In the first Champions League round of 16 in the club’s history, FC Salzburg wins on February 16 (at home) and on March 8 (in the Munich Allianz Arena) with none other than the German record champions FC Bayern for the former Red- Doing Bull Actor Marcel Sabitzer. That is the result of the second lottery in Nyon, after the first had to be canceled due to several breakdowns. In the first attempt, the Mozartstädter would have met Liverpool FC, the Munich team at Atletico Madrid.
Why did it repeat? The Russian “losfee” Andrei Arshavin (formerly Zenit St. Petersburg, Arsenal FC) had drawn the pairing between Villarreal FC and Manchester United. Because both clubs had already met in the group stage, this duel should not have happened again in the round of 16. Two more mistakes finally turned the lively ball pulling into a farce.
“Highly talented team”
“A software problem with an external service provider created problems,” said UEFA Vice Secretary-General Giorgio Marchetti. The Salzburgers reacted calmly to the game of confusion, their journey is getting shorter, the role of the blatant outsider against an old friend remains. The “Red Bulls” have already made the acquaintance of Liverpool and Bayern in the Champions League: Austria’s double winners lost 2: 6 (h) and 1: 3 (a) to Munich last season. In the home bankruptcy it was 2-2 up to the 79th minute.
While the German media is talking about a “dizzy lot”, FC Bayern board member Oliver Kahn does not want to know anything about a “gmahd ?? n Wies ?? n”. “Salzburg showed what they can do in the preliminary round. They are right in the second round. There is great euphoria there, it is a young, highly talented team,” emphasized the former world-class goalkeeper.
Salzburg captain Andreas Ulmer (36) is a bit old, but it is impossible to imagine the team without it. The national player from Linz is looking forward to the test of strength with the “giant”, who has won the Champions League and the previous European Cup of national champions six times (most recently in 2020).
“Bayern are a great team and in a really good mood. It will be exciting games with hopefully a lot of spectators,” said Ulmer.
Salzburg sports director Christoph Freund is also looking forward to the spicy test of strength. “It’s almost a derby, German-Austrian duels are always something special. For me Bayern are among the three best teams in the world. We will not freeze in awe, but step on the gas and counter it. We can promise that now.”
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Source: Nachrichten
