While LASK made it to the round of 16 of the UEFA Conference League, two Upper Austrians are now in the quarter-finals. Oliver Glasner meets FC Barcelona with Eintracht Frankfurt in their own stadium (9 p.m., Servus TV live), Gernot Trauner meets Slavia Prague in the Conference League.
If his team is only halfway as relaxed and carefree as Oliver Glasner at yesterday’s final press conference before today’s game, then nothing can actually go wrong. When most of the questions turned to opponents Barcelona, Riedauer said: “I’m not the coach of Barcelona, so I concentrate mainly on my team and, with all due respect, not on the opponent.”
And when it came to stopping Barcelona’s attack: “We also showed against Betis Sevilla, a Spanish top team, that we can create six or seven top chances. Against Barcelona it will only be three or four . But with the necessary efficiency we can score goals here too.” As announced yesterday in the OÖN interview, Glasner wants to play to win, which is why he would not sign a draw against Barcelona in advance. “I also want to win against my daughter in ‘Connect Four’, which is why there is no game in football where you play for a draw. If it still ends up being a draw, then anything is still possible in the second leg in Barcelona .”
LASK fans will also look at today’s quarter-finals of the UEFA Conference League with tears in their eyes. Because instead of being on the stage of the last eight yourself, opponent Slavia Prague will meet Feyenoord Rotterdam, the team of ex-LASK captain Gernot Trauner, in the quarterfinals. Immediately after the rise against LASK, Slavia’s coach Jindrich Trpisovsky was asked in St. Pölten which opponent he would like to have. He just said: “It doesn’t have to be Feyenoord, I’d rather have them later.” The two teams had already met in the group stage. In the Netherlands Feyenoord won 2-1, the game in Prague ended 2-2. In the Netherlands, the hype surrounding Trauner is huge. Even the nose plaster, which he always wore during his time at LASK, already has cult status.
Extremely popular with fans
Fans with Trauner jerseys and nose plasters can be seen again and again. The fact that Trauner is so well received in the Netherlands is not only due to his character, but also to his sporting successes. Feyenoord is third in the championship behind Ajax and PSV Eindhoven.
Source: Nachrichten
