Cup round of 16

Dornbirn girls warned against Tyrolean second division team

Wacker attacker Julia Stützenberger is the focus of the Dornbirn team.

(Bild: GEPA pictures)

After the women's team of FC Lustenau/FC Dornbirn knocked Salzburgligigist SG Tennengau out of the ÖFB Cup with 11:0, they will fight for a place in the quarter-finals on Sunday. Their opponents: second division side Wacker Innsbruck. An opponent with whom they have no good memories.

"If we put our performance on the pitch, we will win," says Dornbirn coach Klaus Stocker, convinced of his team's potential ahead of today's away match in the cup round of 16 at Wacker Innsbruck (15). The fact that his team did not win against Innsbruck last season - when the Tyroleans were still playing in the Bundesliga - does not change that. After a 1:1 home draw, they suffered a 2:3 away defeat in the very last round. "We just didn't play well then and you can't compare our current squad with the one we had back then," said Stocker.

However, the Wacker women, who are in fifth place in the second division after three rounds with two wins and one defeat, will certainly not be underestimated. "They have one or two very fast strikers. We've been warned," explained the Dornbirn coach, who has one opponent in particular in his sights - the German Julia Stützenberger. "We actually wanted to bring her to us in the summer," Stocker reveals. However, as the 21-year-old, who came from SV Alberweiler, is studying in the Tyrolean capital, this plan was quickly shelved.