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On Friday, the FAC will be invited to the second round of the UNIQA ÖFB-Cup at Bundesliga club WSG Tirol. For a FAC player, the duel could be in The Wattener Gernot Langes stadium will be special.
“We are almost happy that we“ just ”have to go to Wattens. In view of the recent trips in the ÖFB Cup, Tirol is almost a home game for us, ”said FAC sports manager Lukas Fischer, judging the fortunes of his Floridsdorf sports club with a wink. In the last ten matches of the UNIQA ÖFB-Cup, the FAC was able to play nine times away from home, three of which went to Vorarlberg, two to Carinthia and one to Tirol. Only the first round of this year’s cup season, six weeks ago, gave the FAC a home game against ASV Draßburg (3-0).
In the second round, as expected, there is another away game awaiting head coach Miron Muslic’s team. However, the 38-year-old can also draw positives from the match at Bundesliga club WSG Tirol: “We are clearly the losers. Even if it seems like a simple matter on paper, we can surprise. We go to Wattens to present ourselves in the best possible light. Even outsiders always have opportunities in football. “
The clear outsider role of the Floridsdorfers is also underscored by a look at the statistics. Because in ten matches in the 2nd division, the FAC only won once. The WSG, meanwhile, had six victories. The two teams have met once in the ÖFB Cup, despite the fact that the FAC’s 4-1 victory in the 1992/93 quarter-finals was almost thirty years ago.
A special match awaits FAC forward Milan Jurdik on Friday. The 28-year-old played for the Tyrolese from 2016 to 2020 and is now meeting his former club for the first time: “I think the game will be very tactical, but also very intense and physical. It will be a very big task for us, but we have nothing to lose. Knowing my old club is, of course, extra motivation for me, ”said the Czech.
While FAC Milan forward Jurdik hopes to see the WSG again, his colleague Anthony Schmid has to keep an eye on his red card in the league against Kapfenberg. Also missing is goalkeeper Jakub Krepelka, who had a successful knee surgery yesterday after a training injury last week. Otherwise, Miron Muslic can call on all staff the day before departure for Tyrol.
UNIQA ÖFB-Cup – Second round
WSG Swarovski Tirol – FAC Vienna
Friday, October 16, 2020 // 6:30 pm // Gernot-Langes-Stadion, Wattens
Medieninfo FAC
15.10.2020
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