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Austria Klagenfurt’s management made the decision because they were not satisfied with the table setting. After 13 rounds in the second Bundesliga, the Klagenfurters are in fourth place with 21 points. “We have analyzed the performance so far this season and have had open and honest discussions. It does not live up to our demands, “said Austria Klagenfurt sporting director Matthias Imhof, further emphasizing,” that we are convinced that this momentum is necessary in order to achieve our goal.
Discipline and commitment are required
The difference with the league leader SV Lafnitz (31 points) is ten points. FC Liefering (27 points and not eligible for promotion) and Blau-Weiß Linz (22) are also ahead of Austria at the end of the 2020 game year. Peter Pacult now has the job of starting the race to catch up and crown it with promotion to the Bundesliga. “In some games, only the last tick was missing. Pacult is built on discipline, a high level of commitment and a willingness to run. With the way he leads the team, he will unleash new forces, ”Imhof said.
The 61-year-old Viennese celebrated his greatest coaching success with Rapid Wien when he won the championship title with the team in 2008. In professional football, he worked for the OFK Titograd first division club in Montenegro until June 2019 and led the team to qualify for the Europa League before taking a position on the supervisory board of his youth club Floridsdorfer AC, from which he is now leaving.
Pacult: “Klagenfurt belongs”
“I followed the second league very closely and of course noticed the positive evolution of Austria in the last year and a half,” said Pacult, who can hardly wait for the start of preparations for the second part of the season: “I’m looking forward to “Let this exciting task come. A city like Klagenfurt with this stadium belongs to the top. We will work very hard to achieve the great goal.”
The 61-year-old Viennese already has a piece of Carinthio’s coaching history on his resume. From January 2004 to June 2005 he was in charge of FC Kärnten. In Austria Klagenfurt is supported by the former staff. Assistants Martin Lassnig and Sandro Zakany, goalkeeping coach Thomas Lenuweit and athletic coach Manuell Trattnig are next to the new coach. In the future, predecessor Robert Micheu will lead the Austrian academy plans together with junior director Wolfgang Schellenberg.
Micheu: “The talks were very fair and clean”
“After the joint analysis, the association made the decision to give that impulse. The discussions were fair and clean, I can understand why, nothing sticks. The club has offered me a new job that I will take on because Austria is very close to my heart, ”said Robert Micheu.
“We are very happy that Robert Micheu is staying at the club. He played an important role in sports development, took over and stabilized the team in a difficult situation in the autumn of 2018. For this he deserves respect and great thanks “, underlines the managing director Sport Imhof, who now trusts Pacult:” We are convinced that our team will benefit greatly from their experience and will take the next step. We wish him and us the best of luck in this. “
