Two clubs looking to return to form will do battle today in a friendly between Manchester City and Olympiakos. The International Champions Cup match scheduled for 3 p.m. ET will be held at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis and can be live streamed here free. Additional TV coverage can be found on Fox Sports 2.
Not one, but two one-goal leads were relinquished by Manchester City on Wednesday. The club was unable to polish off its Premier League rival, Liverpool, and are no longer in the driver's seat of Group A. There are bigger problems, however, for the reigning English champs, with manager Manuel Pellegrini expecting his World Cup participants to not be match fit for the start of the season.
"Liverpool are a very good team and they played very well," Pellegrini said (via the Telegraph). "Last season they had a good season and I'm sure that this season they will be fighting for the title again. The five players who arrived back on Thursday will be ready, but maybe not all the players who come back next will be ready."
"There is 15 days to prepare," he added. "But we will see."
With so little preparation time left, Pellegrini can ill-afford to treat today's friendly like a knockabout.
Tactical Preview
Player to Watch: Manchester City's Kelechi Iheanacho has been a tournament standout for the club. At a mere 17 years of age, the Nigerian footballer will look to end his ICC campaign on a high note, pushing the Olympiakos back line to the limit.
Manchester City's Projected Lineup (4-4-2): Hart; Richards, Boyata, Nastasic, Clichy; Fernando, Garcia, Toure, Navas; Jovetic, Iheanacho
Olympiakos' Projected Lineup (4-2-3-1): Megyeri; Salino, Siovas, Papadopoulos, Abidal; N'Dinga, Maniatis; Ghazaryan, Dominguez, Dossevi, Diamantakos
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