Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola insists he is ready to give underrepresented players a chance to play against Red Star Belgrade after advancing to the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions. The league is now available.
City faces a tight schedule, having to play 3 games in 7 days and will also have to travel to Saudi Arabia to play in the Club World Cup next week. http://ufabet999.com
The City are champions of Group G after winning all five matches and Guardiola confirmed he will rotate his players for Wednesday’s game. It is expected that players like Matheus Nunes, Stefan Ortega and Oscar Bobb will be starters.
“All we have to do in this game is win. We will rotate some players. We have three days off, five or six hours of travel. I’m very happy to be able to give a chance to some players who haven’t played much,” Guardiola said. “I do
n’t I like that I have to go and hope to advance to the next round in the final game and visit as well. But we were lucky to have already qualified before coming here. But we still need the players to perform.”
City are still without the injured Erling Haaland, while Jeremy Dogu and Ederson are absent. Along with the team,
Guardiola confirmed that Haaland will be assessed again on Thursday. Ahead of the Premier League game against Crystal Palace on Saturday,
“We will be back on Thursday. And we’ll see how he feels. I still can’t answer [whether Haaland is available for Saturday’s game or not], I don’t know. I will give more accurate information at the next press conference,” the Spaniard added.