Michael Liendl is the player at Wolfsberger AC who clearly names things that he thinks are going wrong.

There were enough of these due to the current weak phase of the Lavanttaler, and even in the 1: 4 against Liga-Krösus FC Red Bull Salzburg (match report >>>) the Carinthians missed a lot of what they were already able to do in the current season were were to show.

In the “Sky” conversation after the game, Liendl pretends that he doesn’t always want to be the one who schedules a crisis meeting in Lavanttal, only to then criticize his team quite severely.

“It must be possible to perform better after an English round than today. If you want to play internationally, where we also have English rounds, then you can’t present yourself like that. We’ve seen that before, so we want to do it again but you need a much better attitude and body language for that,” the Wolfsberg captain once again found clear words.

Liendl just a replacement? “Is to accept”

The WAC obviously had big problems finding the right setup four days after the bitter penalty shoot-out in the ÖFB Cup against Salzburg this time. If the Carinthians were at least equal to the “Bulls” on Wednesday, this time they were clearly inferior to them.

A result of the sacrificial cup game? “I’m not a fan of looking for excuses in English rounds. Salzburg had the same requirements,” Liendl denies this hypothesis.

The 36-year-old leader was one of two players given a break early this time. Liendl only came on after a change of sides and helped the WAC to find a certain stability.

In the past, the Wolfsberg captain was not very enthusiastic about such protective measures, if you think about the dispute with Ferdinand Feldhofer from a year ago, which ultimately cost the current Rapid coach his job in Lavanttal.

“It was the coach’s decision. Everyone knows that I would have liked to be on the field and would have liked to play, but that’s acceptable,” said Liendl diplomatically.

Dutt: “Have played into the hands of Salzburg”

The coach I spoke to is called Robin Dutt and analyzes the clear bankruptcy against Salzburg in the following way: “We played very fragmented in the initial phase and didn’t get out of the pressing zones well. We always had to chase the counterattack, that’s exactly what mustn’t happen against Salzburg. It was better on Wednesday because we were under pressure. That’s how we played Salzburg into the cards.”

The Wolfsbergers have also lost the second game of the master group, in general it was five defeats for the Lavanttalers, who were so strong in the autumn, from the last six competitive games.

That’s why Dutt doesn’t want to talk about a crisis just yet: “We’re in the middle of a season, so there’s nothing to get rid of. It’s a completely normal phase. In the master group, the best always play against the best and then against the very best: Salzburg. Every game will be tight and you have to prove yourself every game. Whether the game before that was good or bad won’t matter.”

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