iqembu kimi, kodwa angikwazi ukudalula okungaphezu kukaBaumi,” kusho uDemichelis ezintathelini, ngokusho kwe-dpa.

Okuwukuphela komdlali ongekho eCity ngu-Antoine Semenyo, olimele edolweni futhi ongeke adlale kuze kube cishe maphakathi noZibandlela. UPhil Foden noRayan Cherki kulindeleke ukuthi babuyele eqenjini eliqalayo, badlale ngemuva kuka-Erling Haaland.

Amaqembu angase aqale (ngokusho 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 nomlando

ILeipzig ihlule iCity kanye kuphela emihlanganweni eyisithupha – ngo-2-1 ekhaya esigabeni samaqoqo ngo-2021/22. ICity yanqoba yomibili imidlalo ngo-2023/24, okubalwa kuyo nokubuya kwayo inqoba ngo-3-2 e-Etihad ngemuva kokuba isemuva ngo-0-2 ngesikhathi sekhefu, kanti uHaaland ushaye amagoli ali-12 emidlalweni eyisishiyagalombili ebhekene neqembu laseSaxony, amahlanu awo ekunqobeni ngo-7-0 kumaqembu ayi-16 okugcina ngoNdasa 2023. “Ayikho iresiphi yokumelana noHaaland. Ungumgadli ohlukile,” kusho uDemichelis. UDemichelis uchaze uMaresca, owake waba umdlali eqenjini elilodwa naye futhi engumakhelwane wakhe eMálaga, ngokuthi “ucishe abe njengomfowethu”.

Umbono wethu

Ngekhwalithi iCity ingcono, kodwa le akuyona iCity yakudala: ivumele amagoli ali-12 emidlalweni yayo eyisithupha yokugcina futhi ibingenamandla lapho ibhekene neBrighton. Amandla eLeipzig asemaphikweni – u-Antonio Nusa noDavid Raum badala amathuba amaningi – kanti uBaumgartner wengeza ukugijimela ebhokisini sekwephuzile, into eyayintula eqenjini likaDemichelis eMadrid. Uma iLeipzig ingadlula esigabeni sokuqala somdlalo ingangenwanga igoli, inejubane lokulimaza ukuvikela kweCity obekubukeka kungaqinisekile. Amaphuzu angashintsha amathemba eLeipzig kwiChampions League; okunye ukukhubeka kweCity kungaveza imibuzo yokuqala mayelana nokuqala kukaMaresca.

Landela i-RB Leipzig vs Manchester City bukhoma ku-EZCO, kanye ne-thebula le-Champions League elibuyekezwa ngesikhathi sangempela.