The Kapfenberg Herald
Market20 Dec 2027
Thiago López puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Kapfenberg, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout20 Dec 2027
Lamine Touré says Kapfenberg went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Match18 Dec 2027
3 matches without a goal for Kapfenberg
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 3 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Squad20 Dec 2027
Thomas Weimann out for 26 days
The medical room confirms 26 days on the sidelines for Thomas Weimann, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad20 Dec 2027
Words at Kapfenberg training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Enrique Pereira da Silva 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.
Squad20 Dec 2027
Words exchanged at Kapfenberg
David Puntigam 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.
Player ratings20 Dec 2027
Nobody on the pitch touched Alexander Briedl
7.25, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. Kapfenberg had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.
Player ratings20 Dec 2027
Nobody could get near Jonas Karner
Successful dribbles: 14. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
The dugout20 Dec 2027
Markus Ilsanker: “We have to be better”
“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 0‑0 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.
In brief
- Match Kapfenberg draw a blank against St. Pölten
- Looking ahead A reunion for Jonas Karner
- The dugout When it matters, Denis Kovačević plays