When the Lions face the French first division team Racing Strasbourg today in the DANA Arena in Windischgarsten (6 p.m., db24 ticker), there will be a man on the sidelines who has already seen the big football: the French world and European champion Patrick Vieira.
The 48-year-old has been coach in Strasbourg since 2023, having previously coached Crystal Palace. He won the World Cup in 1998 and celebrated the European Championship triumph two years later. At club level, he had his greatest successes in England with Arsenal FC and in Italy with Inter Milan. With Arsenal, he won three Premier League championships (1998, 2002, 2004) and then three Scudettos with Inter (2007, 2008, 2009). In 2001, he was also named his country’s Footballer of the Year. He has also made it into the Premier League Hall of Fame.
Now Vieira (107 international matches) is in Windischgarsten – and will face the Lions today. Are you betting that many eyes are on Vieira?
Strasbourg, French champions in 1979, are a completely different caliber to Blau-Weiß Linz, who TSV 1860 drew 1:1 with. The French team has a market value of almost 100 million euros, and Habib Diarra, a 20-year-old midfield talent from Senegal, is worth 18 million euros alone, making him three times as valuable as the entire Lions squad. Strasbourg, who finished 13th in the League 1 last season, are currently sharing the Dilly Hotel with 1860.
The Lions have already tested against Strasbourg once – more precisely on December 30, 1972. In front of 7,500 fans in the Olympic Stadium, Hohenwarter, Weller and Metzger scored the goals for the Sechzger.
The standing room for today’s treat in Windischgarsten between 1860 and Straßburg costs 15 euros, the VIP ticket including a seat, snack buffet and drinks costs 65 euros. We’re live-tweeting from Windischgarsten.
2024-07-04 05:59:11
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