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Grün-Weiß is as successful as in 2004/05, missing a point in Salzburg. But the contract with coach Kühbauer is ending, do you want to go abroad?
Vienna The roles in the national Bundesliga are clearly distributed after 15 rounds. Red Bull Salzburg leads the table, but runner-up Rapid can keep the pressure high on the defending champion and is just one point behind after Lask’s 2-1 win. The Linzers are the new favorite green and white opponent, after just one win in the first five games under coach Dietmar Kühbauer, the youngest five were all won. “There has been a rethinking. Now we know exactly what to do against Lask, ”said the Rapid coach.
Hütteldorfer managed with no ball relays in the build, instead looking for Ercan Kara with long balls. Lask’s coach Dominik Thalhammer described it as a “game of ping-pong”: “The fact that they fired every ball forward was surprising, but legitimate.” In this context, he emphasized the Rapid forward as a “difference player”. If the team boss Franco Foda sees it similarly and will summon Kara for the first time to the ÖFB team for the World Cup qualifiers in March
Rapid had ten wins and 33 points in the 2004/2005 championship season, five wins in the first seven away games were a first. Numbers Kühbauer doesn’t want to say as much as Mission 33, the first title win since 2008. “We will keep the ball flat,” the 49-year-old announced.
The future of Kühbauer remains open
The green-white development is clearly heading in the right direction, which is even more surprising that Kühbauer’s contract, which expired in the summer, has yet to be extended. Sporting director Zoran Barisic is very cautious about it, Kühbauer himself made it a point to speak during the week. “Rapid is an incredibly good direction, but my goal is to be able to coach in other leagues at some point. It would be a dream of mine and I will not give up, “said the Burgenland native in an interview with” Sky Sport Austria. ” The performance and results of the team would speak clearly for him. “But I don’t want to talk about it too much. The fact is that you can only give answers with facts. “
Rapid is a spectator in the Cup quarterfinals at the weekend. Ailing trio Dejan Ljubicic, Maximilian Hofmann and Yusuf Demir should be in shape again for the WAC game (February 9). Kühbauer put the battle of words between Mateo Barac and Kelvin Arase in perspective after the final whistle: “The two are very good friends, no problem.”
(swi)
