Austria faces a tough match against Beitar Jerusalem and is preparing for a hot return match. Coach Stephan Helm hopes for a strong performance from his team. The team must win against Beitar Jerusalem on Thursday (20.30 Uhr, ORF 1) and takes a 2:1 lead into the Play-off. A hot match is expected at the Verteilerkreis: On the way to the last qualifying round, namely the next week's Play-off to the Conference League, Austria must still win against Beitar Jerusalem in the third round. The Israelis, led by the right-wing Ultrascene around the group „La Familia“, provide a lot of fuel. The Vienna police has made a large deployment, the away team's fan sector will be completely separated from the rest of the stadium, ticket sales for the home game were and are protected for subscribers and members. The team is looking for a win in the league, where they have not yet scored a point, in Europe, Helm's team is flawless. „We had phases in all games, especially against Beitar, but also against LASK (0:2, Anm.), where I was surprised by how much energy we have, how many meters we make“, praises Helm the attitude of his team and reminds before the duel against Beitar, „that we know what virtues we bring onto the pitch.“ ## The Play-off opponent would have had it in itself „We want to go one round further, have worked out a great starting position. Then one wants to also win the second game, especially at home under floodlights in front of their own fans“, burns the Styrian Reinhold Ranftl already on the match. It could, however, be the penultimate of the season, because a further progress in the Play-off threatens a really unpleasant draw. Austria gets the winner of the duel between the internationally experienced team of SC Braga (Portugal) and Dinamo Minsk (Belarus) as the final hurdle. Braga knocked Rapid out of the Play-off to the Europa League two years ago, Minsk surprisingly Salzburg in the same round in 2015. Favorite Braga won the home game „only“ with 1:0.