Having battled their way past Dinamo Tbilisi 3-1 over two legs, Sturm Graz’s reward for their efforts is an encounter against Serie A giants Juventus. Sturm are by no means strangers to European competition, having featured in the Champions League on several occasions, even managing to progress to the second group stage in 2000, but such heady days are a thing of the past. It’s been close to a decade since they were even in the top two of the Austrian Bundesliga, and their cup glory last season has simply offered them a window from which to look back into their golden age.
