Liverpool are onto their fourth pleasant of pre-season and it’s set to the acquainted backdrop of Salzburg, with the Austrian champions opponents on Wednesday.
Crimson Bull Salzburg vs. Liverpool
Pre-season pleasant (4) | Crimson Bull Enviornment
Wednesday, July 27, 2022 | 7pm (BST)
After clashes with Man United and Crystal Palace in Asia, and a 5-0 victory over RB Leipzig in Germany, the Reds’ subsequent cease is the Crimson Bull Enviornment in Austria.
Salzburg will host Liverpool in a 7pm kickoff, three days earlier than the Group Defend in Leicester.
Listed below are 10 key issues to know forward of the most recent pre-season pleasant.
1. No less than 6 gamers are out
“I had solely a brief speak with Doc Sarah and he or she informed me, ‘he feels slightly bit, he feels slightly bit, he has a again [issue]’ and stuff like this,” Jurgen Klopp defined in a pre-match interview with LiverpoolFC.com.
It stays to be seen who the supervisor is referring to, with 29 gamers participating in an open coaching session in Saalfelden on Tuesday morning.
However there are at the very least six gamers dominated out, together with Alisson, Kaide Gordon and Calvin Ramsay, who all travelled to Austria however will not be but in full coaching.
Diogo Jota didn’t make the flight final week because of harm, as was additionally the case for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Caoimhin Kelleher.
2. However we may see a powerful lineup
However, regardless of the uncertainty over these concerned and the confirmed absentees, there may be prone to be a powerful aspect fielded in Salzburg.
Whereas Adrian is sort of sure to begin as third alternative within the absence of Alisson and Kelleher, the rest of the beginning lineup may very well be near Klopp’s first-choice XI.
That might embody the trio of Mohamed Salah, Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez beginning collectively for the primary time – the latter buoyed by his four-goal haul in opposition to Leipzig final day out.
3. Might anybody play 90 minutes?
In a phrase, no.
“This pre-season we needed to do barely totally different and we needed to do as effectively,” Klopp has defined.
“All of them will play the primary time 90 minutes on Saturday, all of them. However that’s how we did the coaching.”
Extra probably is that many gamers will likely be given one other hour on the pitch, as was the case in opposition to Leipzig, earlier than a full 90 in opposition to Man Metropolis within the Group Defend this weekend.
4. We’ve been right here earlier than…
Liverpool have settled in for rigorous periods and picturesque downtime within the acquainted environment of Saalfelden over the previous week.
It has develop into a staple of the Reds’ pre-season, with Klopp and his workers profiting from the top-class amenities and quiet panorama to arrange the gamers for the marketing campaign forward.
Wednesday won’t be the primary time Liverpool have performed Salzburg, both, with this their fourth assembly.
Again in 2020, the 2 sides met in a pre-season pleasant on the identical stadium, with the Crimson Bull Enviornment internet hosting a 2-2 draw that noticed Rhian Brewster and Patson Daka web braces.
5. Salzburg are already underway on 2022/23
Whereas that is the fourth of six warmup video games for Liverpool this summer time, their opponents are already in control with the primary aggressive wins of 2022/23 underneath their belt.
Salzburg kicked off the marketing campaign correct with a 3-0 victory at SV Fugen within the Austrian Cup on July 15, earlier than a 3-0 league win over Austria Wien on Friday.
Liverpool loanee Billy Koumetio got here off the bench for Austria Wien, enjoying 45 minutes on the Crimson Bull Enviornment.
6. Their manufacturing line is known
One of many goalscorers in that 3-0 victory over Austria Wien was Benjamin Sesko, who’s primed to cement himself as the following main striker at Salzburg following the sale of Karim Adeyemi to Borussia Dortmund.
Adeyemi was Salzburg’s newest in an extended line of high-profile gross sales, with the likes of Erling Haaland, Dominik Szoboszlai, Dayot Upamecano, Brenden Aaronson, Hee-chan Hwang and Enock Mwepu amongst these to have come by way of the manufacturing line.
Liverpool signed Takumi Minamino from Salzburg in 2020, whereas Sadio Mane and Naby Keita each performed for the Austrian membership earlier than their strikes to Merseyside.
7. Klopp is aware of their supervisor
It’s typically the case that when Liverpool play golf equipment from Germany and Austria, there will likely be at the very least a small connection to the person within the dugout.
On this occasion, Klopp will discover himself up in opposition to a participant he and Peter Krawietz can have studied throughout their time working with Mainz and Dortmund.
Matthias Jaissle featured in opposition to Klopp’s Mainz as soon as and Dortmund twice throughout his time as a participant with Hoffenheim, profitable two and drawing one.
Persistent harm issues compelled an early retirement in 2014, and at solely 34 he’s now accountable for his second membership, having joined Salzburg from sister-club FC Liefering final yr.
8. Onerous work for Liverpool
Whereas there was a much-needed day without work for the squad on Monday, it has been a punishing schedule on the coaching pitch in Austria.
Sunday noticed a collection of relentless operating drills, with James Milner left asking: “Do you simply get pleasure from watching ache?”
9. Again to England afterwards
With the final marketing campaign ending with the Champions League remaining and the following beginning early as a result of mid-season World Cup, it has been a condensed pre-season for Liverpool.
After a tour of Asia and the coaching camp in Austria, the Reds are anticipated to fly straight again to Merseyside from Salzburg on Wednesday night time.
Klopp will then start his pre-match media duties on Thursday forward of the Group Defend. It’s all go!
10. comply with the sport!
Salzburg vs. Liverpool will likely be proven stay on LFCTV GO from 6.30pm (BST), with kickoff set for 7pm.
As ever, This Is Anfield will likely be offering protection and evaluation of the pre-season pleasant in our matchday stay weblog, with Henry Jackson conserving you entertained.
