Bundesliga
Schedule and table
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Tipico Bundesliga, 19th round
Saturday, 5 p.m .:
Rapid – Ried
Allianz Stadium, SR Eisner
Possible setups:
Rapid: Strebinger – Stojkovic, Greiml, Barac, Ullmann – D. Ljubicic, Petrovic – Schick, Fountas, Ritzmaier – Kara
Ried: Sahin-Radlinger – Meisl, Reifeltshammer, Boateng – Bajic, Nutz, Ziegl, Wießmeier, Lercher – P. Schmidt, Grüll
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The bearer of hope in the Upper Austrians’ offensive is Marco Grüll, who will go hunting for goals for Rapid from next season. “I want him to always play well, except tomorrow,” said Kühbauer on Friday. The Rapid Coach predicted that Grüll would not hold back against his future employer. “He won’t give less, he’s under contract with Ried.”
Muslic shows great respect for Rapid
Grüll’s trainer Miron Muslic showed great respect for Rapid. “They are playing a fantastic season and have been extremely consistent for over a year.” The 38-year-old did not want to overestimate even the clear 2-4 defeat of the Green-Whites on Sunday at Salzburg. “The Salzburgers simply performed unbelievably, and if that is the case, LASK or Sturm just as much reach their limits.”
Muslic not only carefully analyzed Rapid’s appearance in Wals-Siezenheim, but also that one week before at the 0-0 in Altach. “You saw that they don’t take it for granted if you don’t give them any space and take Ercan Kara out of the game.”
One point would be a great sense of achievement for the Rieder, who are only four points before the end of the table and have not yet won a match under Muslic, who has been in office since the beginning of the year. “But the missing victories are only an issue in the media. I see how well we train, we keep getting in better shape. We’ll stay tuned, it’s only about the little things, ”said the coach. Most recently, “clear steps forward” were recognizable. “Now we have to keep working hard and minimize individual mistakes,” demanded Muslic.
LASK expects a “difficult game” against Hartberg
In Pasching, a league duel between two recently successful teams takes place. While Hartberg arrives with seven points from the last three rounds, LASK can look back on four competitive game wins in a row. According to coach Dominik Thalhammer, this series should be extended. However, the 50-year-old is prepared for tough resistance. “It’s going to be a challenging, difficult game. Hartberg is very stable on the defensive and has good individual players, ”warned Thalhammer.
Tipico Bundesliga, 19th round
Saturday, 5 p.m .:
LASK – Hartberg
Raiffeisen Arena, SR Ouschan
Possible setups:
LASK: Schlager – Wiesinger, Holland, Andrade – Ranftl, Grgic, Madsen, Renner – Goiginger, Eggestein, Balic
Hartberg: Swete – Heil, Rotter, Luckeneder, Klem – Kainz, Nimaga – Horvath, Rep, Flecker – Tadic
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The former women’s team boss was pleased that his squad left the problems behind them at the beginning of the year. “We got off to a bumpy start. It was important to get back on track ”, said the coach, referring to the home defeats against WSG Tirol and Rapid.
The recent turbulence surrounding the construction of the new stadium left Thalhammer cold. “Our focus was recently only on the team.” Among other things, we had to deal with a number of injuries. In addition to Marko Raguz, who had been injured for a long time, Andreas Gruber tore a cruciate ligament against Admira at the weekend, and Mamoudou Karamoko will also be out for a long time. Petar Filipovic is also out of action. The LASK trainer also has to do without the suspended Peter Michorl and Gernot Trauner against Hartberg.
Hartberg is still looking at the master group
Hartberg coach Markus Schopp sees LASK as a favorite despite the long list of defaults. “They have an extremely high quality and an incredibly intensive play area,” explained the Styrian. His seventh-placed Hartbergers are only two points short of sixth place four laps before the end of the basic round, which entitles them to participate in the championship group. “That means that we did some things right,” said Schopp.
The 1: 0 in the supplementary game on Tuesday at WSG Tirol improved the starting position, but the coach was anything but satisfied with the performance. “We have to learn the right lessons from this game. I’m pretty sure that we will perform differently this time, because otherwise it won’t be enough against LASK to take anything with us, ”said Schopp.
WSG Tirol needs a “key experience”
The WSG Tirol, however, is struggling, but wants to turn things around. The Wattener are currently experiencing an “earnings crisis”. Despite good performances, they always left the field as losers in the last three rounds. Now the Tyroleans are guest at the penultimate in the southern part of the city. Admira is fighting primarily not to drop back to the bottom of the table.
Tipico Bundesliga, 19th round
Saturday, 5 p.m .:
Admire – WSG Tirol
BSFZ Arena, SR Ebner
Possible setups:
Admire: Leitner – Datkovic, Aiwu, Bauer – Maier, Kerschbaum, Auer, Ostrzolek – Atanga, Starkl – Wooten
WSG Tirol: Oswald – Koch, Behounek, Gugganig, Schnegg – Rogelj, Petsos, Celic, Rieder – Pranter, Baden Frederiksen
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“We’re still talking about a scenario that was completely illusory before the start of the season. Four laps before the end of the regular round we are in pole position for sixth place – nobody thought we would be able to do that, ”said WSG trainer Thomas Silberberger. In his opinion, the team wanted to “achieve this longing goal with all their might as quickly as possible,” he said. According to Silberberger, it is also important to keep calm. “I believe that we only need one key experience in order for it to go back in the right direction.”
In order to remain a member of the top six, a victory in Maria Enzersdorf is of course necessary. Silberberger’s declared goal is three counters. Then in addition to the first pursuer Hartberg, the result of the game between spusu SKN St. Pölten and Austria (Sunday) would not play a role. The WSG will have games against Puntigamer Sturm Graz (home), RZ Pellets WAC (away) and Rapid (home) until the end of the regular round. All teams from the upper half of the table.
Admira improved thanks to new additions
Admira presented itself better in the spring thanks to successful transfers during the transition period. David Atanga, Andrew Wooten and Matthias Ostrzolek have so far proven to be reinforcements. They recently lost two 2-1 defeats against WAC and LASK. Damir Buric was dissatisfied. “Unfortunately the team didn’t reward itself and didn’t take anything countable,” said the Croatian. He urged his team to act more consistently.
Buric does not want to be blinded by the recent defeats of the Wattener. “They were at least equal in every duel. We have to be fully there from the first second, ”he said. As the penultimate in the table, Admira is only ahead of Altach, bottom of the table, thanks to the higher number of goals scored. Four points are missing on the Zehnten Ried and eight on the Ninth St. Pölten.
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