The Upper Austrian clubs are ready for the emergency

The summer preparations are entering the home stretch: The Upper Austrian professional clubs LASK, Blau-Weiß Linz and SV Guntamatic Ried rehearsed for the real thing at the weekend. This is how the last test matches went before the start of the competitive matches in the ÖFB Cup:

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The athletes finished their summer preparations undefeated. As part of the season opening once morest second division team St. Pölten, the athletes celebrated a 2-0 victory in front of 3200 spectators in the Raiffeisen Arena. The joy was somewhat dampened by the serious injury of the goalscorer Florian Flecker: The Styrian had scored the 1-0 in the 68th minute, but was substituted in the 73rd. The offensive player will be out for several weeks with a fracture of his right fibula. Rene Renner, on the other hand, celebrated his comeback following more than seven months of injury. What does LASK coach Thomas Darazs want following his first preparation as LASK coach? “Everyone should see that there is a close-knit team on the pitch.” This also includes Jerome Boateng: The 35-year-old got up close and personal with LASK fans for the first time following his verdict was announced on Friday, was present off the pitch at the season opening at the Linzer Gugl on Saturday and, like his new colleague Maximilian Entrup, diligently signed autographs.

LASK – St. Pölten 2:0 (0:0); Goals: Flecker (68.), Ljubicic (95.)
This is how LASK played: Lawal; Bogarde, Ziereis, Smolcic, Bello (81. Renner); Berisha (81. Copado), Jovicic; Usor, Zulj (61. Horvath), Flecker (73. Pintor); Ljubicic

FC Blau-Weiß Linz

The blue-white city rivals ended the preparation phase with the 125th anniversary tournament of the German regional league team Stuttgarter Kickers. In two games, the team of coach Gerald Scheiblehner had one win and one loss: Blue-White won 1-0 once morest the German second division team Regensburg thanks to a dream goal by Ronivaldo, but suffered a 1-4 defeat once morest the host club from Stuttgart. Thomas Goiginger celebrated his comeback in the blue-white jersey in Stuttgart. “You might see straight away that he can make us better,” says BW coach Scheiblehner. The Brazilian Lucas Dantas might be a discovery in the new season: “Unfortunately he was absent for three weeks in the preparation, but he is doing excellently in the center. He is very good on the ball and is also a somewhat untypical Brazilian because he is very strong and robust.” In general, the Linz team wants to surprise more often with their game system in the new season: “We have tried out a lot, we can play with both a three-man defense and a four-man defense,” says Scheiblehner, who also treated his team to a free evening following the last trial run: After a joint dinner, the blue-and-white players were allowed to explore the nightlife in Stuttgart on Saturday, and yesterday they took the bus back to Linz.

BW Linz – Regensburg 1:0 (0:0); Tor: Ronivaldo (36.)
This is how Blue-White played: N. Schmid; S. Seidl, Maranda, Moormann, Ibertsberge; Pasic, Dobras, Briedl; Goiginger (60. Kvesa), Noß, Ronivaldo.
BW Linz – Stuttgarter Kickers 1:4 (0:1); Goal: Schmidt
This is how Blue-White played: Luxuries; Kasengele, Tursch, Mitrovic; Gölles, Dantas, Sjekirica (45. Balej), Pirkl; Kvesa, Schmidt, Ibrahimi

SV Ried

The Innviertel second division team vowed to be promoted in the summer preparations – even off the pitch: A team event in Schärding involved putting up tents and taking shifts to guard the campfire during the night. Team spirit was strengthened – the competition was still in full swing in the 1:1 final test once morest Debrecen: Four top players – Rasner, Celic, Mayer and Marinsek – are fighting for two places in the center of midfield, and in the offense, coach Max Senft has a real luxury problem with Grosse, Sane, Bajic, Pomer, Beganovic, Berger, Rossdorfer and the currently injured Eza.

SV Ried – Debrecen 1:1 (0:0); Break: Beganovic (90.)
This is how Ried played: Leitner; Sollbauer, Havenaar, Steurer; Wohlmuth (60. Mankowski), Rasner (60. Marinsek), Mayer (46. Celic), Bumberger (60. Lumor); Bajic (60. Beganovic), Sané (60. Rossdorfer), Grosse (46. Pomer)