Due to the 2:1 win in Horn and the simultaneous defeat of the league rivals FAC, coach Markus Mader’s team was able to celebrate the first ascent celebration on the way back to the Ländle. The Lustenauers get the championship plate in the home game of the last round on May 22nd against the Young Violets.
22 years after relegation, Lustenauer Austria is returning to the top flight. Friday the 13th is now considered a lucky day for the green and white team. “The club is finally where it belongs, with the players, with the fans, after waiting years. In the end, we deserved promotion,” Lustenau goalie Domenik Schierl cheered into the ORF microphone. The advantage before the last lap is a comfortable five points over the second-placed Floridsdorfer.
The powerful offensive department of the Lustenauer played a significant part in the ascent. 65 goals in 29 games is a clear league record, with Haris Tabakovic alone responsible for 26 goals. His departure to Wiener Austria will leave a hole, but that was secondary on Friday night. “A great ending for me personally with the rise. You can see it was pure passion and I’m just overjoyed that we made it,” said goalgetter Tabakovic with tears in his eyes and announced: “We’re going to be a couple now days without sleeping.”
Coach Mader also celebrated the here and now. “We haven’t thought about the new season at all. We’re just looking forward to it.” The uncertainty surrounding the financially ailing Wacker Innsbruck and its influence on the league should the Tyroleans not finish the season was initially left out.
Those responsible at the Bundesliga assume that the 2nd division will be played to the end and that the sporting outcome will endure. Should Innsbruck not play in the 30th round of the home game against FC Dornbirn due to a lack of players, financial reasons or because they do not have a venue, the game would be penalized 0: 3, Bundesliga press spokesman Mathias Slezak told APA on Saturday .
However, should the clammy Tyrolean second division team have to file for bankruptcy next week and an insolvency administrator should immediately close the game operations at Innsbruck due to imminent danger, then according to Slezak this would result in the cancellation of all Wacker season games. In this case, Austria Lustenau would only have a three-point lead over FAC before the last round, which in turn would open a back door towards the Bundesliga for the Floridsdorfers if they beat the Juniors OÖ at home and Vorarlberg lost at the same time against the Young Violets. But nobody really expects that anymore. “This is a very, very unlikely scenario, if only because of the short-term nature, because all of this would then have to happen in the coming week,” emphasized Slezak.
Source: Nachrichten
