The success on Tuesday in Vienna’s Happel Stadium not solely meant the sixth worldwide victory in a row, but in addition gave the German, in response to his personal account, beneficial new insights. On this context, Rangnick highlighted, amongst different issues, the efficiency within the opening section and the sturdy protection.
“Mainly, I am very pleased with the sport and the end result. We performed an nearly good first half hour during which we fully dominated the sport.” However after that, the match threatened to tip over. “Sooner or later, the Serbs began to battle again. After the aim was conceded, it was a really bodily recreation with a particularly giant variety of tackles and interruptions. That is why it wasn’t fairly as good to look at,” stated Rangnick. “However I feel it is good that we managed to tug off a recreation like that for as soon as, the place it was all about holding our personal.”
OÖN sports activities editor Harald Bartl with an evaluation from the Ernst Happel Stadium:
“Nearly solely constructive findings”
After the break, the Serbs fought arduous for an equalizer. “However we did not enable a lot. Within the second half we had the clearer probabilities,” emphasised Rangnick.
After the match, the 65-year-old spoke of “many conclusions and nearly solely constructive findings. However I ask in your understanding that I’ll preserve them to myself so far as particular person gamers are involved.” Just a little later, Rangnick went into extra element – for instance, he praised substitute central defenders Leopold Querfeld and Philipp Lienhart. The latter returned after a number of months of damage.
Particular reward for Prass
Alexander Prass, who was referred to as up as a left-back, was notably highlighted. “Right this moment he lastly answered the query of whether or not he can play that. The best way he defended was actually good.” Rangnick stated that he had already really helpful to the then Salzburg sports activities director Christoph Freund two years in the past that he ought to herald Prass as a left-back.
To the workforce boss’s delight, there have been no severe accidents within the intense match. Florian Grillitsch needed to be substituted shortly earlier than half-time as a consequence of swelling above his left eye, however in response to Rangnick he ought to be prepared to coach once more by Thursday on the newest. Gernot Trauner, who missed the final three coaching periods, can be on the mend.
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If the Feyenoord legionnaire recovers from his illnesses in time, he’ll in all probability kind the central protection alongside Lienhart on Saturday in St. Gallen in opposition to Switzerland, revealed Rangnick. The coach additionally introduced that Heinz Lindner can be in aim for the final European Championship take a look at. The Higher Austrian is thus celebrating his comeback within the ÖFB workforce after greater than 16 months and after recovering from a tumor.
“Irritating conditions for Arnautovic”
Additional personnel modifications are to be anticipated in opposition to the Swiss, with Marcel Sabitzer and Phillipp Mwene more likely to slip into the beginning lineup. “Those that had been rested in opposition to the Serbs will get their likelihood,” stated Rangnick.
Marko Arnautovic will in all probability begin on the bench on the EURO costume rehearsal. At 35 years and 46 days, the oldest ÖFB captain since Toni Polster in September 2000 in opposition to Iran (36 years, 175 days) was proven a yellow card early on in opposition to his father’s residence workforce and stayed within the dressing room at half-time. “He needed to overcome many irritating conditions. It might not have been the sport he had imagined, however we had been 2-0 up because of his assist,” stated Rangnick concerning the Viennese.
The unique plan was to let Arnautovic play for an hour. “However he advised me that the referee had indicated that not rather more may occur and I did not need to threat a yellow-red card,” defined Rangnick.
The workforce boss has requested his gamers to coach in Vienna till Friday, which can be the day the squad can be diminished by three gamers for the EURO and the flight to Switzerland will happen. A win in opposition to the “Nati” would equal the ÖFB report of seven worldwide wins in a row. This has solely been achieved twice earlier than – from 2017 to 2018 and from 1933 to 1934.
By the point of the Switzerland match, Rangnick ought to have recovered from his minor hand damage, which he sustained together with his personal carabiner. The workforce supervisor himself had distributed the hooks to the entire key ÖFB gamers earlier than the beginning of the European Championship qualifiers as an emblem of solidarity.
