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“It is very clear to everyone that football is of course fast,” Kühbauer said at the beginning of his factual account. “If you do things right beforehand, then you are Jesus, the greatest of all. But if you lose a game, if you tour because you believe in the team, “then not only the fans, but also the journalists” speak badly, “said the burgenlander, and then contribute to the good work with statistics. Quick to shore.
“In 2020 we achieved an average of 1.88 points in 25 games in the Bundesliga. If we keep winning against Admira (on Saturday) it would even be 1.92. There you would be champion in 2008, when Rapid held the last championship title. So much for that, ”Kühbauer said.
Cup victory in Salzburg would be a “big problem” for Rapid
After recent setbacks, Rapid hopes to achieve a sense of accomplishment on Wednesday night in the eighth final blow of the ÖFB Cup in Salzburg.
Development “not so bad”
In turn, he referred to the development since he became a fast coach on October 1, 2018, “where we had nine points after nine rounds and the most expensive team.” Despite a “cost reduction for the team and transfer income in the plus”, he managed to “recruit young players” and advance to the 16th Europa League finals in his first season. “I don’t think it was that bad,” Kühbauer said.
“And if now you reduce costs for the players again, if you have returned to get income from transfers, if unfortunately – and that is the problem – you have not had spectators, unfortunately you have injuries, if you take Ljubicic, Fountas, Petrovic , He has lost Stefan Schwab, whom Thomas Murg has lost and still has the same amount of points as last year, although the load was much higher and the squad has gotten smaller, and then he sees it badly, so it’s a lack of respect for my team and a lack of respect for mine Technical team, I have to be honest, ”explained Kühbauer, who had led Rapid to the runner-up title last season.
“Because what the team has been doing here for a year and a half is great for these points, which I just listed.” , that is, to fully demand the series champions Salzburg. “The market value of Salzburg is five times higher than that of the Rapid 2008, where Peter Pacult was the last champion, where it was only double,” Kühbauer again tried to make this historical comparison.
Kühbauer asks for patience
Since the last Greenish-Whites’ title, only two other teams, apart from Salzburg, have been proclaimed champions: Sturm Graz in 2011 and Austria Vienna in 2013. “Sturm became champions with (an average of points of ) 1.83. In recent years, Salzburg has always managed to average more than two points. They just have a great team. We have built something and we will have to keep building, ”Kühbauer warned, patience.
It is clear to him, of course, that Rapid, record champion, “always demands a championship title”, “that would be my biggest dream, but that is very, very difficult if you consider that Salzburg now has five times our staff and does it well. And yet we are moving closer to Salzburg, ”Kühbauer said. “But you have to respect that everything has to fit together.”
Especially in a situation where Rapid is losing eight-figure sums to the pandemic. “Corona really hurt us because we have no viewers and therefore less income. Unfortunately, we are unable to get players at this time. You have to accept that as a coach. And sorry for the Rapid fan who doesn’t want to understand. But I don’t want to overlook or speak ill, but the guys are doing well. “
“We will keep calm”
And that’s why Rapid will not be affected by “external influences that will always exist”. “Fast has to be one thing, in the coaching staff, in the team we are always one hundred percent. It is essential that we remain calm, ”demanded Kühbauer. “For everyone to go out the same and see something bad is, sadly, worse in Rapid, and it will be much better if we stay calm and we will stay that way.”
On the issue of contract extension, Kühbauer said: “I myself said that this is the biggest club for me. The best club in terms of sport is Salzburg, but in terms of excitement and passion, this is the biggest club here. I will reinvest everything while I am there, ”said the former international, who hopes his contract will be extended, which expires at the end of the season. “I think the points I just listed should speak in favor, but I don’t want to encourage anyone or say they have to.”
