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The SKN St. Pölten women’s team is in the last 16 of the Champions League for the first time in the club’s history.
10:20 pm, December 17, 2020
Lower Austria won that on Thursday Round of 16 second leg away against him FC Zurich through a door Lisa Makas | (83rd) with 1: 0 (0: 0) and, thanks to the 2: 0 success in the first game, he managed to come back with confidence. The opponent in the round of 16 will be determined on Friday.
The guests kept Zurich under control for long stretches and rarely put themselves in serious danger, for example in the 64th minute when a free kick from Julia Stierli landed on the pole. But SKN was unlucky in the 69th minute, because the referee missed a clear penalty foul Melanie Brunnthaler.
St. Pölten made the decision in the 83rd minute, after a corner kick from Jasmin eder Makas, who had been substituted ten minutes earlier, succeeded with the head. St. Pölten is only the second Austrian club to participate in the knockout stages of the Champions League. Former Austrian figurehead Neulengbach it was represented five times in the second round of the “premier class”, once in March 2014, including in the quarterfinals.
