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After a turbulent autumn, Salzburg manager Jesse Marsch was not completely satisfied with his squad, including the new but unrewarding Champions League. Your rating from the last few months? “I think two. We played better than two, but the results were worse, “said the American.
Sunday was Salzburg’s third league loss of the season in a 2: 3 (0: 0) loss to WAC, the third in the last five games. It’s no wonder the competition, which isn’t perfect with the exception of Sturms, has gotten so close recently. LASK, Sturm and Rapid remain at 24 points and therefore only one less than the “Bulls”. The secret king of winter is, of course, the Grazers, who are still contesting the supplement at the WAC on January 17. Salzburg could even start from second place at the start of spring in Altach on January 23.
The exciting spring of the Bundesliga is waiting
The Bundesliga enters the winter holidays. Due to the current constellation of tables, exciting rounds are expected in spring.
Defense as a problem area
It was noted by the teacher that they conceded at least one goal six times in a row. A circumstance that worried Marsch again on Sunday. “I think we played well, but we didn’t defend well enough,” he said after goals from Jonathan Scherzer (51st), Dejan Joveljic (52nd) and Eliel Peretz (79th). Marsch compared the game to 1: 3 also at home to Sturm in late November. “It sure is frustrating. But I can’t be so negative about our group trying so hard, “he said.
WAC surprised against Salzburg
The WAC provided a little surprise before winter break. The Wolfsbergers win 3-2 in Salzburg.
One who will be missing from this group in spring is Dominik Szoboszlai, who is the next young star to leave the club for RB Leipzig in winter as expected. Don’t worry about going, he assured me. “We lose Szobo, but we have an American, he’s a great player,” he said of American midfielder Brenden Aaronson, who will move to Salzburg from Major League Soccer. And then there’s Liefering’s farm team, “a lot of these young players are almost ready,” Marsch was convinced. They should be too. “There is always the possibility that we will lose someone.”
LASK loses the winter crown
LASK failed to jump to the top of the table on Sunday in the last game of the typical Bundesliga before winter break in Austria Wien. Rene Renner missed in injury time (97th) with a penalty shot from Austrian goalkeeper Patrick Pentz. The match at the Generali Arena ended with goals from Benedikt Pichler (13th) and Thomas Goiginger (22nd) with 1: 1.
LASK wants to get stronger
LASK wants to improve rather than lose anyone. Dominik Thalhammer reiterated the search for a man for position 9 in view of the misery of injuries at the center-forward position. “We are thinking about it intensely,” said the Linz coach. Sunday night ended for his team in the last national football game of the year with a 1-1 (1: 1) and with his head hanging. Rene Renner missed in Austria in injury time with a penalty to Patrick Pentz. After a brief moment of shock, Thalhammer immediately went into attack mode.
“Our journey has only just begun,” said the head coach. His team showed great development in the fall. “We can look back positively, tasked with becoming an even better team in the spring,” Thalhammer said. The next two weeks until the start of preparations in early January will also be used in Linz to “go down and look in the rear-view mirror”.
“Is Austrian football good?”
Thalhammer described the starting position before the start of spring as exciting. “Of course it is good for the league when Salzburg are weak. I think that’s good for Austrian football, ”he explained.
Their captain Gernot Trauner also didn’t want to fight after missing a chance to jump straight ahead. “It would have been nice to be up front during winter break. But it won’t be decided until spring anyway, ”said the defender. After the ten rounds that are still there, the points are divided. The upper field could realign closely.
