Red Bull Salzburg is on Friday in the ÖFB Cup final against second division soccer team Austria Lustenau (8.45pm / live ORF one) the big favorite. Anything but a win would be a sensation. Salzburg coach Jesse Marsch is aware of the role allocation. “It’s a game we have to win.” The game in Klagenfurt is the first after the almost three-month competitive break due to the coronavirus pandemic and, like the rest of the league games, will take place without spectators.
“It’s a little strange to have such a big game right at the beginning,” said Marsch. His team was last on March 8 in a 2-0 home win in the league against Sturm Graz in action in a competition game and must now succeed in an all-or-nothing game exactly two weeks after resuming team training. “We have to understand that the situation is not easy. If we think that our talent is enough, we will get into trouble, ”warned the American.
Wattens was a good preparation
He has therefore spoken “a lot” to his kickers about this topic in the last few days. “We have to be ready and we need top performance,” says Marsch. The only test allowed in the Corona break last Friday was in Wals-Siezenheim just a 1: 1 against that WSG Tirol. “Wattens was a good opponent for us for this game. They also defended deeply, looked at switching and standards, ”explained Marsch.
You could get used to the scenery – the empty stadium. According to Marsch, this is “maybe better for the team that is the underdog”. In Germany the ghost games are also on the agenda. These are also in Austria watched with suspense, as on Tuesday especially between the league hits Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich. Marsch also took a closer look at it: “Bavaria was clearly better when it came to communicating on the pitch, Dortmund was relatively calm. It is an advantage if the team has more personality on the pitch, that is also our goal in the upcoming games. ”
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