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In a crazy final phase, LASK missed the jump to the top of the table and the winter crown associated with a failed injury time penalty.
With Rene Renner, the 1-1 draw against Austria (see match report>) after Johannes Eggestein against Altach and Thomas Goiginger in the Razgrad Europa League, LASK’s third player in the 2020/21 season, lost his nerve.
Only forward Marko Raguz reports smoothly from eleven meters, but LASK is known to have been absent for a long time. Another equally interesting fact: with the exception of LASK, all the other clubs in the Bundesliga were able to use their penalties. Of the 30 penalty kicks in the Bundesliga, only Renner and Eggestein failed their nerves and both are known to be under contract with the Black and White.
For captain Gernot Trauner and coach Dominik Thalhammer there is no cause for frustration. After all, the Linz team can look back on a strong football year 2020 despite missed penalties and are poised for an exciting championship run in spring 2021.
“We still have a lot of points we can improve on,” Thalhammer even gave a quiet warning to the competition after the draw in Vienna.
“Austria’s match plan worked well”
In the final game of the 2020 football year, Linz was unable to celebrate the victory they had hoped for, also because the lack of some key players and the intense weeks of matches in three competitions were felt. “In the end we ran out of players, now we are looking forward to a short vacation and then attacking again,” captain Trauner said, referring to the fact that Philipp Plojer was just a substitute in attack.
In addition to the long-term injured Marko Raguz, Mamoudou Karamoko, Peter Filipovic, Husein Balic and, against Austria, finally also Andreas Gruber and James Holland have joined the hospital in recent weeks. Austria’s leading scorer Thomas Goiginger, who had just recovered from a cruciate ligament injury, had to play more games than was likely initially planned.
“I’m glad that I played so many games after the injury and that I was able to help the team with a goal,” the attacker said in Sky’s interview after the final whistle. However, Goiginger disagreed with the performance in the Vienna favorites: “We wanted to do a good job today and we didn’t get it. We didn’t deserve the win.”
This was not only due to the offensive and uninspired performance of his team, but also a compact and disciplined Austria, for which Trauner praised: “We knew it would be a difficult match, Austria defended very well and bet on the counterattack, their match plan worked perfectly. ”
Thanks to last-minute 911, which, according to Trauner, was “glaskar” and “no one should complain about”, the Steel City team still had the best chance of victory and the winter crown, but Renner failed for the strong Austria. Goalkeeper Pentz. Goiginger said: “At the end of the day we still have a chance to win, but keep your head up.” Goiginger wasn’t worried about Renner’s bad luck after the missed shot: “He’s probably fine, he’ll take it. He’s already scored one and that can happen. I’ve already taken a penalty.”
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The missed penalty is not decisive for Thalhammer
“We could have crowned the season and been on top, but overall I’m happy with the season,” said coach Thalhammer, summing up his first half of the season as LASK coach. The qualification for the Europa League plus the result there with ten points, the wintering in the ÖFB Cup and the third place in the table with 24 points in the league speak clear language.
“We have expanded our reach because five players from today’s team were not there at the beginning of the season and that makes us look to the future with confidence,” said the former head of the women’s team, referring to the successful integration of newcomers around Madsen and Eggestein. Defense chief Trauner was with his coach d’accord: “It was a very successful autumn and we cannot blame ourselves. We are on the right track.”
Both the coach and his players avoided a clear challenge to the championship title. Thalhammer pragmatically: “We will work to improve little by little, we have still found many points that we can do even better and in which we can improve. And if we do, we will achieve many victories in the spring.” and then we’ll see where we end up. “
If the batteries are recharged after the short winter break and the currently injured players slowly return, the LASK will likely stay in the championship race longer than in the previous season, which was torpedoed with the team’s illegal training and deduction. points.
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