Preview of the final match for the European Cup

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Austria Vienna will play the second leg of the play-off final against TSV Hartberg on Tuesday at 19:00. The Violets will take a 2:1 advantage from the first leg in Vienna-Favouriten into the final game of the season. At stake is participation in next season's European Cup, with the play-off winner advancing to Q2 of the UEFA Conference League (25 July & 1 August 2024) and three qualifying rounds before the group stage.

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Coach Christian Wegleitner: "The big goal was to deliver a result at home that would give us the chance to achieve our big goal on Tuesday. I think we managed to do that. Of course, it's a challenge to play four games in eleven days. But tomorrow is all about achieving our big goal - that's why the players won't even ask themselves whether they're tired before such an important game - tomorrow everyone will step on the gas one last time, after which there will be enough time to regenerate on holiday."

Johannes Handl: "We really wanted these four games, we've achieved that - now there's one left and we're all really looking forward to it. The atmosphere in the dressing room is very good. The home game was good. We've still got enough left in the tank, but it was good that we had an extra day to recover between games this time."

Personnel news

Reinhold Ranftl, who was recently absent due to illness, has been back in training since Sunday. There are still two absentees in central defence: Lucas Galvão and Marvin Martins will not be fit in time for the season finale and are out with injuries, as is Romeo Vučić. Long-term injuries to Ziad El Sheiwi, Marko Raguž and Flo Wustinger are not an issue anyway.