Former Manchester City winger Andrei Kanchelskis believes it will be difficult for Manchester City to overcome Newcastle in tonight’s Carabao Cup.
City are set to play a shadow team against the Toon.
Kanchelskis said: “The richest team in the world will play against a less rich team. Money is money, but I think it will be more difficult for Manchester to play away because Newcastle is on the rise now.
“Newcastle will give a serious fight in this game. I’m looking forward to an interesting match. Previously, they understood that City was the favourite, but now the chances with them are 50 to 50. Now everyone is careful when playing against Man City, trying not to play open football.
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“I expect a productive match, but not with a score of 0:8 (laughs). Both will score.”
Soviet Union and CIS
Kanchelskis was part of the Soviet Union U21 team which won the 1990 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, scoring a goal in the second leg of the final against Yugoslavia U21. Kanchelskis recalls having “no fear” before the first leg, saying the squad was relaxed and had played with “pleasure”.
He made his senior debut for the Soviet Union in 1989, coming on as a substitute for Gela Ketashvili in the final minute of a 1–1 draw with Poland. He was capped 23 times for the Soviet Union (including its brief successor, the CIS), scoring three goals. He scored, in November 1991 in Cyprus, the last goal in Soviet national team history
