The voices

“A handball like that simply can’t be a penalty!”

Gerald Scheiblehner (Blau-Weiß-Linz coach)(Bild: GEPA)

Find out what the teams had to say after the clashes between WAC and SC Austria Lustenau, SCR Altach and FC Blau-Weiß Linz as well as FK Austria Wien and WSG Tirol HERE! 

Manfred Schmid (WAC coach): "The first half was as we had imagined, we set up our opponents. Nevertheless, we needed a dream goal to take the lead. A second goal would also have been possible. Then we conceded the goal and you could see that our heads were in the game. In the second half, you could see in many situations that the players were unsettled. You could also see that we lacked penetration up front, we simply can't replace one or two players like that."

Andreas Heraf (Lustenau coach): "The team implemented the match plan perfectly, the only thing that didn't go our way was that we were 1-0 down from a lucky shot. We wanted to go into the break with a 0-0 or lucky 1-0 lead and then use pressing and transition situations to achieve success. The team did that brilliantly. The WAC found it difficult to break free and we didn't take advantage of three or four hundred percent scoring chances. All in all, the team put in a great performance. There are fewer and fewer games, but the possibility of catching up is still there."

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Joachim Standfest (Altach coach): "The result and the performance are very disappointing. It's fitting that we led twice and equalized twice from standard rebounds. We weren't at 100 percent."

Gerald Scheiblehner (Blau-Weiß-Linz coach): "The penalty for Altach wasn't a penalty for me, a handball like that simply shouldn't be a penalty. In a situation like that it's unbelievable, it's a matter of the club's existence. I think we played a great game, we came back twice after going behind, it was a well-deserved point. The fewer rounds that remain, the better for us. We have to win two of our three home games, then we're through."

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Michael Wimmer (Austria coach): "Congratulations to the team, we played a very good first half and deserved to go into the break 2-0 up. After the break it was also okay, from the 60th minute onwards we let up a bit, lost a bit of control and allowed scoring chances. We were a bit lucky there. I liked the fact that we confirmed Wolfsberg's performance. That we got into the game well and had a certain looseness in possession. Now we have to enjoy our success. Then we have to make sure that we can confirm our performance in Tirol and take on the challenge again."

Thomas Silberberger (WSG coach): "It was a deserved win for Austria because of what happened between the 10th and 45th minute. Before that and then we played a reasonable away game. If you don't defend well, it's difficult against Austria. We missed three hundred percent chances in the second half. We then went 'all-in' and Austria made it 3:0 on the counter-attack. But the performance in the second half was such that we want to continue there on Tuesday. If we lose and Lustenau win, we'll have a game on Saturday (against Lustenau, note) that nobody needs, where nerves are on edge."