an update from st.gallen:
-game sold out, 19'500
-bernt haas, mentionned above has only played one game in 2 years, because of injury. he is still injured. I will include the team-lineup from last sunday for your reference - but I am sure, you will not know any player
-on sunday the team has played the season-openair against top-team basel and has won with great fighting spirit 2:0. (budget st.gallen 8Mio, Basel 30Mio CFr)
FC St. Gallen - FC Basel 2:0 (0:0)
ARENA - 19'500 Zuschauer - SR Busacca.
Goals: 1:0 Frick (51.), 2:0 Costanzo (82.).
St. Gallen: Lopar; Fernando, Schenkel, Koubsky, Zellweger; Nushi (78. Martic), Muntwiler, Costanzo, Zé Vitor (86. Hämmerli); Merenda (70. Cáceres), Frick.
Basel: Costanzo; Safari (79. Perovic), Atan, Ferati, Inkoom; Stocker (62. Shaqiri), da Silva, Sahin (73. Mustafi); Streller, Almerares.
-Uli Forte, Coach of St.Gallen, has indicated, that he might start with the top 11 and change often.
-R.Benitez has said today in a press conference, that all players should be playing tomorrow incl. the "stars". he plans complete exchange of team at half-time. Torres is not in Switzerland. He studied match St.Gallen-Basel and has a good idea what they play.