
Dinamo Bucharest vs Sturm Graz Preview
Sturm Graz coach Franco Foda insists his side will not simply lie down in their match against Dinamo Bucharest.
This was despite having no chance of qualifying from the group stages of the Europa League.
Sturm travel to Romania for their penultimate game in Group F with the team bottom with just one point from four matches.
However, the Austrian side have by no means been outclassed, losing all three games just 1-0 and Foda is adamant his team will not be sacrificial lambs in what is a hugely important match for the opposition.
He told Der Standard: "This won't be a friendly match, it's about prestige, it's about points for Austria and about money.
"Previous results were very close. I hope this time the result will go for us. They (Dinamo) have a lot of quality but anything is possible."
Dinamo have to win the match and hope that Galatasaray - who have already qualified - beat Panathinaikos if they are to have any chance of reaching the knockout stages.
Dinamo are six points behind the Greek side but if they halve the gap tomorrow the Romanians then have an opportunity to progress when the teams meet in the final game.
The hosts beat Sturm to claim their only points of the campaign but are going to have to reverse a decline in home form.
Dinamo have not won a home game in seven UEFA fixtures, with their last victory coming a little over three years ago, in November 2006.
Since then the Red Dogs have suffered six defeats and claimed just one point - against Bayer Leverkusen - and they have also been found wanting in front of goal, failing to score in the last four European games while conceding seven in two games against Galatasaray.
Cornel Talnar is in his third spell as interim manager but will have his work cut out to guide Dinamo into the next round.
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