The Mattersburg Sentinel
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Nobody could get near Florian Schlager
Successful dribbles: 61. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Massimo Agostini damages knee ligaments — 127 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 127 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Match12 Sep 2026
4 matches without a win for Mattersburg
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Mattersburg are no longer polite ones.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Oumar Diouf in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Mattersburg this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words at Mattersburg training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Philipp Pomer is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Match12 Sep 2026
Admira Wacker take the points off Mattersburg
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad14 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Philipp Pomer
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market14 Sep 2026
Mattersburg and Philipp Pomer are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Loan watch14 Sep 2026
Alexander Trimmel counts the days
“I watch every Mattersburg game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Red Bull Salzburg runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
In brief
- Market The shop window has Raphael Weimann in it
- Player ratings The pass was always on for Heinz Wober
- Market The window shut and Stefan Lazaro is still in the building