"Over 30" has hardly any room
22.36 years! But the WAC lacks leading players
The WAC has now been winless for four games. Wolfsburg's starting eleven was again very young in the recent 0-0 draw against Altach. But: The lack of leading players is obvious. And there is hardly any room for "over 30" players.
Things are not going well at WAC at the moment. They have been winless for four games - after the 4-0 defeat to Sturm, they have only managed three meagre draws against Altach (1-1), WSG Tirol (1-1) and now Altach again (0-0). Although they have not been defeated in ten qualifying group games, they are not playing well or attacking at all. The demands of the "Wolves" are definitely different.
"Energy has been lost"
The reasons? "The mode is one. It's not good for Austrian soccer. I haven't seen a good game yet - because nobody wants to lose! It's all fighting and passing. That's exactly the fight we have to put up. Since we missed out on the top 6, the energy has been lost! We can do better!", says coach Manfred Schmid.
Blood-young average age
Remarkable indeed: The average age of the "Wolves" is almost constantly under 23 years - in the 0-0 draw against Altach, the starting eleven was even 22.36 years young!
But what is also obvious when you look at it the other way round: there are no real leaders on the pitch. In general, there is very little room for "over 30" players in the WAC system at the moment:
- Captain Mario Leitgeb (35) was last in the starting eleven on 28.... October and has been given 15 minutes since then. His contract expires.
- Mike Novak (33) played exactly one minute and was sent to the amateurs. His contract also ends in the summer.
- Konstantin Kerschbaumer (31), who has a well-paid contract until 2025, no longer plays any role at all.
- Thorsten Röcher (31) played 28 minutes against Altach after 15 games.
- Simon Piesinger (32) had to give up his regular place in the spring.
- Hendrik Bonmann (30) lost his fixed place in goal to the (highly talented) Luki Gütlbauer and will leave in the summer.
"Had a good axis"
Former coach Robin Dutt also said recently: "When I took over, it was a team with a good axis: Liendl as a ten, Leitgeb on the six, with Baumgartner and Novak behind him. You could build on these players and their quality led to us reaching the Conference League qualifiers."
In short: This will certainly also be a point that the WAC will take into account when planning the squad for the coming summer. .
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