Here we go! At the start of the new season there is a treat – Sturm Graz challenges champions Salzburg. The Styrians want to be a “bull fright” again!
Sturm opened the new Bundesliga season in the evening with the hit against Salzburg! After a long, long break, finally another home league game in front of fans. Those who are keen on the starter hit, around 12,000 tickets were gone by Thursday!
“A question mark game”
And maybe League Croesus will come under the clock tower with trembling knees, after all, one has bad memories of Christian Ilzer’s men. Because: Last season, Sturm were the only Bundesliga team that was able to beat the Bulls twice in the regular season: 3: 1 in Salzburg, 2: 1 in the alternative game in Klagenfurt! And today? There should be another juicy bull steak sizzling in the pan!
But Jakob Jantscher, who won the previous season with a double pack of match winners against Salzburg, puts the brakes on: “It’s a question mark game, nobody knows exactly where they stand. It is also our first home game in front of fans, that will also be a change. ”Nevertheless: The blacks have been scared by the cops several times in recent years:
- 2016/17: Sturm flattened the champions 3-1 in the first round in Liebenau!
- 2017/18: The champions swept through the league, but in round six the fun was over. Sturm inflicted the first bankruptcy on him 1-0 away!
- In 2020/21 it was again the Ilzer troop that derailed the Salzburg Express. “We beat every league team last season. If we call up our potential again, then it will certainly be possible again, ”emphasizes veteran Jantscher, who is already back or still in great shape. In the cup he warmed up with a goal and four assists for the hit