Manchester City, leader of the Premier League, plays a key game on Wednesday in their aspirations to retain the title. Visit to Wolverhampton, which is waiting for its coach, the Portuguese Bruno Lage, to give a negative test after the positive for Covid-19 that already prevented him from sitting on the bench on Saturday against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge (2-2) .
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Lage was forced to follow this match on television at the club’s training center and instead goalkeeping coach Tony Roberts sat on the bench, since Luis Nascimento, the coach’s brother and first assistant, also contracted Covid. .
After the game, Roberts assured that, with 2-0 against, Bruno Lage told him that Franco Trincao, Chiquinho and Hee-chan Hwang would enter. Three changes that were key in Wolves’ incredible reaction against Chelsea. The first scored a great goal (78′) and the second gave the pass to the former Barça player and also to Cono Coady, who headed it 2-2 in 97′.
Confidence that it will test negative
Today it was Carlos Cachada, Wolves field coach, who appeared before the media to give the press conference and in it he revealed that within the team they hope that Bruno Lage, who has no symptoms of the disease, can return to the bench if he tests negative.
“At the end of the day today he will have another test and hopefully it will come back negative so he can go to the game tomorrow. If it comes back positive, we will test again tomorrow,” Cachada said.
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Wolves, eighth in the table, are playing for their last chances of qualifying for European competitions against a City that has not lost a game away from home in the Premier since the first day against Tottenham (1-0). Since then they have had 13 wins and 3 draws. Pep Guardiola’s team have also not conceded a single goal in their last five away league games.
“We are talking about the best coaches, the best team, the best players. They are really good in all aspects of the game. We will try to do everything to change their trajectory,” Cachada said.
The Wolves add 50 points and they have three games left to play. West Ham, seventh, has 55 but with two games to finish the season and occupies the last place that gives access to European competitions, in this case the Conference League.
They don’t rule out surprise
“First of all, let’s beat City. It’s going to be difficult. But the boys believe,” said Cachada. “They show character when we need it and firstly I hope we can get the best result, secondly the maximum number of points we can get until the end of the season. If we get to seventh, then much better.”
Following the City game, Wolves play Norwich at home before finishing the season at Anfield against Liverpool.
