26th round of the Austrian Bundesliga. The Austria receives Austria Klagenfurt. We report live – see ticker below. It’s currently 0-0.
Here’s the live ticker: In the “small final” for an international starting place in the Bundesliga, the Viennese Austria and Austria Klagenfurt want to celebrate a trend-setting victory. On Sunday (2.30 p.m.) the “Veilchen” around coach Michael Wimmer are aiming for a return to winning ways after three spectacular draws in the championship group, for the Carinthians around coach Peter Pacult it’s still about the small chance of a top in the duel between the table neighbors -5 place. Seven rounds before the end of the season, the Viennese are in fifth place, four points ahead of the Klagenfurt team on the last place in the European Cup. “If you look at the table, you can say that the game is a small final for us,” said Klagenfurt defender Nicolas Wimmer. In the master group, the Pacult squad got off to a false start after the departure of 16-goal captain Markus Pink to Shanghai Port with three defeats against Salzburg (0:3), Rapid (1:3) and Sturm (0:2). “Everyone is assuming that we will be sixth again in the end. That’s why we should play freely in the remaining matches,” Wimmer demanded. The financially troubled Wiener Austria, on the other hand, is fighting on two fronts. On the one hand, it’s about the license for the coming season, the protest committee will make a decision by April 27th. “It’s a huge compliment how the team puts up with it,” praised coach Michael Wimmer. On the other hand, on the lawn it is about a starting place for Europe worth millions, in the master group there was also a 3: 3 in Salzburg before the furious derby against Rapid (3: 3), against LASK also a 2: 2. “We could have gotten the maximum number of points, but also fewer. The path is absolutely right,” analyzed Austria sports director Manuel Ortlechner. The duels so far this season between the two Austrias have been entertaining. In Klagenfurt there was a 3: 3, on Wimmer’s debut in Vienna a 3: 1 victory for the “Veilchen” including Ferslertor by Haris Tabakovic. The top scorer, who is currently playing in top form, is suspended after his brace against Rapid after a yellow-red card, as is creative player Dominik Fitz after his fifth yellow card. “We’ve proven many times that we can replace any player,” emphasized Wimmer. Now there is a chance for Nikola Dovedan, Can Keles or Aleksandar Jukic to prove themselves. Ortlechner emphasized the importance of the game. “Hopefully we can get the first win, then we can achieve our big goals.” For Wimmer, however, every game in the play-offs is a small final. “We have a home game and we want to win it.” For the Austria coach it’s about his own game and that it gets better. Pacult was also combative. His team will certainly not give anything away, “but will do everything to annoy the big players and score as many points as possible,” said the Viennese, who is hoping for the desired sense of achievement. Before the game in Vienna there will be no favorites this time Children arrive with the teams, but truck drivers. This campaign is supported, among other things, by the industry initiative “LKW – Friends on the road”, which aims to promote the profession and achieve greater appreciation in society. In addition, the long-time Austria coach Karl Daxbacher will be honored a few days after his 70th birthday before kick-off.
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