With personnel concerns, but also plenty of anticipation Storm Graz for the first home game in the Champions League in more than 23 years. Sturm fans had to wait exactly 8,610 days for the premier class to return to Austria; on Wednesday (9 p.m./Canal+) the champions will welcome FC Bruges to the Klagenfurt Wörthersee Stadium.
The Styrians are desperate to score points against the Belgian champions after their opening 2-1 defeat at Stade Brest.
More than 24.200 Tickets (out of 28,000 possible) have already been done in advance sold. Now see coach Christian Ilzer his team’s duty. “We have to do our part to make the evening a great one,” emphasized the coach. Sturm has the potential to be “a very good team” again this year. “We are on a path and this process is accompanied by good and less good phases. It is important that we do not lose focus.”