The First Vienna Gazette
Squad5 Mar 2029
A fracture rules Markus Lainer out for 19 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason First Vienna will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad5 Mar 2029
Joel Roca 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 First Vienna this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad5 Mar 2029
Jürgen Bauer stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Jürgen Bauer and First Vienna agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
The dugout5 Mar 2029
Haris Zahirović frozen out at First Vienna
This is not rotation. Haris Zahirović has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at First Vienna is pretending otherwise.
Squad5 Mar 2029
Fabian Feiner slips down the pecking order
The demotion a club never announces and a dressing room always notices. Fabian Feiner is further from the side than he was, and the reason will not be given until he asks.
Market5 Mar 2029
Talks stall between First Vienna and Lukas Fridrikas
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
In brief
- The dugout Daniel Sumbu gets picked when it counts
- The dugout Lukas Fridrikas asks for a word with the manager
- Market Niklas Szerencsi placed on the list
- The dugout Tobias Schützenauer keeps his manager's vote