Bielefeld. Arminia’s coach Uwe Koschinat had to prepare and play two eminently important competitive games within just nine days of office. He will appreciate the 16-day break that the DSC has now taken all the more. But not all players are available to him in training, because a trio travels to his national teams, sometimes far away. Two more actors could come along.
This editorial team reported last week that Burak Ince left early for the Turkish U19 national team. He will play EURO qualifiers in Iceland on March 22nd, then at home against Hungary on March 25th and against England on March 28th. The second junior selection professional is Benjamin Kanuric, who flies to a training camp in Belek, Turkey, with the Austrian U21s. There friendly matches against Poland (March 24) and the Republic of Moldova (March 27) are on the schedule.
Andrade experiences the world champion euphoria in Buenos Aires
The only missing regular player is Andrés Andrade. He becomes the world champion’s sparring partner on Friday: Argentina invites you to a friendly in Buenos Aires – around 1.4 million people are said to have lined up in the digital queue for the coveted 63,000 tickets. After the clash with Lionel Messi and Co., there is still an away game in Costa Rica (March 29).
Goalkeeper Martin Fraisl is on call. For the 29-year-old, this is quite usual practice from the past few years, but Fraisl is still waiting for his debut for the Austrians, who are currently coached by Ralf Rangnick. The same applies to Theo Corbeanu, whose loan to Bielefeld has not paid off at all so far. The winger, who has capped seven caps for Canada, could still help out against Curacao (March 26) and Honduras (March 29) if needed. Should that not be necessary, the duo will spend the week without games in Arminia training.