Double challenge for LASK after the Lillestrøm Gala

"Good luck to Salzburg!" Lillestrøms coach Jörgen Lennartsson took the win after 0: 4 in the second round match of the European Football League against LASK at the Linz stadium. "You will win there."

The Swede was impressed by the match of the athletes who will play for the Bundesliga tomorrow (5 pm) – as well as by the LASK fans and coach Oliver Glasner. "It's an amazing result, I still think there's not a lot of others, but guys are lying to me because of their commitment to performance."

It was an almost perfect evening hosted by euphoric fans, a holiday, the day after the 110th anniversary of the club. The two long-term goals of James Holland and Thomas Goiginger were not just a coincidence, even though Holland said about his first goal in the LASK dress: "I've closed my eyes and j & # 39; I just shot. " At the training, exactly these situations were driven, especially with the "six". Goinginger joined them, not on the instructions of the coach, but on his own: "With James Holland, I trained this week at shots, that it works then, it was fate, "said the double scorer. Peter Michorl scored in the second period after a pbad in front of the penalty area.

"It was a statement"

"Two years ago, we were still in the second division, we did not manage the ascent, but stuck to our philosophy," said the midfielder. It was a highlight and a statement from LASK. "

Tomorrow, the next call sign can be set in Salzburg." We're going to absorb that now and let it work, "said Glasner," self-confidence should help face the double challenge. " In Salzburg, we have to run even harder, and now it's time to regain body and mind. "

Physically, this should be the minor problem, even though the athletes have been fighting Lillestrøm up until the end of the day. At the very end, if the heads are ready for the same effort in the Bundesliga after the Europa League Festival, the Salzburg players must first show that they still surprise their coach, they have proved impressively against Lillestrøm.

"Hope is still alive"

"Lillestrøm humiliated", headlined the Norwegian newspaper "Verdens Gang" after the 0: 4 in Linz. "The hope still lives in football," said Lillestrøm coach Jörgen Lennartsson. The Swede recalled his country's 4: 4-0-4 deficit in the 2014 World Cup qualifier. Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Co. needed only 28 minutes to catch up with the backlog seemingly hopeless.

Lennartsson Starts but not even a miracle at Arasen Stadium on Thursday. "Our main goal will be the championship," he said. It will be Sunday after the home match against LASK in the second round. Lillestrøm is 13 points in front of the relegation places.

For Glasner, the second stage is not a trip at all: "We are going to get ready too, every opponent deserves the respect you play 100 percent, we know where we come from. 14 months ago we were still in the second highest division of Austria, now we have celebrated a great victory on the international stage. "

In the third round Besiktas Istanbul would most likely be the opponent . The best Turkish club won the first leg in Tórshavn 2: 0. "It would be an incredible thing for us, for the fans, for the whole club.Nobody would have dreamed that a few years ago", said Peter Michorl. There is 90 minutes left before the dream becomes reality in Norway. "We will do everything to make it happen."

              
              
            
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