Rapid coach Hoff Thorup about Hedl: “It’s about how he reacts”

His coach Fabio Ingolitsch explained the strong second half with changes during the break: “We then pulled back a ten point and were then able to react better when we won the ball. And Rapid was no longer able to get into as many 1-on-1 duels by shifting sides.”

Quick healing from the Bavarian doctor

Ingolitsch didn’t want to comment on the fact that Sturm is moving ahead in the table: “I haven’t even looked at the table yet. But we’ve been working on this position for weeks. We’ve gained stability and are become a team that is difficult to beat.“He was extremely pleased with his team’s performance: “I’m super happy, like everyone in the team. During an international break, it’s not that easy as the coach of Sturm Graz because almost everyone is with the national team. We defended extremely well and passionately here. And because Kiteishvili wasn’t there at the start, the motto was “get even closer together.”

The Georgian received support from his team boss after his injury in the national team Willy Sagnol an appointment with an ex-Bavaria doctor Müller Wohlfahrt. He was there for four days and completed the entire program. He reported fit at the final training session on Saturday.”

Rapid-Trainer Johannes Hoff Thorup has a big task until the next training session: “Now it’s about how we learn from it. That’s my job now. But we still have enough positive things to build on.”

“The opponent did that much better”

The key factor for the coach was that Rapid was especially in situations on the right side What is Wurmbrand? couldn’t produce anything countable. “We weren’t good enough in how we implemented our plan. We wasted too many situations in the first half. The opponent did a much better job.”

To the serious mistake of Niklas Hedl Before the 0-2, Hoff Thorup said: “With this long-range shot, I expect Niki to save ten out of ten. For me it’s about how he deals with it. I looked at him a lot in the minutes afterwards. If he had had problems, then we would have a problem. But that wasn’t the case. He also made a mistake against Ried and got better and better after that.”