Coach under pressure

The clock on Big Ben shows Glasner one to twelve

Oliver Glasner is counted out.(Bild: AFP/APA/Paul ELLIS)

Although he was still celebrating in the English Premier League five months ago, Austrian coach Oliver Glasner already has a final fight for his job at Crystal Palace on Monday. Despite the sporting gloom, the fans have his back ... 

"When I told one of the lads on the phone that I would be flying to London for the game against Fulham on November 9, he replied: 'But I don't know if we'll still be here then,'" said a friend of Oliver Glasner, Michael Angerschmid and Ronnie Brunmayr in Ried recently. For whom the soccer clock on Big Ben - it feels like - shows one minute to twelve.