After comeback victory

“Werner & Orti out!”Dragovic speaks out to fans

Aleks Dragovic(Bild: GEPA, krone.at-grafik)

Aleks Dragovic made his comeback in purple - and Austria promptly celebrated their first win of the season on Sunday against WAC (3:1). But the criticism from the fans still annoyed the returnee after the game.

"Our desired solution: Werner and Orti out!", the fans wrote in bold letters on a banner that they presented during the game.

What did they mean by that? Jürgen Werner had described new coach Stephan Helm as a "desired solution" in the summer. This was despite the fact that blue-and-white coach Gerald Scheiblehner had publicly confirmed a few days earlier that he had turned Austria down. Meanwhile, sports boss Manuel Ortlechner was criticized by the purple-white supporters for allegedly personally insulting Dragovic, a crowd favourite, in a video that emerged.  

"Posters like today are legitimate"
But now, of all people, the returnee jumped to the side of the two. "I would like to say something else," said Dragovic at the end of the Sky interview. "I understand that our fans are ranting against Jürgen Werner. But I think we should leave swear words out of it. Posters like today are legitimate. But Jürgen Werner and Orti also give one hundred percent for Austria and fight every day to get us back to where Austria belongs. Only together can we be successful."