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LASK says goodbye to this year’s European Cup season with its head held high. With 10 points from six matches, Upper Austria missed the knockout phase with the greatest possible misfortune.
8:29 am, December 11, 2020
The dominant 3: 1 in Ludogorez Rasgrad at the end of the group stage of the football Europa League on Thursday was a conciliatory conclusion for the LASK. Despite ten impressive points and good performances, for example in 3: 3 against the big favorite Tottenham, there is no international spring for Linz. “That’s the only disappointment,” said the coach. Dominik Thalhammer, whose team at least got a big chest for Sunday’s league coup in Salzburg.
In four of the twelve groups, ten points would have been enough to advance, as that WAC, which showed the same number of counters at the end. None of the others in the group finished with ten or more points on their scores. That’s also because Ludogorez, the 16th finalist from the previous season, didn’t get a single point this time. And the misfortune was ultimately self-inflicted. The 0: 2 on November 26 at home against Royal Antwerp acted like a coffin nail. “Fucked” was Midfield Motor’s concise analysis later Peter Michorl.
Missing on Thursday in Bulgaria with a suspension, for him the Danish Mads Madsen made a good figure at the venue and also scored his first goal for LASK with a 3-1 (66th). “He took good steps forward,” Thalhammer said, praising the 22-year-old. “You can see that he can be a very good reinforcement for us. But he still has a lot of potential.”
With Jewhen Tscheberko, who had only had 100 minutes on his legs for LASK, another 22-year-old summer signing made his international debut in “athletic” apparel: “Now he’s ready to play at this level,” Thalhammer said, “He’s shown he can be and he will be a very important player for us. “
In general he knew how to please the final performance of his troops. “I was very, very impressed with my team, how they found concentration and attitude today,” explained Thalhammer, whose men despite the first half “incredibly dominant”, including a missed penalty from Thomas Goiginger (44 years old). he went to rest with a 0-0 and immediately conceded the 0-1 out of nowhere (46th).
“We stayed calm even after falling behind and ended the game with a good performance, clearly and specifically,” said former women’s team boss ÖFB happily. Philipp Wiesinger (56.), Rene Renner (61./Elfer) and Madsen Finally he did the nails and ensured the deserved success.
Thalhammer, the summer success coach Valerien Ismael had taken over, he found himself on the right track with the High Austrians despite the bitter departure. “I see a very, very good evolution over the course of the group stage,” summed up the Upper Austrian by choice. “We developed well in all phases of the game. The game against the ball was of a very high level, so we improved the details. On the other hand, we improved our possession of the ball, in positional play. This is also proven all the information . “
