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What an achievement of LASK! Dominik Thalhammer’s team wins 4-1 at Sporting Lisbon and is in the group stage of the Europa League. For the first time since 2009/2010, Austria is represented with four teams in one main competition.
10:25 pm, October 1, 2020
LASK showed up with its best team at Sporting Lisbon in the Europa League group stage playoff game and deservedly won 4: 1. For the first time since the 2009/2010 season, four Austrian teams are in the group stage of an international competition. Back then they were Salzburg, Rapid, Sturm Graz and Wiener Austria; now they are Salzburg, Rapid, WAC and LASK. “Words can’t describe it,” he says Peter michorlwhich played an important role in the emergence of LASK. “I’ve been at the club for six years, I started in the second division. We didn’t lose promotion twice and now we are in the group stage of the Europa League for the second time in a row. After a 4-1 win at Sporting Lisbon.” .
And LASK showed against Sporting from the start that they are absolutely interested in going to the group stage. The usual high start, the usual high intensity. And after 14 minutes, the people of Linz cheered for the first time. After a corner from Michorl -who else- he extended Andreas Gruber in the captain Gernot Trauner – who else – who was there with the head. “Really proud of the team” was the scorer to make it 1-0. “We would have earned it during the league last year, but we decided to take the hard road.”
There was not much to see from the Portuguese in the following and yet they tied. Petar filipovic defended one flank only half and Tiago Tomas He was with his head on the ground (42).
The course of the game to read!
Nothing in the game changed after the break. Dominik Thalhammer’s team attacked early and intensely, the Portuguese really didn’t know what was happening to them. Marko raguz (58th) brought LASK back to the lead and less than ten minutes later the game fell completely. Sebastian Coates, The sports captain is missing Hussein Balic as the last man just outside the penalty area. Red for stealing a goal. And twice as bitter for Sporting: Michorl crashed his free kick in the far corner (65th). And because it was so nice, Gruber immediately added it again (68 °).
The decision: After that, LASK took it easy and went on to the Europa League group stage completely safe. On Friday there will be a draw to see who LASK, Rapid and WAC will face in the Europa League. Salzburg already knows its opponents.
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