Rapid Vienna creates history: After 29 years again in the European Cup quarter-finals!

Rapid Vienna creates history: After 29 years again in the European Cup quarter-finals!

Hütteldorf, Österreich - The SK Rapid Vienna wrote history on Thursday and is back in the quarter -finals of a European Cup competition for the first time in 29 years! The team under coach Robert Klauss secured the place with an exciting 2-1 win after extra time against the Bosnian master Borac Banja Luka. While Ogrinec Borac took the lead in the 66th minute, Dion Drena Beljo (70th) and Louis Schaub, who scored the decisive goal in the 96th minute, took care of the turn. With his 19th European Acuptor, Schaub overtook the club legend Hans Krankl and now ranked second behind Steffen Hofmann in the Rapid European Rifle list, such as oe24 reported .

The second leg in the Conference League took place in front of over 23,000 enthusiastic fans in Hütteldorf. Rapid dominated the game over long distances and left numerous top -class opportunities unused. The green-whites hit the post three times. Nevertheless, the success gave the team a UEFA premium of 1.3 million euros and momentum for the upcoming challenges. In the quarterfinals, Rapid now meets the Swedish Club Djurgårdens if, with the first game on April 10, such as kicker reported . The tension remains up to the next round, while Rapid continues to represent Austria's only European Cup hope.