Rapid under pressure to succeed at Schlager in Salzburg
Is it Ferdinand Feldhofer’s last game as Rapid coach? SCR has to prove itself in Salzburg on Sunday, the rumor mill is already brewing.
Salzburg. What is Rapid doing today? Will Hütteldorfer go down without a hitch against serial winner Salzburg, which would finally seal the era of coach Ferdinand Feldhofer? Or will the Viennese, who are stuck in the crisis after below-average performance, manage to find a kind of liberation? A draw would be helpful, a hard-fought game, goals – as always, the truth is on the pitch (kick-off 5 p.m., live Sky).
Recently, it was not the sporting department of Austria’s most popular football club that made the headlines, but the movements around the executive floor. President Martin Bruckner, who appears to be as inconspicuous as possible, and managing director Christoph Peschek are leaving the club. Ex-ORF general director Alexander Wrabetz is to become the new president, he is on the list of Steffen Hofmann, who will run for the presidential election in November. Today is the deadline for all applications to be submitted to the election committee. It remains to be seen whether a second list will appear. In addition to Wrabetz, Hofmann also relies on entrepreneur Michael Tojner.
“What happens here outside, we leave out as much as possible,” explained Feldhofer, who definitely has to tremble for his job. He spoke of a good week of training, one was “very far away from doomsday mood”. Whether there WILL be another one – the international match week starts after Sunday and forecasts are that Feldhofer will be succeeded by sports director Zoran Barišić as an “interim solution”. It also remains exciting in Hütteldorf. According to Feldhofer, the issues surrounding the club would not go unnoticed by the players.
Statistics Klaristik for Salzburg
Who is the favorite could quickly be interpreted as a joke. The statistics spit out a clear winning tip. Rapid have not won against Salzburg in eleven games since a 2-0 defeat on February 24, 2019. There was only one draw (1-1 on November 8, 2020) in this search, otherwise only defeats. In Salzburg, the “bulls” have been unbeaten against Rapid since the 2-1 draw on August 1, 2015. Almost exactly five years ago, Hütteldorfer won the last point in Wals-Siezenheim with a 2:2 win.
It’s a huge change for the hosts. After the 1-1 draw against Chelsea in the Champions League, a completely different game awaits today. Regeneration is on Friday and Saturday, the players have been free and relaxed training awaits. 16,000 tickets were sold by Saturday noon.
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