Now come the opponents with whom Blau-Weiss Linz can compete

FC Blau-Weiß Linz could not have started worse in the 4-1 defeat in Graz against runners-up Sturm: Szymon Wlodarczyk scored the 1-0 for the Styrians after just 38 seconds. “We have big plans and we start the game that way. That was another brutal slap in the face,” defender Stefan Haudum complained about his team’s early goal.

It seemed as if the players from Linz hadn’t really been on the pitch yet: the entire guest defense was overturned with a deep pass because several kickers had made wrong decisions at the same time. Haudum: “We get goals too easily and too many goals.”

The catastrophic start was perfect after seven minutes: Haudum deflected a volley from William Böving into his own goal. “When you go into the game 0-2, it’s almost impossible to take anything with you,” said coach Gerald Scheiblehner. After that, his team recovered – which also allows the 46-year-old to look optimistically to the upcoming games against Tirol and Altach: “The good thing was that we stayed calm and continued to work hard against the ball. Sturm has few chances to score from the game we got three goals from set pieces. At times we played the way I imagined.” Bitter: The 1: 3 happened again in the phase when Blue and White scored the goal (54th) and took control of the game: Szymon Wlodarczyk (61st) headed his second goal after a corner a. Manprit Sarkaria scored the 4-1 final score with a penalty (76th).

Even if the result was clear in the end, the climber was also able to take positive things with him. That also spoke to midfielder Tobias Koch after the final whistle: “We really felt like a Bundesliga team for the first time. We played really well, but of course we conceded too many goals from individual mistakes. We have to stop them. The box defense is also good not good. We’re working on those things and we’re going to improve that.”

No transfers expected

Now the opponents are coming, with whom blue and white can compete: “There will be different games. We are no longer the big underdog. It will not be easy games, but we will have a good one with the experience we have now Give a picture. I’m optimistic,” says coach Scheiblehner.

He will contest these duels with the same staff as last: Even if Linz are the worst promoted team in the past 23 years after five rounds and have already conceded 16 goals, Blau-Weiss Linz will not add more until the end of the summer transfer period.