Markus Lainer

Left Forward - First Vienna U18
7 Jul 2029
Saturday
Process

Marked for Markus Lainer

136 Edition

The First Vienna Gazette

5 Mar 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

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.

Squad

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.

Squad

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 dugout

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.

Squad

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.

Market

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

Back issues
135 Edition

The First Vienna Gazette

26 Feb 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Markus Lainer breaks a bone — 27 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 27 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad

Words exchanged at First Vienna

Chiedozie Ogbene and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad

Words at First Vienna training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Răzvan Marin 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.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Ilia Ivanschitz

“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.

The dugout

Andreas Kuen gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Andreas Kuen is on it.

Match

First Vienna have something to play for

Position 6 on 32 points, and the places that carry a European ticket are close enough to count. Seasons like this are decided by two results in April, and the club knows which two.

In brief