Austria has not yet got going in the Bundesliga. Given the performance against Admira and St. Pölten, the violets can be satisfied with the result of four points from the previous two rounds after the Corona break. On Tuesday evening (8.30 p.m.), the SCR Altach, a direct opponent for first place in the qualification group in Vienna’s favorites, will be guest.
Vorarlberg are currently two points behind Austria, but St. Pölten and Mattersburg are also on their necks. Like Austria, Altach plagued last week and made two 1-1 draws against Mattersburg and Wattens. Like his counterpart Christian Ilzer, Alex Pastoor missed one thing above all: danger of scoring.
Regarding the previous games, Ilzer said at Austria: “We have to improve.” It was striking that his team had hardly been able to create opportunities so far. “We want to see more there. On the positive side, however, is that we have hardly allowed any opportunities,” said the coach of the Wiener. He has to do without the Danish left-back Andreas Poulsen, who sustained a muscle injury in his thigh in St. Pölten. Dominik Prokop would be fit again.
After seven changes in the starting eleven, Ilzer can be expected to rotate strongly against Altach again. It is the third game within eight days. The rhythm will remain high in the coming weeks. “We want to have substance to the end and will need a large squad. It is therefore important to find the right path and the right mix,” said Ilzer. His team has been unbeaten for eleven rounds. But he recently gave only one win in eight games.
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At Altach, too, the coach missed “clarity at the gate”. Courage, creativity and aggressiveness would have been lacking according to Alex Pastoor. These attributes are supposed to come to light again in Vienna. The Dutchman did not want to know anything about a trend-setting duel. “I don’t want to talk about the table at the moment. It’s too early for that,” he said. The main thing was to watch out for Christoph Monschein and Dominik Fitz. At Altach, 20-year-old offensive man Daniel Nussbaumer recommended himself for further missions.
Alain Wiss was questionable in Altach’s midfield headquarters, the Swiss man is suffering from a hip injury. Jan Zwischenbrugger is also missing due to a ban. Pastoor did not see this as a problem. “We now have a huge squad. That is why we will find a solution for the central midfield, even if, in addition to Zwischenbrugger, Wiss should also fail,” he said. Pastoor also announced that he would only rely on players who were 100 percent fit: “I need players on the pitch who give full steam every second.” The season results so far speak for Austria: a 2-0 home win last autumn was followed by a 2-2 in February in the “Ländle”.
