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Sabitzer entered the ÖFB camp with great dignity. For the first time he was chosen for the “Team of the Season” of the Champions League. “That’s one of the best you can achieve as a player,” the Styrian told a press meeting in Klagenfurt on Tuesday. “It reflects performance. Therefore, these are very beautiful and eventful moments. I’m happy, of course, but I want to continue. “
The midfielder is not concerned that the ÖFB team’s eyes are more focused on him. Rather, it is the goals that are pending. The eight international matches in the fall should be used to get ready for qualification for the World Cup and the European Championship in 2021. “There is no way to break a leg if you try something and it doesn’t work.”
Sabitzer becomes a featured actor
Marcel Sabitzer will take the captain’s bow at RB Leipzig next season. He should also take on more responsibilities in the national team, as prominent players such as David Alaba and Marko Arnautovic are lacking.
“Can you get an idea”
Due to the numerous failures, new players could appear in the Nations League matches on Friday in Norway and on Monday in Klagenfurt against Romania (8:45 PM, live on ORF1). “Then you can get an idea of what they are capable of at this level.” Sabitzer has proven it: in the last qualification for the European Championship, he scored two goals and five assists in nine games.
“We have to prepare well as a team so that we can play a good tournament next year,” emphasized the Graz native. At the same time, they are also striving to get good results in the Nations League. “Of course we don’t want to dismount now. If you lose a game, you will learn from it. But of course we say we want to win every game. “
A high season awaits you
The situation in the next year is new if only important qualifying matches for the World Cup remain pending due to the postponements of the coronavirus in the face of MS. “He has no experience with that. You have little time to try something, you don’t have that, ”Sabitzer said. Then there is the burden for the players. “We all have a very tough season ahead at the clubs. So it will be interesting to see how many grains you still have in the tank in June. “
The break was already short this summer. There was a week for the Leipzig players after the semi-finals in the Champions League holidays. 17 days after the 3-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain, Sabitzer is back on the field in Oslo. “You have to take into account the circumstances if things don’t turn out like this,” said the 42-time international (seven goals). “You have to get the most out of it. I am motivated to have another good season. That is my approach. “
“I don’t see myself at the piano”
In Leipzig, Sabitzer acts almost exclusively in the often defensive central midfield. In the ÖFB team, he also liked a more offensive role. “I see myself in the center, not somewhere in the band,” said the Austrian footballer of the year 2017. Whether at six, eight or ten, it doesn’t matter to him. “I’ll talk to the coach about his ideas, and then we’ll see if we can find a common denominator.”
Team boss Franco Foda is also looking for attacking wingers for the first international matches of the year. With Alaba, Valentino Lazaro, Florian Kainz, Alessandro Schöpf and Konrad Laimer, who have also held this position in the ÖFB team, several high-profile options are missing. Sabitzer expects new strengths, but is also confident in 2021: “With the team, if everyone is fit, I am optimistic that we can play a good European Championship.” Better than in 2016, when I was already out early in France. it was part of the party.
