So said Hannes

Kartnig: “Sturm wins! And the stadium must go to Graz”

Former Sturm president Hannes Kartnig(Bild: Sepp Pail)

Styria is soccer country number one right now. Sturm are fighting for the league title on Sunday, GAK are champions of the second division - and Styria is also campaigning for the construction of a national stadium. Hannes Kartnig is one man who was responsible for white-green success stories en masse with Schwarz-Weiß back in the day. Sturm's former "big boss" dropped by the "Steirerkrone".

"Krone": Mr. President, Sturm missed a title match ball at LASK. Will they convert the second on Sunday against Klagenfurt?
Hannes Kartnig: Definitely. In Linz there was a lot of bad luck at the end (note on the header over the bar). They have much better players than Klagenfurt. Kiteishvili's suspension hurts, but it's a homogeneous squad. Christian Ilzer has set them up well. The only question is how much Salzburg will pay the Carinthians(laughs).