Will Oliver Glasner write the next football fairy tale with Eintracht Frankfurt in the semifinals of the Europa League against West Ham United today? The first leg takes place today (9 p.m., ORF one) in the London Olympic Stadium. Glasner was in a good mood yesterday. When a spotlight failed at the media event, Riedauer said: “I like it, then you can’t see my wrinkles so well.” There are no worry lines before this game anyway, only joy and euphoria before the first leg in London.
West Ham’s historic Upton Park, where Marko Arnautovic’s ex-club played their home games for more than 100 years, has long since given way to a housing estate. Instead, West Ham has rented the Olympic Park for around 2.8 million euros a year.
Around 60,000 spectators will be there today. It is hardly possible today that – as in the quarter-finals in Barcelona – 30,000 Frankfurt fans get tickets for this game and thus make the match a home game. In London, there are said to be very strict controls outside of the away sector, which is limited to 3,000 people. Eintracht fans who are caught in other sectors should be thrown out of the stadium. Season ticket holders who sell their tickets to Frankfurt fans will have their subscriptions revoked. And in England, such threats are actually implemented. Glasner: “There weren’t more than 3,000 spectators in the stadium in the round of 16 against Betis Sevilla – and they created such a great atmosphere that we were able to win this game as well.”
Trauner also wants to make it to the final
For Gernot Trauner, it is now up to Feyenoord Rotterdam to reach the final of the UEFA Conference League. Trauner is now dealing with Olympique Marseille around superstar Dimitri Payet. The French team player had already brought Salzburg to despair in 2018 in the Europa League semifinals when they lost to the French.
Source: Nachrichten
