FC Timisoara vs Manchester City

Manchester City begin their European campaign with a trip away to Romania in search of a positive start in first leg, so as to have a comfortable time when they get back for the second leg.

Manchester City are lucky that they don't have to keep an one eye on the game with Liverpool on monday night, because the Reds also have a game in the same competition on Thursday evening as well, which means both sides will come into that game with the same level of exhaustion.

Benefit for Manchester City is that they played their opening game of the league 5 days ago with plenty of time for rest. Additionally the size of their squad makes it possible to keep rotating the squad while always having 2 quality players for each position.

A possible starting lineup could include: Hart, Richards, Toure, Kompany, Bridge, Johnson, Barry, de Jong, Silva, Balotelli and Tevez. This team looks incredibly strong on paper for almost all the positions, which will definitely have the Romanians worried.

The bench could read with players as follows: Adebayor, Santa Cruz, Jo, Patrick Viera, Yaya Toure, Zabaleta, Lescott.

Manchester City have the squad to win this competition, and I truly believe they are in for a long cup run in this competition