{"id":296722,"date":"2023-12-12T23:24:31","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T23:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=296722"},"modified":"2023-12-12T23:24:31","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T23:24:31","slug":"pep-guardiola-confirms-he-will-rotate-man-city-side-for-red-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/pep-guardiola-confirms-he-will-rotate-man-city-side-for-red-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Pep Guardiola confirms he will rotate Man City side for Red Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Pep Guardiola confirms he will rotate his Manchester City side for their Champions League trip to Red Star Belgrade &#8211; with Matheus Nunes, Stefan Ortega and Oscar Bobb set to start<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Man City have three games in seven days and will play in the Club World Cup<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a0Pep Guardiola confirmed that he will give fringe players a chance on Wednesday<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Will Marcus Rashford EVER be the real deal? Listen to It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola is ready to give his fringe players a chance against Red Star Belgrade with Champions League qualification already secured.<\/p>\n<p>City face a hectic schedule with three games in seven days, including a trip to Saudi Arabia for the Club World Cup next week.<\/p>\n<p>Guardiola\u2019s side have already topped their Champions League group, with five wins from five games, and the City boss confirmed he will rotate his starting XI this evening. The likes of Matheus Nunes, Stefan Ortega and youngster Oscar Bobb are expected get a run out.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018What we have to do to win the game. We will rotate some players. We have three days, travel five, six hours, [in] three days. I&#8217;m very pleased I can play some players who haven&#8217;t played lately.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I don&#8217;t like for the group stage to go the last game or last chance to play away, if we had to go away to defend the qualification. But fortunately we did our job and won our games at home, and we are lucky to come here.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/12\/21\/78885361-0-image-a-23_1702416321870.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Pep Guardiola confirmed that he will rotate his Manchester City side for their final group game<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/12\/21\/78885323-0-image-a-27_1702416651093.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Matheus Nunes will likely feature and build on his ten appearances since his \u00a353m move<\/p>\n<p>\u2018In the same way [we] demand of the players you have to perform.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>City remain without the injured Erling Haaland while Jeremy Doku and goalkeeper Edersen have also not travelled with the squad. Guardiola said Haaland will be assessed on Thursday ahead of Saturday\u2019s Premier League clash with Crystal Palace.<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We will be back Thursday and we see how he feels,\u2019 Guardiola said. \u2018I cannot answer [about Saturday], I don&#8217;t know. The next press conference I can be more precise.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><span>Predicted XI (4-3-3):\u00a0<\/span><span>Ortega, Lewis, Akanji, Gvardiol, Gomez, Stones, Kovacic, Nunes, Grealish, Foden, Bobb.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/12\/21\/78885327-0-image-a-26_1702416641212.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Youngster Oscar Bobb could be set to boost his tally of seven outings so far this season<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/12\/21\/78885495-0-image-a-25_1702416615544.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Stefan Ortega could be between the sticks for City&#8217;s last Champions League group clash against Red Star Belgrade<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12856705\/Pep-Guardiola-Manchester-City-Champions-League-Red-Star-Belgrade-Matheus-Nunes-Stefan-Ortega-Oscar-Bobb.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pep Guardiola confirms he will rotate his Manchester City side for their Champions League trip to Red Star Belgrade &#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296721,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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