In Klagenfurt

Test hit: Sturm cross swords with superstars!

Sturm testing against Paris SG with superstar Ousmane Dembélé (left).(Bild: AFP/AFP or licensors)

Soccer heart, what more could you want! Sturm has almost only top clubs as sparring partners in the current preparation. Next Saturday, AS Monaco with Adi Hütter awaits in Windischgarsten (Upper Austria), next Tuesday (7 pm) they will face FC Porto in the Merkur Arena. But the best is known to come at the end.

Because the French media are already whistling it from the rooftops: Sturm will face French champions Paris SG. And in Klagenfurt. As a kind of test run for coach Christian Ilzer's team for the Champions League in the fall. The match date has already been set for August 7 (6:30 pm).

Sturm's sporting director Andreas Schicker confirmed the news from Paris to the "Krone" this morning, but added: "This test is planned, a great thing. But the final signatures are still missing." In the late afternoon, Sturm made the test match treat against the Champions League semi-finalists highly official, and the Sheikh club from the City of Love also gave the green light.

The uber club - whose current market value is an incredible 948 million euros - will not be holding a training camp in this country and will be flown in especially for the test match. Sturm fans are not the only ones looking forward to the showdown with Dembele and the Paris superstars.

Tickets for the international test match against Paris Saint-Germain will go on sale on Tuesday, July 16, 2024: Only the lower tier will be open for the time being!