Against Brann for a conciliatory farewell to the queen class
Against Brann for a conciliatory farewell to the queen class
In the duel between the geographically easternmost club (St. Pölten) against the geographically northernmost club (Brann) in the UWCL group phase, the guests from Lower Austria on Wednesday evening from 6.45 p.m. in Bergen are not only about making up for the defeat in the NV Arena, but also also about a worthy farewell from the premier class.
On November 14th, the SKN St. Pölten Wolves started the first game of the UEFA Women's Champions League group phase at home against Brann Bergen with hope. “We can certainly have a say about promotion, but we have to give our full performance to achieve it,” coach Liese Brancao was already aware of the difficulty of the starting position. 78 days later, the spirit of optimism at the time gave way to disillusionment; in five group games they only managed to score a point at home in a goalless draw against Slavia Prague. In addition, Rita Schumacher and Co. have not scored a goal in the Champions League for 382 minutes - reason enough to really attack again in Norway!
She-Wolves want to break the Champions League goal ban.
The mood among the guests from St. Pölten is excellent. On Monday the SKN delegation traveled to Bergen, where the final training session was on Tuesday. “We would like to say goodbye to the Champions League this season with a good performance,” said coach Liese Brancao, looking at the duel in the Åsane Arena. And the team is also burning for revenge for the 1:2 in the NV Arena. But that will be difficult enough, so far Brann is still unbeaten in the Åsane Arena. Won two of the three previous matches and recently drew sensationally against Lyon.
Brann Bergen finally secured his ticket to the next round of the Champions League with the 1-0 win over Slavia Prague in Mlada Boleslav last week and announced the extension of coach Martin Ho's contract a few days later - so he is currently riding the wave of success. The encounter on Wednesday evening will be led by referee Kateryna Monzul, who, among other things, led Austria's European Championship duels against Denmark (2017) and Norway (2022). But in 2011, Neulengbach also led a Champions League game for a red-white-red club. At that time, the guests from Malmö won 3-1 in the Wienerwaldstadion. Also on Neulengbach's side in 2011: defender Alexandra Bíróová and today's SKN coach Liese Brancao.
UEFA Women's Champions League 2023/24 - Group phase
Wednesday, January 31, 2024 / 6.45 p.m. - Venue: Åsane Arena
SK Brann Bergen - SKN St. Pölten Women
live on DAZN and in the YouTube stream
