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The Carinthians, however, await a good opportunity to count in Linz. In 2019/20 he had the lead twice 1-0 against Linz in Pasching. “Maybe we can turn this WAC streak around,” LASK coach Dominik Thalhammer hopes this series will end.
The Upper Austrian elect does not expect a walk like the one he did against the Slovakian championship leader: “The WAC is a challenge to find tactically good solutions. It will be a very complicated, challenging and very exciting task ”. Sixth-ranked Carinthians are no worse than last season and have also strengthened very well.
Sunday, 5 pm:
LASK – WAC
Linzer Gugl, SR Lechner
Possible configurations:
LASK: Schlager – Wiesinger, Trauner, Ramsebner – Ranftl, Holland, Michorl, Renner – Reiter, Raguz, H. Balic
WAC: Kuttin – Novak, D. Baumgartner, Lochoshvili / Rnic, Scherzer – Taferner, Leitgeb, Liendl, Sprangler – Vizinger, Joveljic
LASK plays with the best possible formation
On his own team, fourth, much of the preparation revolved around the issue of rotation. However, there may be no change on Sunday compared to the European Cup as Thalhammer was able to replace three important players early on against Streda due to the comfortable lead. “Performance data, mileage, sprint performance. I want to see it all and if that fits, we will play with the best possible lineup on Sunday,” announced the LASK coach.
On Thursday, however, follows the Europa League duel at Sporting Lisbon, which is decisive in the fight for entry to the group stage. That certainly plays a role in the considerations. But the duel with the traditional Portuguese club should not be on the mind yet. “Now it goes ‘step by step’ for us, now comes the WAC. We will dedicate ourselves to Sporting in detail on Monday, ”Thalhammer explained. All that is missing is the convalescent Thomas Goiginger and Marvin Potzmann.
Goalkeeper Alexander Kofler and Georgian Guram Giorbelidze are out of the Carinthian team. Central defender Luka Lochoshvili is once again a problem after his suspension. “We have good memories of last season when we won away from home twice. We are also confident that we can take three points with us in Linz on Sunday, ”WAC coach Ferdinand Feldhofer said optimistically. If his team doesn’t lose, he would set the club’s previous record of five straight unbeaten road games.
Thalhammer warns about forward Vizinger
The last win of the season was a 2-0 win at Hartberg. As in the first 1: 3 match against Salzburg, Dario Vizinger entered the shooters list. The 22-year-old Croatian is on track to make up for the departure of top striker Shon Weissman. The Linzers noticed it too, Thalhammer explicitly warned about Vizinger.
Upper Austria’s own were stingy in the league with 1-0 against Vienna Austria and 1-1 against WSG Swarovski Tirol with goals. After the best international shot against Streda, the knot could have been broken. “We have shown that we can score goals. With seven pieces you can look positively to the future. Now we cannot rest, we will continue on Sunday, ”said LASK forward Marko Raguz.
