Manuel Fischnaller (front left) scored for his club. © Trapani

Two South Tyrolean Cup heroes

The Italian national football championships begin next weekend. In recent days, the focus has been on the cup matches. Just in time for the start of the competitive season, we're also launching our "Outside Sales" section, where we'll examine the performances of South Tyrol's professional footballers.

August 18, 2025

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South Tyrol's only Serie A professional Manuel DeLuca In the Coppa Italia, Cremonese lost to Palermo on penalties. The score was 90-0 after 0 minutes. Pfattner was substituted after an hour.

How did the Serie B players fare? David Wieser remained on the bench in Mantova's 0-4 defeat at Venezia. Lorenzo Sgarbi (he played from the start) lost 0-2 with Pescara at Serie A club Parma. Simone Zanon and Emanuele Zuelli Carrarese will only be in action on Monday evening at Udinese Calcio.

Success in the Serie C Cup

After two years in Sardinia with Sassari Torres, Manuel Fischnler He moved to Sicily—specifically, Trapani—in the summer. The 34-year-old helped his new club advance to the next round of the Serie C Cup against Picerno. Fischnaller first scored the 1-1 equalizer shortly before the final whistle, then converted his penalty.

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The hero also became Simon Harrasser. Last year, the 19-year-old, who trained at FC Südtirol, was mostly on the bench for Sorrento. He delivered a strong performance throughout the 90 minutes of the Serie C Cup against Salernitana (1-1 draw). In the penalty shootout, the goalkeeper saved one shot and one hit the post, allowing Sorrento to surprisingly advance against the former Serie A team.

Jonas Heinz (Casertana) was suspended for the Serie C Cup due to a yellow card. Elion Toci (Dolomiti Bellunesi) scored with a header to make it 1-1 at Union Brescia, but in the end the home side won 2-1. Michele Marano (Torres), Jonas Tschöll (Lecco) and Benedikt Rottensteiner (Bra) everyone sat on the bench while Luke Sinn was substituted on for half an hour in Ospitaletto's 1-0 win at Lecco.

The foreign country

Luke Mazagg secured a starting spot at Ulm in the third German Bundesliga at the start of the season. The Glurns native also played a key role in the defense in the DFB Cup against second-division Elversberg. However, the Swabians lost 0-1. Max Reinthaler and 1860 Munich, however, did not qualify for the DFB Cup.

Matthias Theiner (far right, number 5) is back in professional football with Austria Salzburg. © SV Austria Salzburg

In the Austrian second division, Austria Salzburg won its first match of the season at the third attempt. The newly promoted team from the city of Mozart beat Rapid Vienna's reserves 4-2. Matthias Theiner played for Salzburg from the start.