When top athletes Steffen Hofmann and Markuskatzer come to training, two of them with over 800 mandatory Rapid appearances watch head coach Barisic. “The ‘Zoki’ has very good access to the players,” knows Hofmann, briefly his “Co” in the fall before the position became vacant. Barisic, eagerly supported by analyst and assistant coach Daniel Seper at the start of the preparations: “There is a top candidate, but certainly not a magician.”