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In the last two matches, Liendl was primarily responsible for ensuring that WAC remained victorious in both the Europa League and the typical Bundesliga. In the sensational 4: 1 at Feyenoord Rotterdam, the captain entered the scorers list three times and was nominated for the “Europa League team of the round”. The veteran also scored two goals in a 3-1 win over FC Flyeralarm Admira on Sunday. Liendl established himself as the “king of penalties”: the two goals against Feyenoord and the two against Admira came from the penalty spot.
As midfield motor and captain, the Vorarlberg native, who came to Wiener Austria through the GAK and Kapfenberger SV youth in 2009, currently plays the leading role in WAC. “I already know what position I have in the club and how important my word is,” said the southpaw. “The key is not to take advantage of it, but to handle it carefully,” he said. By the way, it is not he alone who is responsible for the success, but “the quality of the entire team.”
He vetoed the term “best stage of the race.” “I also performed very well in previous years,” emphasized the former German legionnaire. As beautiful as today’s hymns of praise are. “I do think that when I played in Düsseldorf and joined the national team (a mission in 2014, note), I did not do so badly,” said the veteran, recalling his year and a half at Fortuna. (2014-2015). “The Bild newspaper gave me the nickname Alpen-Maradona at that time, and that is no accident.” In general, however, he was able to “classify everything well”, especially thanks to my maturity, “I probably enjoyed it more than ten years ago”.
Memories of the previous year
For international success, the league only got back on track with a 3-1 win at Admira on Sunday, senses need to heighten now. A renowned rival awaits the leaders of Group K (4 points) at Dinamo (2) on Thursday.
“We started in exactly the same way last year and then we didn’t get it back. That should be warning enough, “Liendl said, but also admitted that the group was comparatively” more balanced than last year. “Back then, after a sensational 4-0 at Borussia Mönchengladbach and 1-1 at home to AS Roma in the first two games, finished fourth.
Goodbye to Leovac
The match in Zagreb will also be a journey back in time, with winger Marin Leovac who played several games alongside Austria from 2009 to 2012. “I got along very well with him at the time and I am looking forward to seeing him again,” Liendl said. “I like to remember that time, also because I was able to play with really good players back then.”
“I don’t want to set a time limit”
The father of two children (five and eight years old) did not want to quantify exactly how long the game will be possible at the highest level. “I can still imagine a lot mentally, also physically. I feel great, luckily I never had a serious injury. I don’t want to set a time limit, ”he said.
But he will probably remain in football even after the end of his active career. “This is a very important issue for me. I want to stay in business and I have already trained as a coach. But I can also imagine a position as a sports director. “
