Salzburg coach Jaissle: “It will be a harder fight until the end”
After the 1-1 draw at Dinamo Zagreb, RB Salzburg are second in Champions League Group E. Coach Matthias Jaissle believes in an exciting fight until the last day of the game.
Sent the youngest team in the history of the Salzburg club to the pitch in Zagreb: Matthias Jaissle.
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It is the protagonist of RB Salzburg visibly difficult immediately after the final whistle, that 1-1 draw at Dynamo Zagreb classify On the one hand, they are of course happy to remain unbeaten in the current Champions League season, on the other hand, with a win in the sold-out Maksimir Stadium, they could have taken a big step towards the round of 16, is the general tenor.
CL Group Stage – Matchday 4
After the performance-right draw in the Croatian capital Salzburg, Group E is now one point behind leaders Chelsea, who won 2-0 in the parallel game at AC Milan. “It’s a brutal group – still,” emphasized Matthias Jaissle on the “Sky” microphone, given the exact starting position before the deepest two match days. This WILL be tackled by the Austrian series champions with a two-point advantage over both Milan and Dinamo.
Salzburg only wakes up after an hour
The fact that the cushion on the competition after the match in Zagreb was not more comfortable was due to a performance by Salzburg that could be improved in the first 60 minutes. “We didn’t put our game on the pitch for the first hour,” said Nicolas Seiwald, who put his team ahead after twelve minutes with the first chance. Despite the dream start, the Salzburgers didn’t hold their own in the party, the usual strengths in the transition game were hardly to be seen on this Tuesday evening. “We didn’t get into our pressing and didn’t find the right ones,” explains Trigger Seiwald.
Salzburg only took over when Junior Adamu (62′) came on, and in the 74th minute Luka Sucic put the ball on the ball after a strong individual move. On the other side, Peter Bockaj is only a few centimeters away from the lucky punch when he hits the crossbar. “That certainly wasn’t our best game today,” said Andreas Ulmer, who got fit early for the encounter in the Croatian capital after suffering from adductor problems. “Now we’ve got two really cool games ahead of us.”
Jaissle builds on the youngest CL team in club history
On October 25th, Salzburg first received Chelsea, before the away game at Milan is scheduled for October 2nd. “It’s just going to be a harder fight until the end. Our goal is to hibernate internationally,” said Jaissle, who sent the youngest Champions League team in Salzburg club history (average age: 22 years and 180 days) to the pitch against Zagreb had – and not dissatisfied with the output.
“We won the direct duel against Zagreb in two games,” Jaissle pointed out, pointing out a circumstance that could still be decisive in the final standings. And at the end of the interview, the German managed to come up with a satisfactory classification – at least from his point of view: “We haven’t lost a game yet.