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WAC is achieving historic success on Thursday at the Wörthersee stadium in Klagenfurt. Even a draw against Feyenoord Rotterdam would be enough to move to second place in Group K in the round of 32 of the European Football League and thus spend the winter in the European Cup for the first time in the club’s history.
Coach Ferdinand Feldhofer wants to seize this opportunity. “We deserved this final, our seven points cannot be qualified enough. Each of us knows the possibilities we have, but we all also know what kind of piece we are facing, ”explained the Styrian.
Feyenoord have five points in the Europa League and are fourth in the Dutch championship after eleven rounds, four points behind leader Ajax Amsterdam. In the league, coach Dick Advocaat’s team remains undefeated, but the record for the last four competition matches is three draws and one loss. “You can tell that the Feyenoord also has a very high load,” said Feldhofer.
At WAC, a certain weariness was also noted at 1: 4 in Innsbruck against WSG Tirol. “That’s the way things are and we accept it. Of course I was angry about the result, but it was to be hoped that something like this could happen, ”said Feldhofer. That is why he did not make a detailed analysis of the appearance on Sunday. “We don’t have time for that right now.”
The promotion would be “the greatest success for the club”
The focus is exclusively on Feyenoord. “In this match, as in the five previous Europa League matches, we are outsiders,” emphasized the WAC coach, whose team won 4-1 in the opening match in Rotterdam. At home, things did not go so well for Wolfsberg internationally: after their five games in the Europa League group stage on their own territory, WAC have two draws and three losses.
If the negative series ends and the first victory is achieved, this would also be a personal satisfaction for Feldhofer, who was viewed critically when he took office last winter. “Few believed me that I would survive the summer,” said the 41-year-old. The focus is not on your own well-being, but on that of the association. “A promotion would be a milestone, the greatest success for the club and for the players, and also for me as a coach.”
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