Uproar over family council

“We decide that and not the association!”

Kimran (left) supports his brothers Shamil (center) and Wachid.(Bild: Mario Urbantschitsch)

"The last word will come from the family. Our big brother Kimran is following everything very closely and we trust him one hundred percent," Austria's judo figurehead Shamil Borchashvili told the "Krone" newspaper in February. Two and a half months later, the decision has now been made. And the federation doesn't like it at all.

Team boss Ralf Rangnick has included Rapids' Matthias Seidl in his provisional squad for the European Championship. Now imagine that the Seidl family decides that his brother Simon, who plays for Blau-Weiß, will be going to Germany instead of Matthias, despite Rangnick's decision!