Blumauer on the league's decision: "The relief is very big"

On Monday, the Neutral Arbitral Tribunal of the Austrian Bundesliga reported that the protest of SC Wiener Neustadt against the certification of the relegation match against SKN St. Pölten was rejected. This leaves the SKN in the top division, while the Neustädter must continue to settle for the second league.

St. Pöltener's general manager, Andreas Blumauer, was visibly relieved in Sky's interview: "The relief is already very big.We expected this, we were relatively sure we were going winning, but it took a lot of time and substance and now it's good that it's over. "

Arbitration Court Rules on Relegation -Cause

What was at issue in the dispute: In the relegation duel with SC Wiener Neustadt sat the St. Pöltener David Atanga, this is due to his previous commitments and the regulation of cooperation players, which is run by the ÖFB, but not by UEFA . With the protest in front of Senate 1 of the Austrian Bundesliga, the Neustädter has already started in early June, the move to neutral court of arbitration was their last chance.

This chance was not completely unrealistic. "There was always a doubt in the back that we could not be 100 percent sure." Blumauer was visibly relieved.

Andreas Blumauer in the Sky interview