After Salzburg and Sturm Graz, will the other three Austrian European Cup participants also make it into the group phase? Wiener Austria has the least pressure. Even if you shouldn’t make up for the 2-0 loss in the first leg of the Europa League play-off against Fenerbahce Istanbul today (7 p.m.), you are still relatively soft with your entry into the UEFA Conference League. Millions are at stake today for Rapid (1-1 in the first leg against FC Vaduz) and Wolfsberger AC (1-0 in the first leg in Molde). If you drop out, the European Cup would already be over for you. The Carinthians in particular, who are currently bottom of the table in the Bundesliga, have to tremble. Victory at Norwegian giants Molde came as a bit of a surprise, anything is possible in the second leg. Today (7 p.m., ORF one live) a draw would be enough for promotion. There are almost three million euros for promotion alone. In addition, there is 500,000 euros per win and 166,000 euros per draw as well as the income from ticket sales.
At SK Rapid, the cancellation of the league game against Hartberg last weekend also showed the importance of today’s home game against FC Vaduz (9 p.m., ORF one live). Even if the first leg only ended 1-1, it was also clear to see that the opponents were limited and Rapid would be the favorites in their own stadium. “We want to get the fans behind us from the first second and make it clear that we don’t let anything get in the way,” said Rapid coach Ferdinand Feldhofer.
Source: Nachrichten
