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Eliminated in the Europa League, they fell to fourth place in the Bundesliga: Rapid have suffered two bitter setbacks in recent days. The goals from the short corners surprise coach Dietmar Kühbauer.
Eliminated in the Europa League, dropped to fourth place in the Bundesliga: Rapid have suffered two bitter setbacks in recent days. At home 0: 3 against WSG Tirol on Sunday, the Hütteldorfer once again revealed their vulnerability to standard situations. Rather than being very confident, coach Dietmar Kühbauer’s troop is now traveling to defending champion Salzburg with a lot of luggage problems.
“In the first half it was really one of the worst matches I have ever seen,” emphasized Kühbauer. He only excluded goalkeeper Paul Gartler from his criticism. “Everybody has to stick their nose out, that wasn’t enough from back to front, we let Wattens take control,” said the Burgenlander.
The story of the goals conceded by David Schnegg (5th) and former Rapidler Thanos Petsos (29th) – Rapid fell asleep after briefly playing the corners – crossed the Rapid manager. “We behave so badly that I think it can’t be,” Kühbauer said annoyed. The second goal was also the “mirror image” of the first. “They played two corners, they conceded such cheap goals. We defended like a school team,” goalkeeper Paul Gartler said angrily.
The problem persists into the fall, having previously been susceptible to tall balls. “Our standard problem is really serious,” Kühbauer had to admit. Players are also aware of this. “Standards have been killing us all season,” outside player Thorsten Schick said. But that was not the only problem on the eleventh lap, apart from a great opportunity from Taxiarchis Fountas (39th), nothing came up before the break. Probably also a consequence of the rotation. Six new forces were in the starting eleven compared to 2: 2 at the conclusion of the Europa League on Thursday against Molde.
“We would still have had enough quality on the field to surpass Wattens. I thought the guys would do well, but they didn’t take him to the field,” Kühbauer said. I wouldn’t have turned for joke and fun. “The problem is that some players are at the limit or above, they just have problems,” said the 49-year-old. For example, he would not have wanted Kelvin Arase (46th) or Srdjan Grahovac (63rd) to play, but instead changed it due to poor scoring. Top forwards Ercan Kara and Mateo Barac (each from 46th place) arrived ahead of schedule. Defense chief Maximilian Hofmann was not on the team.
“I hope that one or the other player comes back and we have a good game in Salzburg,” Kühbauer said. It’s also about revenge for the 1: 2 home loss in 2019 in the second round of the cup. “We all expected more, but now we have to lift our heads, even if it is difficult at the moment,” said the Rapid manager. An absolute top team awaits with Salzburg. “You really need all that is necessary.”
So, the away game in Admira is still waiting. “When you’re at a club like Rapid, you have to live with the fact that people quickly forget that the players have performed well for more than six months and that everything quickly creeps into the mud. It is important that we remain calm in the club”. , gave Kühbauer an idea.
Wattens still has the home game against Ried ahead of him. As fifth, the Tyrolese are only four points behind Rapid and spend the winter in the top six. “The truth is that I think nine and a half out of ten experts saw us at the bottom of the table. We did a lot of things well, our place in the table is a reward for our work,” said WSG coach Thomas Silberberger.
After the “highlight of the season so far” and a “dream performance”, it is important to stay on the ground. “I’m not going to do Purzigagele (note: somersault zipline) through Wattens,” the 47-year-old emphasized. I just wanted to take a bottom line of 2020 after Ried’s game: “The victory is only worth something if we beat Ried on Sunday. Then it would be a strong autumn.
