That “there is a lot of energy and will” to survive against Rapid, he felt immediately after the 1-0 opening win at SCR Altach the previous week, said Thalhammer. “We want to give the fans and of course the club a win against Rapid. We will do everything for it. We also want to prove to ourselves that we can, ”said the ex-team boss of the ÖFB women. “It has of course been a tough week for Rapid.” LASK expects a sold out house in Pasching.
Rapid returned from the Czech Republic on Thursday night with a negative experience. The 0: 2 in the Champions League qualification at Sparta Prague was the second defeat after the opener 0: 2 at home against Hartberg. But coach Dietmar Kühbauer doesn’t see any reason to panic yet – unlike some fans who conjure up an apocalyptic mood in Internet forums. “I’ve been here for a year or two so that I don’t fall into fear and do something worse than it is. The Hartberg game is the only one where I think we really screwed it up, ”said Kühbauer.
Admiral Bundesliga, second round
Saturday, 5 p.m .:
LASK – Rapid Wien
Pasching, Raiffeisen Arena, SR Eisner
Possible setups:
LASK: Schlager – Wiesinger, Maresic, Filipovic – Flecker, Michorl, Grgic, Renner – Balic, Schmidt, Goiginger
Rapid: Strebinger – Stojkovic, Hofmann, Wimmer, Ullmann – Petrovic, Schuster – Arase, Knasmüllner, Grüll – Kara
Rapid stays calm despite false starts
“I still believe in the team, but everyone has to be part of the same thing together,” the Burgenlander said. In the runner-up, nobody will paint the devil on the wall. Against LASK, he expects an intense, combat-oriented match. “It will be another game where you will hardly get time to kick.” The departure of captain and defense chief Gernot Trauner to Feyenoord will hit the LASK. “But they have a huge squad and good players. It will be a game like the last time. “
In his own team, on the other hand, there is a lack of breadth, emphasized Kühbauer. The European Cup showed that again when Maximilian Hofmann, Robert Ljubicic and Christoph Knasmüllner dropped out of the starting line-up for a short time and finally Christopher Dibon – contrary to the coach’s plans – had to make his comeback prematurely. Srdjan Grahovac, who had a broken nose, trained again on Thursday and could soon be used with a mask. The Japanese Koya Kitagawa is battered in the attack and is missing at least a week.
Striker Marko Raguz will not participate on the LASK side. The 23-year-old who has just returned after a cruciate ligament rupture is suffering from muscular problems in his thigh. Otherwise, Andreas Gruber (ruptured cruciate ligament) and Christoph Monschein (torn muscle bundle) are missing. James Holland, who returned from the Australian national team late, is behind in training and is currently facing three players in the hierarchy anyway. Goalkeeper Alexander Schlager (“I’m dying to do the job”) will take over Trauner’s agendas as captain.
Admiral Bundesliga, second round
Saturday, 5 p.m .:
Admira – Klagenfurt
Maria Enzersdorf, BSFZ Arena, SR Ebner
Possible setups:
Admire: Leitner – Aiwu, Bauer, Vorsager – Zwierschitz, Kerschbaum, Elmkies, Lukacevic – Starkl, Mustapha, Ristanic
Klagenfurt: Menzel – Paul, Mahrer, Gkezos, Saravanja – Gemicibasi, Cvetko – Timossi Andersson, Greil, Miesenböck – Pink
Herzog meets ex-teammate Pacult
In Maria Enzersdorf, the two coaches are the focus of Austria Klagenfurt’s guest appearance. Admira coach Andreas Herzog meets his former colleague at Rapid and in the ÖFB team, Peter Pacult. “You shouldn’t push that into the foreground, we’re just the ones who help the players to gain a foothold in the league,” Pacult admittedly didn’t want to know much about it.
The young Duke met Pacult at Grün-Weiß in the mid-80s – at least in training – and later the two played seven games together in Austria’s selection. “We have a good relationship,” said Pacult about the Duke, who was nine years his junior. “He has made a great path as a player and I am happy for him that he is now a coach in Austria. He would have deserved it for a long time. “
Both teams got off to a good start
Both teams started the season with a 1-1 draw in the previous week, and afterwards both were very satisfied. The Klagenfurters defied the WAC from a counter, the Admira kidnapped in the outsider role a point at the WSG. This time the Lower Austrians are easy to favor. “We want to develop a mentality in the first home game, play bravely and show our fans from the very first minute that the three points will stay in the Südstadt”, confirmed Herzog.
Pacult did not want to subscribe to the fact that “Austria Klagenfurt is euphoric as a newcomer” (Herzog). “We didn’t lose, that’s the only thing,” he stated dryly. Especially since the atmosphere in the Carinthian Derby gave the outsider an additional boost. With the Admira, however, a different task now arises. “It’s going to be a completely different game, and Admira is still a bit of an unknown,” stressed Pacult.
Admiral Bundesliga, second round
Saturday, 5 p.m .:
Hartberg – Altach
Hartberg, Profertil Arena, SR Grobelnik
Possible setups:
Hartberg: Swete – Stec, Sonnleitner, Luckeneder, Gollner – Kainz, Heil – Schmerböck, Horvath, Sturm – Tadic
Altach: Casali – Dabanli, Netzer, Zwischenbrugger – Thurnwald, Strauss, Haudum, Prokop – Reiter, Nuhiu, Krizman
Hartberg would like to add more
Meanwhile, TSV Hartberg does not want to give up after the surprise coup at the start in Hütteldorf. On Saturday Altach will be guest in Eastern Styria, after which games will be held at newly promoted Austria Klagenfurt and at home against Ried. “In terms of the draw, we now have teams in front of us that we should score against. But now it’s about being very focused against Altach, “said TSV coach Kurt Russ.
The Hartbergers have been unbeaten against Altach for six games, three times of which the blue-whites prevailed. At the start, Vorarlberg lost to LASK with 0: 1. Damir Canadi announced tactical adaptations. For Russ one thing was clear: Altach is difficult to compare with Rapid. “A completely different game is waiting for us. Rapid certainly underestimated us. Now everyone expects that we will win against Altach. But they play much more defensively, rely more on switching moments, ”he said.
Altach is waiting for the first hit
Altach is waiting for the first goal in the still young season. The new center forward Atdhe Nuhiu did not come into its own against LASK. “We have to get him better in the pits. It may be that we will change something tactically, ”Canadi commented. Above all, he would not have liked the many high balls in the top. “I know my team and know that we have better quality football to play a different kind of football,” said Altach’s coach.
At the Rheindörflern, Boris Prokopic, who was brought in in the summer, could be back in the squad after his muscle injury. In addition to Nosa Edokpolor, who comes to match practice with the Juniors, winger Csaba Bukta is missing after a death in the family.
