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Young Boys coach Raphael Wicky expects to face a fearsome Manchester City side on Tuesday, whether it includes Erling Haaland or not.<\/p>\n
Haaland, City\u2019s prolific Norwegian striker, is doubtful for the holders\u2019 Champions League Group G clash against the Swiss outfit at the Etihad Stadium with an ankle injury.<\/p>\n
The 23-year-old, who scored 52 goals in City\u2019s treble-winning campaign last season, has already netted 13 times this season including two against Wicky\u2019s team in Bern last month.<\/p>\n
A failure to prove his fitness would enhance Young Boys\u2019 chances of pulling off a shock win but Wicky is well aware there are plenty more dangermen in the City ranks.<\/p>\n
\u201cFirst of all, I never wish a player to have an injury,\u201d said Wicky at his pre-match press conference. \u201cI am a former player, so I hope he really is not too much injured.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn the other hand, I cannot control who the opponents\u2019 coach puts on the field.<\/p>\n
We’re playing against what I think is the best team in the world at the moment and City will be playing extremely well<\/p>\n
\u201cIf Erling Haaland is not playing, there will be a very, very good player on the field. I\u2019m not losing too much energy on that.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s more focusing on us, having the right mindset and going with the right mindset into this game.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re playing against what I think is the best team in the world at the moment and City will be playing extremely well.\u201d<\/p>\n
City won 3-1 in their meeting at the Wankdorf Stadium a fortnight ago to move within another victory of securing their place in the last 16.<\/p>\n
It would be a surprise if the hosts did not book their passage into the knockout stages but Wicky, who oversaw Basel\u2019s unexpected triumph at the Etihad in 2018 \u2013 albeit after they had comprehensively lost the first leg of that tie, is ruling nothing out.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cI think the most important thing is to believe that in football everything is possible, that you can, in one game, beat the best teams.<\/p>\n
\u201cLots of teams have shown that and I was able to live it five years ago. I think we have to transmit that to the team.\u201d<\/p>\n