Daniel Bierofka should lead Wacker Innsbruck back into the Bundesliga.
But currently the ex-trainer of TSV 1860 Munich is far behind the demands.
Daniel Bierofka is to lead
Wacker Innsbruck
back into the
Austrian Bundesliga
.
After
seven games
, the Tyroleans have only
two wins
and are in ninth place.
The
second division has a hard time
in the
ÖFB Cup
and will next meet Bundesliga club
SK Sturm Graz
.
Munich - Almost exactly a year
ago,
Daniel Bierofka
left
TSV 1860 Munich
as a coach
for personal reasons
.
According to reports, the former Löwenprofi had been lacking support from the club's management for a long time.
As a last resort, he pulled the rip cord and announced his resignation.
Despite apparently several
offers
from the
2nd Bundesliga
,
Bierofka settled
for a long time with a new task and around
six months later
decided to
go abroad
for the first time in his long football career
.
On May
15
, the Austrian second division Wacker Innsbruck announced the commitment.
He
has been
officially in office
since
August 1st
.
There he finally seems to have felt the trust again that he
had lacked
at the end of his tenure in
Munich
.
His new
team
and therefore
Bierofka are
currently
far
behind
the
expectations of the management team
.
Wacker Innsbruck announces success with Bierofka
Since the
Bundesliga relegation
in the
season 2018/2019
is
resurgence of
the formulated
objective of Tyrol
.
However, this was clearly missed last season.
Wacker
was still in third place in the table
at
the time of the Bierofka commitment, but at the end of the last season it went down to sixth.
The
gap
to master
SV Ried was
20 points
.
Everything should get better
under
Bierofka
.
“He's an emotional and down-to-earth guy who can sweep players and fans away, but he also has a clear game philosophy that fits in perfectly with our Wacker identity.
We are convinced that he will help our young, talented team to take the next step,
”announced sports director Alfred Hörtnagl at the presentation of the former lion tamer.
Daniel Bierofka: So far, two wins in seven games with FC Wacker Innsbruck
A
Hamburg merchant family
, who have supported the
Tyrolean association
financially since the beginning of 2020, will
also help Bierofka's side with the recovery
.
With their help, Wacker signed
Marco Knaller
from
FC Ingolstadt
and
Fabio Viteritti
from
FSV Zwickau,
among others
.
The king transfer
, however, was
Ronivaldo
, who scored 29 points (24 goals, 5 assists) in 28 games for league competitor
Austria Lustenau
last season
.
There is still too little to see of this shine for the demands of the Tyroleans in the current one.
In six games, the Brazilian scored only one goal and set up two goals.
This is also due to the fact that Bierofka's game idea is
obviously not yet taking
hold at
Wacker
.
His team lags far behind the demands so far this season.
After
seven games
,
Innsbruck is
only
ninth
.
The
gap
to leaders
FC Liefering
is already
seven points
.
Red Bull Salzburg's talent factory FC Liefering shows Daniel Bierofka and Wacker Innsbruck the limits
The
talent factory of
the Austrian serial champion
RB Salzburg
is
not eligible for promotion
.
Four points are missing for second in the table, but Bierofka's gaze is also (still) going down.
The lead over the relegation ranks is four points, and before the success on
Monday afternoon
against
Dornbirn
it was only one.
After a victory to start the season remained
Bierofka Elf
meantime
five games in a row without a victory
.
Especially from
FC Liefering
, the team of the last few months and peppered with numerous top talent, the 41-year-old's team was shown its limits.
The
Innsbruck team
lost
the top game on matchday three with
0-2
and had
no chance
.
Wacker
had
previously
announced that he would break the Salzburg run with men's football.
The low point of the season so far was
last Friday
when Innsbruck
went swimming
against promotion competitor
Blau-Weiss
Linz
with 0: 4 in the home game.
Dull performances in the ÖFB Cup
Even in the
ÖFB Cup
, the favorite competition of the past season, things are not going quite as smoothly.
In the first two rounds of the cup, the green and black struggled to narrow successes against lower-class teams.
Against
SV Stripfing
,
which is based in a league among Innsbruckers
, a penalty just before the end only brought the winning goal.
Last year it was not over until the semi-finals.
This success threatens
Wacker Innsbruck
but to miss, because in the
next round
waits to
SK Sturm Graz
one for years an integral part of the
Bundesliga
.
It threatens an early end.
Bierofka
could
use
this game
to make his first weeks with the Tyroleans more conciliatory.
Before the season, the former HSV and St. Pauli professional and current supervisory board boss of Innsbruck's
Jens Duve
announced that the combination with
Bierofka
and a
patron from Hamburg
will be a “
success story
”.
But just two and a half months after taking office, this chapter seems to be getting its first wrinkles due to the weak start to the season.
That Bierofka can deal with such crises and pressure, however, he has already
proven
several times
at
TSV 1860
.
(Alexander Nikel)