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The starting position is clear: Rapid needs today a 1-0 victory against Molde or a victory with two goals difference to advance to the Round of 32 of the Football Europa League (6:55 pm, pulse 4). “Every player wants to get it,” everyone wants to spend the winter in the Europa League, said coach Dietmar Khbauer. “We definitely need a better performance than in Norway.” There the Viennese lost 0-1.
Khbauer found home strength to be a great advantage. “We know our strengths and we know very well that we did very, very well, especially in the home games.” Rapid won six of the most recent eleven international matches at his own stadium and lost only two, against top teams Inter Milan (0: 1) and Arsenal (1: 2). However, the game in Vienna also adds value to the opponent: Molde is currently second behind established champions Bod / Glimt in the Norwegian league and has only the last of their five most recent European Cup matches against the group champion. Arsenal on November 26 (0: 3) lost.
In 2018, Rapid made the jump to the knockout stage of the Europa League with a 1-0 win over Glasgow Rangers in the final match of the group stage. Khbauer: “We did it against Glasgow Rangers back then and that’s our goal again.”
