The Sunday opponent LASK will have noted benevolently that Rapid had to go over 120 minutes on the way to the play-off for the Europa Conference League. But the green-whites come to Pasching with confidence. The effort in front of 14,200 spectators in the Allianz Stadium was worth it, the Hütteldorfer prevailed in the third qualifying round against Neftschi Baku after the 1:2 defeat in the first leg 2:0 after extra time.
The bottom line was 32:8 degrees, so the rise was well deserved. Ex-Rieder Marco Grüll made it 1-0 in the 67th minute, the decisive 2-0 went to “Joker” Ferdy Druijf (112′), who – like Yusuf Demir – made his season debut after a break from injury.
In the last qualifying round on August 18 and 25, Rapid will not meet Konyaspor, but Liechtenstein champions FC Vaduz, who are on the ball in the Swiss second division and are still without a win there after four rounds. In Turkey, however, the outsider celebrated a remarkable 4-2 win.
Wolfsberger AC also knows its opponent. It’s Molde FK from Norway.
As expected, Austria will face the Turkish top club Fenerbahce in the play-off for the Europa League, who beat Slovacko 4-1 on aggregate.
Source: Nachrichten
