Is Sturm back in “double form”?

Sturm Graz won on Sunday The main game of the round against LASK 2-1 and showed a convincing performance, especially in the first half.

It started in the second half SHOT better and he got the deserved equalizer. An interesting game developed, which was decided in the end in favor of the Styrians thanks to the winner Lovro Zvonarek.

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Especially before the break, it was clear that Sturm was in control of the game and he remembered the double season with this performance. Coach Sturm agreed they are “definitely” on their way to getting back to the double season stage Christian Ilzer definitely agree with this thesis.

Work, hard work

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In Linz Sturm showed his “prime face” again. The fact that it would take time to do this again was not only because of the departure of key actors like Alexander Prass or David Affengruber. According to Ilzer, one reason is that preparation is not waste-free. The long-term failures of important pillars such as Jon Gorenc Stankovic and Gregory Wüthrich are getting involved.

“We really had to make our way into the season”

Christina Ilzer

“But we have already changed a few things. There are different qualities in the team, different characters,” said Ilzer. “We had to work our way into the season,” said coach Sturm. “We work hard week after week to win the games,” it’s true Emmanuel Aiwu a.

The former Italian legionnaire gave up against the SHOT a clever defensive leader and he was there several times in difficult situations. “I think we have shown a good performance in the last games. Fighting and playing. Now it’s just a matter of sticking with it,” is his motto .

Ilzer, the train driver

During the autumn, the “Werkl” started getting better and better for the “Blackies” and they are already unbeaten in four Bundesliga games. Just to the taste of the head coach, who used a railway analogy: “I always say: You have to lay the rails in the autumn so that the train runs in the spring.

“It’s hard work,” emphasized “Transportation Minister Sturm” again, who said that the team is now “at a good level” and working.

Nevertheless, the “Blackies” still have a lot of hard work ahead of them, as Ilzer also confirms that they are on a roll in the league, but “internationally of course there is an international level different there”. The performance of self-sacrifice against Lisbon sports but he emphasizes the upward movement.

“We want to keep pushing and win games,” says Emanuel Aiwu in simple and clear words. If Sturm can continue the trend in the next two games, another big step has certainly been taken on the way back to the “Double-Sturm”: next Saturday the highest duel in the Bundesliga is the face SK Rapid waiting, three days later they face them. the “Yellow Wall” inside Dortmund forward – and in the best case not against.

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