2023-07-14 19:35:38
Austria’s soccer runners-up Sturm Graz won two test matches on Friday. Coach Christian Ilzer’s squad first beat Partizan Belgrade 2-1 in Messendorf, with Jakob Jantscher appearing as a goalscorer via penalty. After that, the Grazers kept the upper hand in Friedberg against Aris Limassol with 2:0. In an “away game” in Vienna, Austria played 1-1 against Galatasaray Istanbul. LASK defeated Debrecen in Pasching 4:2.
Vice-captain James Holland scored for Austria in the 49th minute with a slightly deflected shot. Matteo Meisl saw the red card as the last man to intervene against Dries Mertens (75′), the guests equalized through Baris Yilmaz in the 83rd minute. At Galatasaray, ÖFB legionnaire Yusuf Demir played as part of the offensive triangle until the 61st minute before he had to leave the pitch for Mertens. Most of the time, the 20-year-old acted slightly hanging in the middle, but also came over the sides.
His shot from a good position in the 5th minute, which was blocked, was striking. In the 16th minute another shot from the left foot flew over the goal. The unfriendly reception of the Austria appendix for the ex-Rapidler faded away in the Generali Arena, because this time it was dipped in orange instead of violet. The overwhelming majority of the 9,800 guests in the stadium kept their fingers crossed for the Turks. At times, more than 300,000 users also watched the live stream on Galatasaray’s YouTube channel.
Meanwhile, new signing Szymon Wlodarczyk and William Böving scored for Sturm against the Cypriots from Limassol. Coach Ilzer was still not 100 percent happy. “It was an intense friendly day. I’m not completely satisfied today because I saw a few things that we need to improve over the next few weeks.”
In addition to Robert Zulj, Marin Ljubicic and Branko Jovicic, LASK also made a new signing with Elias Havel. “In the first round we had a hard time getting through. In the second round we had a lot more grip”, summed up neo-trainer Thomas Sageder.
WSG Tirol meanwhile won 2-1 in Wattens against the German third division team Sandhausen. Nik Prelec shot the Silberberger team to victory in their first appearance in the new home jersey with a brace. However, WAC in Wolfsberg suffered a 2-1 defeat in a friendly against Al Hilal.
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