LASK exudes great confidence before the Bundesliga home game against WAC on Sunday. The Linz team celebrated three wins in a row with a goal difference of 11: 1, on top of that they got two points back from the protest committee and therefore advanced to second place. A win over the fourth-placed Carinthian would end the season in third place at worst.
“The team has built up a lot of confidence, we have returned to the road to success. We have rebuilt the momentum and we do not want to let go of it. That is why we will go full throttle from the first minute,” promised coach Valerien Ismael.
Should his team finish the season as runner-up, the Upper Austrians would compete in the Champions League qualification in August. In this case, one can hope for a rain of millions from the “premier class”, but at the same time there is also the danger of an early European Cup exit without participation in a group phase. The third in the final table, on the other hand, can calculate the income from the Europa League group phase.
Ismael left unanswered the question of whether third place was even more appealing. “First of all, we want to secure third place, then we’ll keep looking.” The Frenchman also gave word to the Permanent Neutral Arbitration Court in connection with the course announced by the LASK in order to get four more points back. “The responsibility and decision lies with the club management. It is absolutely legitimate for the president to fight for the club. My job as a coach is to prepare the team for the next game.”
Ismael showed great respect for the WAC. “They have a clear philosophy, but also strong individualists and with Liendl and Weissman a lot of quality forward,” warned the coach, who, with the exception of the long-term injured Thomas Goiginger and Marvin Potzmann, has no complaints.
The squad also includes Peter Michorl, who was most recently associated with a move to Hamburger SV. According to the “Oberösterreichische Nachrichten”, a substitute has already been found for the midfielder: According to this, the 22-year-old Dane Mads Emil Madsen from Silkeborg should be committed for a reported 1.6 million euros.
Those: APA
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