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Another three roses for “team boss bachelor”

Dutch team boss Ronald Koeman had vehemently demanded it just last week, his Austrian colleague Ralf Rangnick and other coaches had also complained about it several times, but now the wish to increase the squad for EURO 2024 from 23 to 26 players could be granted after all.

There will be a workshop between the European Football Union and all team bosses in the next few days, and UEFA is said to have signaled that it is in favour of the increase. It would also make sense, many players are tired after a long season, the team bosses would have more alternatives, the risk of injury would be reduced - and it wouldn't cost UEFA anything anyway, every participating nation will be able to afford three more hotel rooms even without a subsidy ...

If it goes through, Austria's "team boss bachelor" would be able to award another three roses - it is quite conceivable that Rangnick would then take one more man each for defense, midfield and attack.

Fewer roses are currently being distributed between the City of Vienna and the Chamber of Architects. It's about the mobile roof of the Ernst Happel Stadium, the Vienna Provincial Administrative Court determined the correctness of the tender and rejected the objections of the Chamber of Architects, but it's "please wait", as the Chamber of Architects continues to prevent the proceedings and has requested a written copy of the judgment from the court. You have to have these worries once ...