Austria’s women’s national football team is leaving its base camp in the Geinberg thermal baths today after its 1:1 (1:0) draw against Iceland in front of 3,788 spectators in Ried. The scheduled flight will take off from Munich to Reykjavik, where the next groundbreaking duel with the 15th-ranked team in the world rankings will take place on Tuesday (9:30 p.m., ORF Sport+) with a view to EURO 2025 in Switzerland.
The red-white-red team leaves nothing to chance. “We will be well prepared. We will arrive earlier so that we can adjust to the time difference (two hours, note) and acclimatize,” explained ÖFB team manager Irene Fuhrmann. A place in the top two of Group A4 guarantees a fixed ticket for the finals, which Austria has reached twice in a row (semifinals in 2017, quarterfinals in 2022).
Full house in the Donaupark?
Upper Austria’s top clubs, however, are not bothered by the travel stresses, they are staying in the state capital. On Sunday (4 p.m.) the second Linz AG women’s football derby between SPG Blau-Weiß/Kleinmünchen and LASK will take place in the Hofmann Personal Stadium in Donaupark. It is the first in which both clubs can claim to be first class, after the black and whites were recently crowned champions of the 2nd league. Something like that motivates. “We want to crown this outstanding season with a win and defend the title from last year,” said Lena Farthofer.
On July 23, 2023, the Linz-AG derby premiere took place in the Raiffeisen Arena. In front of 2,300 visitors, LASK prevailed 2-1 (1-0) in the event with a total prize of 8,000 euros and received a bonus of 5,000 euros, which was invested in a training camp. The match winner at the time was Simone Krammer, who scored both goals for the athletes. “It’s really cool to score and win in front of such a crowd,” she said.
FC Blau-Weiß, which extended its cooperation agreement with Union Kleinmünchen by three years, is obviously looking for revenge. Presumably in front of an even larger crowd. As of Wednesday, more than 3,400 of the free tickets available via ticket.blauweiss-linz.at had already been sold. The hope of a full house (with almost 6,000 visitors) is not unjustified. “The audience can look forward to a high-quality match. We want to win and go into the summer break with a good feeling,” emphasized FC Blau-Weiß/Kleinmünchen player Aurelia Zeilinger.
For Christoph Peschek, the club’s managing director, the result is not the primary concern, it is about much more: “It’s about giving women’s football a big stage. We are pioneers in the Bundesliga in that our women’s team also plays every competitive game in the Hofmann Personal Stadium,” he said, not without pride.
Final in St. Stefan am Walde
Today (4 p.m.) the HOGA Arena in St. Stefan am Walde is the venue for the final of the Zaunergroup OÖ Ladies Cup. LASK, who won the trophy last year, is also involved here. This time it is up to the 1b team to follow in the footsteps of the “big ones”. The young athletes, who this year confidently (17 wins, 1 loss) rose from the regional to the OÖ league, will face SPV Kematen-Piberbach/Rohr-Neuhofen, who finished fifth in the state’s top division.
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