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Maresca has said that Cole Palmer will not be involved against Cardiff and other changes will be made.
‘I’ve already said many times in plenty of press conferences that we have a number of players that need to be protected,’ he said.
‘The target is to protect them and manage them. Cole is one of the players who deserves to be protected right now.
‘In this moment, he’s not available to play two games in three days. So he won’t be available for tomorrow’s game, but should be fine for the weekend.
'We're going to make some changes. We'll see how many, but for sure we have players that in the last 12, 13 days, they've played five games. So they need to probably recover energy.'
Maresca said of Brian Barry-Murphy (who took over from Maresca at Man City U23's)
‘Yes, he is doing a great job at Cardiff,’
‘They are top of the league, playing nice football and winning games. I know Brian and know he is doing a good job. I was the Under-23 coach [at Man City] and when I left, he took over from me. He came to see us in sessions and games and I think he’s doing a fantastic job at Cardiff.
‘This will be a dangerous game for us and we need to pay attention, and be careful, tomorrow. We have the opportunity to achieve something important, which is to reach the semi-final of this competition.’
‘I’ve already said many times in plenty of press conferences that we have a number of players that need to be protected,’ he said.
‘The target is to protect them and manage them. Cole is one of the players who deserves to be protected right now.
‘In this moment, he’s not available to play two games in three days. So he won’t be available for tomorrow’s game, but should be fine for the weekend.
'We're going to make some changes. We'll see how many, but for sure we have players that in the last 12, 13 days, they've played five games. So they need to probably recover energy.'
Maresca said of Brian Barry-Murphy (who took over from Maresca at Man City U23's)
‘Yes, he is doing a great job at Cardiff,’
‘They are top of the league, playing nice football and winning games. I know Brian and know he is doing a good job. I was the Under-23 coach [at Man City] and when I left, he took over from me. He came to see us in sessions and games and I think he’s doing a fantastic job at Cardiff.
‘This will be a dangerous game for us and we need to pay attention, and be careful, tomorrow. We have the opportunity to achieve something important, which is to reach the semi-final of this competition.’
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