Wie Jesus schon geschrieben hat, wird Frankfurt heute abend Kopf stehen und sich an einem europäischen Duell erfreuen. Wollen wir mal hoffen, dass es heute abend folgendes Sprichwort zutreffen wird: “to take the biscuit” heißt frei übersetzt den Vogel abschießen. Dann wollen wir mal hoffen, dass es heute to take the magpies heißen wird.
Folgendes schreibt die englische Presse (bbc.com):
“Scott Parker, Kieron Dyer, Stephen Carr and Damien Duff are all missing.
But a host of youngsters make the trip, including goalkeeper Fraser Forster, who will cover for Shay Given.”
Ones to watch: Summer signing Naohiro Takahara – who goes by the sobriquet “Der Sushi Bomber” – is a man the Magpies rearguard will have to keep an eye as whenever he scores Frankfurt win. Striker partner Ioannis Amanatidis has slotted five times in the Bundesliga – 30% of the club’s league goals – and has been joined by Greek compatriot Sotirios Kyrgiakos who joined from Rangers at the start of the campaign.
Did you know? Newcastle have a 100% record against German opponents and have scored three goals in each of their four matches against teams from that country. Frankfurt are unbeaten against English sides at home having drawn against eventual Uefa Cup champions Liverpool in the 1972/73 campaign and beaten West Ham (1975/75) and Tottenham (1981/82) in the Cup Winners’ Cup – although like the match against the Reds they lost those ties on aggregate. Something has to give.
Also dann doch viel Spass heute abend…
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