Schmid: "Throw everything in for a chance at points"

Austria Wien welcomes Red Bull Salzburg to the Generali Arena on Easter Sunday (2:30 pm). Coach Manfred Schmid reveals that his players are eager for the match and knows what it will take to be successful in the big game.

"Last week we played against a team with Europa League level, on Sunday comes one with Champions League level," Schmid said before the home match against the leader from Salzburg. "It's fantastic for the guys, they can compete with the best in the league, which is also very important for the development of our team."

The two duels in the basic round were won by Salzburg in each case by a goal from Karim Adeyemi narrowly 1-0. On Sunday, the Violets want to strike back: "The team is eager for the game. Everyone still remembers the narrow defeats, especially the last home game, which I think we lost undeservedly," Schmid recalls.

Orientation on the last duel

"I expect everyone to throw everything in and play at the highest level so that we have a real chance to succeed and get points. If we don't manage to do that, as we did last time against Sturm in Graz, it will be very difficult on Sunday, then we won't stand a chance," the coach knows about the role of the favorites.

How the Violets will put it on? "We had a more defensive match plan in the away game, then at home it was an open game where we narrowly lost due to an annoying mistake. We were at least on a par then, you can take that as a guide."

At least tactically and performance-wise, because three players from the starting eleven at that time will not be available, Ziad El Sheiwi and Georg Teigl, as well as Muharem Huskovic. Johannes Handl, Marvin Martins and Florian Wustinger have recently returned to training.