Manchester City continue their preseason tour in the Far East, leaving Hong Kong in the rearview mirror and now moving on to Seoul. Man City will face a side composed of the top players in South Korea’s K League, at the host nation’s Olympic Stadium.
Manchester City Asia Tour
3-1 Loss on Penalty Shoot-out after 1-1 Draw Inter Milan, Aug. 1, Kai Tak Stadium, Hong Kong
K League All Stars, Aug. 5, Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul, South Korea
Atletico Madrid, Aug. 9, Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul, South Korea
Preseason Match #2
Manchester City vs K League All Stars
Wed. Aug. 5, Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul, South Korea
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Kickoff Time: 7:30 p.m. local time (12:30 p.m. UK BST / 7:30 a.m. U.S. ET)
Man City Team News
There isn’t much of anything to report on this front, right now. Rodri is still recovering from surgery, and he is still wanted by Real Madrid. Rodri remains the only injury concern at this time.
And of course you still have all those absentees who are on post World Cup participation leave, so City manager Enzo Maresca will have some selection limitations here because of that.
Manchester City Predicted Starting XI vs K League All Stars
Gianluigi Donnarumma; Rico Lewis, Abdukodir Khusanov, Josko Gvardiol, Stephen Mfuni; Mateo Kovacic, Tijjani Reijnders; Savinho, Phil Foden, Antoine Semenyo; Divin Mubama
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