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History points to Parma progress

Tuesday, 29 March 2005

[1] FK Austria Wien will have to reverse a marked trend if they are to overcome Parma FC and reach the UEFA Cup semi-finals, with just one UEFA club competition win against Serie A opposition in their history and Parma unbeaten in four meetings with Austrian clubs.Austria's memorable success came in the third round of the 1983/84 UEFA Cup, when they eliminated FC Internazionale Milano with a 3-2 aggregate scoreline. Austria won 2-1 in Vienna thanks to two goals in the last 13 minutes from Hungarian international captain Tibor Nyilasi after Carlo Muraro had given the visitors the lead. Austria then forced a draw in Milan after another Hungarian international, Istvan Magyar, broke the deadlock on 73 minutes and rendered Salvatore Bagni's equaliser on the night irrelevant. The Austrian side lost at the hands of eventual winners Tottenham Hotpsur FC in the next round.However, Austria have lost their other two ties against Italian clubs without scoring a goal. In the 1971/72 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, Torino Calcio proved successful in the second round when Aldo Agroppi's 81st-minute strike in the first leg in Turin proved to be the only goal of the entire tie. Juventus FC were far more comfortable winners when they met Austria in the same competition 19 seasons later, wrapping up 4-0 victories in both legs, the second of which featured a Roberto Baggio hat-trick.Parma's fine record against Austrian clubs began in the 1999/00 UEFA Cup, when they met SK Sturm Graz in the third round. A 2-1 first-leg victory in Italy, sealed by goals from Marco Di Vaio and Stefano Torrisi, was followed by an absorbing encounter in Austria, where extra-time goals from Mario Stanic and HernĂ¡n Crespo sealed a 5-4 aggregate triumph.Parma made more comfortable progress last season, overcoming SV Austria Salzburg 9-0 in the second round. The Italian side won 4-0 in Salzburg thanks to a penalty from Emanuele Filippini and second-half goals from Alberto Gilardino, Hidetoshi Nakata and Alessandro Rosina. The Gialloblu went one better on home soil, Benito Carbone and Tonino Sorrentino each scoring twice plus a goal from Filippini making it 5-0.

Parma proved too big an obstacle for Austrian opposition last season