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Four Salzburg players celebrate their return to the duck pond

Today, the Austrian national football team welcomes Serbia to the Football Center Liefering. For a quartet from Salzburg, it marks their return to their old stomping grounds. A former NFL player is also celebrating his comeback.

When the home national football team meets Serbia in the European Championship preliminary round match on Sunday (13), four Salzburg players will also be returning to the duck pond. Yannick Mayr, Alexander Reischl, David Kanyinda and Philipp Löffelberger all took their first steps with the Ducks.

Of course, it's amazing to be able to train and play right on your doorstep and then in red-white-red to boot

David Kanyinda

 "Of course it's amazing to be able to train and play right on our doorstep and then in red-white-red," says Kanyinda, looking forward to the reunion. It will also be special for Mayr, who was involved in training with the Ducks in the summer but never played on the pitch: "I'll be playing in Salzburg again after eight years, I'm looking forward to getting this chance."

Team Austria also has a good chance of beating Serbia. With the help of Sandro Platzgummer, the ex-NFL export will celebrate his comeback.