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A conciliatory end of the year for Vienna Austria. With the hard won 1: 1 against LASK (match report>), Peter Stöger’s team says goodbye to the extremely difficult year 2020 for the Violets.
After the draw against the Linzers, the Viennese can once again thank their goalkeeper Patrick Pentz, who, as so often, became a famous man. With his penalty stopped in injury time, he kept at least one point for the home team at the Generali-Arena.
The Salzburg man received special praise from his coach, who saw the 23-year-old as the “most stable player” on his team in the fall season, adding: “A good goalkeeper is necessary and Pentzi played very stable all year. fall”.
Austria with disciplined performance
The fact that they were able to score at least one point against Linz’s favorite striker Johannes Eggestein, who recently over-formed, was due to the good performance of the goalkeeper, but a very disciplined overall appearance. The return of the recently sanctioned Dominik Fitz helped Austria put some accents on the ball and, on defense, the surprisingly established veteran Christoph Schösswendter showed an impeccable performance.
Coach Stöger, who was satisfied with the performance of his team, also saw it this way: “Today was good. We played against a very good team and we tried to give them few opportunities of their game and their quality, they don’t have to play well, that’s it. it worked pretty well. “
Sport’s coach and managing director also admitted that “the Linz team was the dominant team.” But from time to time you also need a bit of luck: “In the end, we were lucky with the penalty we saved. Today we were lucky enough to be able to.
Game highlights to watch:
“Have a two-part team”
Naturally, the distribution group cannot be satisfied with 2020. Missing the first tiebreaker in the spring and tenth place with eleven points is currently too little, even for an Austria with low expectations.
The very realistic Stöger had to admit that in Sky’s interview: “The situation is as it is and we have to face a difficult situation in all areas”, adding: “Nothing has been completed yet, we have a lot of work to do ourselves. “.
A job that should avoid a worst-case relegation, but with a little run can certainly lead to the top postseason. Fifth position is only five points behind, but the gap with Admira, at the bottom of the table, is also very small at four points.
LASK scorer Benedikt Pichler confirmed that the mood within the group was good during the week (more info >>) and the performance against the Linz front-line team also shows that the mood is good. Stöger spoke to Sky about an interesting mix of teams: “We have a two-part team: one is a young bloc that is working on development, the other has been with us for a long time.”
Only a small part of the team have memories of the championship title under his leadership in 2013. “The guys don’t know what it feels like to be successful with Austria.”
Rats come out of their holes
The many contracts expiring and the intense search for an investor mean that the Viennese face an uncertain future before 2021. “There is little clarity, but you have to deal with that. Not true when you say that the history of the investor influences in our performance on the sports field, “said the coach in negative, although the players were influenced in their performance by the restless environment.
CEO Markus Kraetschmer, whose contract, like Stöger’s, will expire in the summer of 2021, also commented on the difficult situation on and off the pitch: “I am never someone who wants to run away. I want to make my contribution to us from Austria. they are successful. I made the decision to focus on the future. “
Kraetschmer knows very well that a lot of pats on the shoulder can quickly go in the opposite direction: “Of course, what you notice in situations like this is that a lot of rats are coming out of their holes again. In crisis, it is often very, very lonely. In the current case, it seems that Markus Kraetschmer is responsible for everything. “
The urgently needed investor should help. However, according to Kraetschmer, the implementation is not yet expected in the near future: “There are several stakeholders and points where an offer is being modified. It is not just the American region. There are also discussions from Germany and other continents.”
Before the short winter break, Austria is busy on two fronts. While Kraetschmer will desperately try to find a strong partner on the one hand, for Stöger and his team, first and foremost, it will mean chasing away the ghost of relegation and stabilizing performance on the field. The team has already shown in the game against LASK that you can at least keep up with the best teams in the league.
Herbert Prohaska and Andy Ogris at the regulars’ table with thoughts on “their” Austria >>
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