22. 07. 10. - 12:00

Arsenal teach Sturm Graz a lesson

Austrian Bundesliga club Sturm Graz stood no chance against Premier League giants Arsenal in a friendly yesterday (Weds).

The ÖFB Cup winners lost the match in front of 9,500 fans 0-3. French star Samir Nasri found the goal twice for the side of Arsene Wenger, while English rookie Henri Lansbury netted the third goal.

Around 300 Arsenal supporters from all over the world watched their heroes beat the team managed by Franco Foda.

Arsenal, who finished the past season in third place, currently prepare in Styrian spa resort Bad Waltersdorf for upcoming challenges.

The star-studded squad will play Burgenland club SC Neusiedl next Tuesday (27 July). Sturm meanwhile face Kapfenberg in the second round of the 2010/2011 Bundesliga season this Saturday.

German giants Schalke 04 are currently also in Austria. The team of former Bayern Munich boss Felix Magath defeated LASK Linz 2-0 in front of 5,500 fans. Brazilian striker Eduardo "Edu" Gonçalves de Oliveira scored both goals.

Borussia Dortmund only reached a 1-1 draw against Turkish league champions Bursaspor in a friendly played in Stegersbach, Burgenland.

Meanwhile, rumour in Austrian football has it that league champs Red Bull Salzburg are about to snatch Uruguayan striker Joaquin Boghossian from

Austrian sports press report today (Thurs) that the three-time Bundesliga champions have set their sights on the 197-centimetre tall striker from Argentine side Newell’s Old Boys.

The 23-year-old could come in as replacement for Marc Janko who recently joined Dutch champions Twente Enschede for an alleged transfer sum of 6.5 million Euros.

The Austrian Bundesliga will continue with three matches due on Saturday and a further two on Sunday.

ORF will broadcast live when tail lights LASK Linz clash with vice champions Austria Vienna on Sunday (kickoff: 4pm).

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