Coach Jesse Marsch doesn’t rule out more absences

After the 2: 3 loss to WAC, Red Bull Salzburg won the winter crown, but coach Jesse Marsch is not sure if they will finish top again this season. The task will not be easier with the departure of Dominik Szoboszlai, and more departures could threaten, he revealed.

“I think we played well, but we didn’t defend well enough. It was pretty much the same situation as in Sturm’s game. We played well after the break and then we scored two goals from our left flank in the transition game.” . And we have a very good chance of finding leadership, “Marsch said after the game at Sky.

The American saw room for improvement in his team both at the front and at the rear. “We scored a lot of goals, but we can be cooler and we need a better mentality to protect our goal. Now it’s a challenge for us to defend better. It’s not just Cican (Stankovic, note) or the four behind, it’s the whole group.” In the end, you are left with very little that can be told about the games.

Jesse Marsch: title defense “won’t be easy”

Three losses in the last five games are extremely unusual for serial champions. With Dominik Szoboszlai (moving to Leipzig) the Bulls also lose a key player again in winter. And more exits could threaten, as he revealed: “We will lose ‘Szobo’ and maybe some others as well. There is always the possibility.”

Is the title defense in jeopardy? Marsch predicts a close race for next year: “The league is very close this season, we have four very good teams up front, WAC is also very good. I think it will not be easy.”

Salzburg forward Mergim Berisha already had a challenge prepared: “We are the best team in Austria, that will not change. Now we go to rest and then we have to continue where we are really strong.”

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