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“We played well for 60 minutes,” said LASK trainer Dietmar Kühbauer. After that, they failed to play out situations better and thus let Klagenfurt come up.
A different style of play with more ball possession, a new starting eleven with three additions – but LASK didn’t need any start-up time. “We got good quality. They are very open players who contribute well,” said Thomas Goiginger. “A good structure has emerged. Everyone helps the other – that’s the important thing.”
That’s exactly what sports director Radovan Vujanovic valued. As with Klagenfurt, there were eight legionnaires in the squad, but there were hardly any voting problems. Renner: “It works with English and German, that’s normal in professional football.” Soon the communication will only take place in German, the legionnaires study diligently.
Flexibility was a challenge for everyone: In preparation, Kühbauer mostly set up a 4-3-2-1, against Klagenfurt it was a 4-3-3. He mirrored the opponent as he had done with Rapid against LASK. “We knew how Klagenfurt would play,” confirmed Kühbauer. “The boys did well.”
A fitting break
During the drinking break in the middle of the first half, he ordered Keito Nakamura to play more because he had identified weaknesses in Klagenfurt’s right-back. “But I think the drinking break is a good story.”
The fact that we almost had to tremble at the end was due to the exclusion of Peter Michorl (80th): When 27-year-old Sinan Karweina stepped on his Achilles tendon, he knew immediately what that meant. Kühbauer: “I don’t want to protect him: he just wanted to give him the Haxl and was too late.” It was Michorl’s third dismissal in the past seven months for a rather unnecessary foul in midfield. He will be absent at least on Sunday when LASK is a guest at Austria Vienna. (like)
Source: Nachrichten
