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The SK Rapid is more than ready for the new season.
After Hütteldorfer was able to win all the preparation games and also had the advantage at “Millionenspiel” at Lokomotiva Zagreb in the Champions League qualification, Didi Kühbauer’s team remained flawless in the first round of the Cup. and edged TSV St Johann out of the way with 5-0 (match report >>>).
“We have prepared well. The championship can come, we are ready!” Ercan Kara, who is almost the face of a highly successful calendar year for SK Rapid to date, declares war at the “ORF” microphone after winning the Come drink.
Kara is still the man of the moment
For Kara it was already the fifth goal in the 11th game in the Rapid jersey after the 24-year-old striker arrived from SV Horn during the winter break. For the new season, at the latest, the late player will be considered a regular for the Hütteldorfer, also because his power and size harmonize perfectly with the small and agile Taxiarchis Fountas in the storm.
That was also shown against St. Johann, when Kara Fountas hit perfectly in the 12th minute and the Greek put Rapid on course. Thanks to two more goals from Fountas, that of Kara and the debut goal of super talent Yusuf Demir, Hütteldorfer were able to take the first round of the cup in complete safety. “We played against an opponent who was deep. We tried to create a lot of opportunities. We did it too. We won 5-0 and we are a round ahead,” Kara analyzes dryly.
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Kühbauer: “Different music sounds in the Bundesliga”
Coach Kühbauer goes into more detail: “You have seen that, like all the teams that play in the lower fields, they seek their salvation on defense. We scored quick goals, 5-0 is fine. I don’t agree with everything. satisfied, but with a lot “.
Burgenland is also looking forward to the start of the Bundesliga, which will take place two weeks after the international break and will bring Rapid a home game against Admira on 12 September. “You have to beat a regional league team from time to time, so it was a good match for us. But we know very well that the Bundesliga is different,” said Kühbauer, who did not want to rest on the successful start to the season.
CL classification: Kühbauer expects a different kind of luck
Tomorrow Monday will be very exciting again for Rapid, the draw for the third round of the Champions League qualifying expires (12 noon on the LIVE ticker). KAA Gent, Benfica Lisbon and Dynamo Kiev are the names of the possible opponents in the duel for a place in the playoff, there is no preferred opponent in the Hütteldorfer.
“I don’t have a favorite opponent, we’ll see who comes. Anything can happen in a game,” says Kara, undaunted by the big names. Kühbauer, for his part, relies on the luck of the draw, in the form of adjudication of local law, which is known to have been drawn on the occasion of the Crown. In the playoff there would be a return game as usual.
“In the next round we will be the losers. But everything is possible in a home game, that would be very important. Sometimes you can bring a better qualified opponent to his knees,” Kühbauer said hoping for a magical European Cup. -Night at Allianz Stadium on September 15th or 16th.
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