Football has never seen anything like it: two Slovenians eliminated, even though Sturm had the same number of points as the group winner
Tomi Horvat and Jon Gorenc Stanković (both of whom played the whole game) will no doubt wonder for a long time what the hell happened to Sturm in the 2022/23 European season. The club from Graz was relegated from Europe, but it’s actually incredible that after six games the Black and Whites had as many points as the group winner!
In the Europa League, Group F saw a denouement unlike any other in football. All four clubs had the same number of points at the end of regulation time! Feyenoord? 8 points! Midtjylland? 8 points! Lazio? 8 points! Sturm? 8 points! Despite the score being tied, of course someone had to draw the shortest one and that was Sturm. Believe it or not, the clubs were evenly matched. Therefore, the overall goal difference was decisive and Sturm was the worst in this respect. And he’s out of Europe! Although he had the same number of points as the two teams that went through to the Europa League knockout rounds. And the same number of points as the one that went to the conference league. Sometimes football really isn’t fair…
In the last round, Sturm lost 0:2 in Denmark, with both Slovenian players – as said – playing from the first to the last minute.
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