Regardless of the license issue in the past few days – the second division teams Wacker Innsbruck, Young Violets and St. Pölten were not admitted, FC Juniors Upper Austria withdrew its application – football is also played in the second football league today: The Thirteenth Forward Steyr welcomes the Eleventh Kapfenberg – and wants to stay up in the league this time as well: “We don’t care who really gets a license and who doesn’t. We want to develop step by step and move towards the top ten,” says the forward coach Daniel Madeler.
Michael Halbartschlager will not be there today. The longest-serving Steyr outfield player is probably missing the red-whites longer due to illness. Will he ever be able to wear a Steyr jersey again? His contract expires in the summer – the signs are pointing to farewell.
Blue and white has to go to Horn
Upper Austrian rivals Blau-Weiss Linz could also help Steyr to climb up the table today: Linz are guests at the Twelfth Horn. “We’re full of self-confidence, but we can’t let them get into the game,” warns BW coach Gerald Scheiblehner. Striker Fabian Neumayr is fit again, but Bernhard Janeczek and Hannes Huber are both injured.
FC Juniors OÖ is on a farewell tour – today it’s home against leader Lustenau: “It’s not an easy situation, but we want to push the limits in the remaining rounds,” says Juniors coach Manuel Takacs. (rawa)
Source: Nachrichten
