Where is SV Guntamatic Ried going in the third Bundesliga season after being promoted from the second division? The OÖN analyze the current sporting situation at Riedern ahead of tomorrow’s Bundesliga opener against Rapid.
Staying up in the league must be the declared goal of the Rieder Kicker again this year. The qualification for the master group would be a small sensation.
Start with the feared opponent: Tomorrow’s Bundesliga opener against Rapid (5 p.m., Allianz Stadium) could provide the first clues. Although Rapid started the season anything but convincingly with a 1-0 win against third-division team Treibach and a 0-0 win against Lechia Gdansk on Thursday in the European Cup, the role of favorites is clear. Rapid want to play at the top this season and have strengthened themselves accordingly, so anything but a complete success against Rieder would be a bitter disappointment. In addition, there is the well-known Rieder “horror statistics” in Vienna-Hütteldorf, in 42 Bundesliga games not a single win has been achieved, a statistic that is probably unique in Austrian football. For Ried speaks that you have nothing to lose and Rapid is not as well-rehearsed as coach Ferdinand Feldhofer would like. Former Ried player Ante Bajic will not play against his ex-club, he has Corona. SV Ried are missing defenders Julian Turi and Matthias Gragger due to injury. Philipp Pomer is a bit battered, but will be in the squad. New signing Agyemang Diawusie is not an option against Rapid due to lack of training.
Transfer period: With Luca Meisl, Dorgeles Nene, who was on loan from Salzburg for a half-season, and Ante Bajic, three players who were part of the (extended) core of the team last season have left the club. Above all, the departure of Bajic to Rapid will be very difficult for SV Ried to compensate, not least because of his speed. Right winger Agyemang Diawusie, brought in from Dresden, should close the gap, but the German still has a training deficit. There are high hopes for the Innviertler from striker Christoph Monschein, who has terminated his very well-paid contract with LASK (until 2024) in order to start again in Ried. The 29-year-old has scored 52 goals in 174 Bundesliga games and at SV Ried he wants to continue his heyday at Wiener Austria. In addition, several perspective players – including from the second division and their own amateurs – were brought in. Since Julian Turi will be out for a longer period of time due to injury, it can be assumed that a central defender will be signed in the near future. You still have until August 31 to make transfers. In general, it will be exciting to see how the coaching team around Christian Heinle will manage to compensate for the lost momentum and speed on the offensive. After all, with Stefan Nutz you have one of the best passers in the league in the team.
Environment/Trainer: In recent years, it has been managed that the “trainer cemetery SV Ried” was often spoken of. No wonder, since the beginning of 2017, eleven different coaches (sometimes several times) have taken their places on the Rieder coaching bench. That should now be different with Christian Heinle. The 37-year-old, who is considered a meticulous worker, especially in the tactical area, put together a new team of coaches in the summer and would like to build something up at SV Ried in the long term together with the sporting management duo Thomas Reicheltshammer and Wolfgang Fiala. Should Ried slide into a serious sporting crisis this season, then Heinle has no job guarantee either.
Objective: At SV Ried, they hope that the young (perspective) players will turn out to be real reinforcements, like Tin Plavotic, Philipp Pomer or Leo Mikik, who were all brought from the second division, succeeded last season. But not much can happen due to injury. If key players are out longer, it will be very difficult to compensate. The jump into the master group seems to be very difficult this season and would be a small sensation. First and foremost, SV Ried is once again concerned with staying up in the league. With the fans behind you, it should be possible again.
Source: Nachrichten
