In international affairs according to its own standards, Austria wants to keep its chances in the Bundesliga “daily bread”. The Viennese, who have fallen behind in the Conference League, can look forward to the national team. In sixth place, Austria, which started with three negative points, is in the first half of the table. Before the two-week international break, on Sunday (2.30pm) all forces should be mobilized again against SV Ried.
The purple entourage returned from Poznań to Vienna on Friday with heavy luggage. Austria lost 4-1 to Polish champions Lech. Despite a captivating performance for more than an hour, the efforts were in vain. The Austrian people cannot and do not want to take the time to think about it for a long time. “The most important thing is our future and winning the match on Sunday,” underlined coach Manfred Schmid.
It remains to be seen to what extent the theme of rotation will be tense. In more recent games, Schmid has relied on a well-prepared eleven. “Get it all out” is the motto again. “If we write in full, we will go to the international break with a good feeling and we can calm down for a few days. Then we will come back at full speed,” said right-back Reinhold Ranftl. In the Conference League, the double against Villarreal awaits us at the beginning of October, in the league games against Sturm Graz and Rapid.
Ried was often a welcome opponent in the Vienna favorites. Innviertler have lost eleven of their 16 away games to Austria with just one win in March 2015. Austria are currently unbeaten in seven home games against Ried. However, Schmid saw an “unpleasant opponent who is very inconsistent in his performance. But you have the qualities in the squad to annoy any opponent”. The attacking man Nikola Dovedan, who is only involved this week, could join the squad.
The Rieders travel as the weakest offensive team in the league. They only get four goals in eight league games. Only one of them booked the offensive department. From this, Christoph Monschein returns to an old job. “We have to finally turn the game around to be able to regain our confidence,” said the striker, who has saved a goal this season.
Ried manager Christian Heinle wanted the second win of the season from six rounds. Also, “gladly accept that we may not be able to give our best. We have to strive to be lucky in the game and sometimes take dirty points with us. We have to deliver results now,” Heinle said.
Over the past five rounds, the Upper Austrians have finished their games four times with just ten players. Leo Mikic is currently suspended after receiving a red card in a 3-0 defeat to Salzburg. Michael Martin is suffering from a muscle strain in his thigh and is out too. Marcel Ziegl tore a meniscus from the champion. Captain Rieder wants to bite until the winter break.
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