Dark clouds are slowly gathering over Linz. The situation surrounding the Black Wings Linz is tense. Four defeats after four games is the dismal result. There is already a lot of pressure in today’s encounter against the Italians from Asiago, who are also still without a win.
The loyal Linz ice hockey fans are eagerly waiting for a sense of achievement. Head coach Philipp Lukas’ cracks only managed one goal. In the Upper Austrian news the trainer addresses a certain target group: “Our leading players have to lead the way and show us the way out of this form crisis.”
As is well known, a lot goes on in your head, especially when finishing in front of the opponent’s goal. Such a leader as Lukas calls for is clearly the captain Brian Lebler. He hopes for the famous can opener: “It often only takes a single action. And suddenly it starts working again.”
However, his coach Lukas found that not everything was bad in the defeat in Graz last Sunday. “Many things have improved in our game.” But not the effectiveness – the Italians, who are also in crisis, may be just right in today’s home game.
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