Football: Hickersberger Looks to History for Inspiration in Austria's Must-Win

Birmingham Post › June 16, 2008

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Austria coach Josef Hickersberger wants to roll back the years and inflict another giantkilling on Germany tonight - just as he did 20 years ago.

Hickersberger was a player in 1978 when Austria defeatedWest Germany and knocked them out of the World Cup, and his players have the chance to do the same at Euro 2008 when the teams meet in Vienna "It is the biggest game of my life and it will be the biggest game forever if we win," said Hickersberger.

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Football: Hickersberger Looks to History for Inspiration in Austria's Must-Win

The parallels are that Austria were hardly given a chance to win 20 years ago, just as they were ahea...

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