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The Mattersburg Sentinel

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad24 Aug 2026

Christoph Laimer stands alone

8 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

No sign of nerves from Maximilian Thomas at 20 — 7.92

The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Maximilian Thomas did not need any: 7.92, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Market24 Aug 2026

Martin Grillitsch 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 The request is on a desk at Mattersburg, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market24 Aug 2026

Mattersburg sell Markus Ziegler for $2.5M

Markus Ziegler has left for Rapid Wien in a $2.5M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Diego Callai will not be coming to Mattersburg

Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Sporting CP is saying, and nobody at Mattersburg is enjoying the guessing.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Marko Baumgartner falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Mattersburg rebuffed over Lúkas Petersson

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. TSG Hoffenheim have kept their man, and Mattersburg go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Kevin Posch 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.

The terraces24 Aug 2026

The crowd has taken to Christoph Laimer

At 20 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

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The Mattersburg Sentinel

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market17 Aug 2026

Terms done: Raphael Lainer is going

Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Grodig waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Mattersburg is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.

Squad17 Aug 2026

7 saves: Christoph Laimer was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 7 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Maximilian Thomas, 20, steals the show — 8.23

Marked 8.23 at 20, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Door shut on Yorbe Vertessen

Mattersburg asked and Red Bull Salzburg said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Marko Schlager pulls a muscle — 14 days out

The injury that keeps coming back, keeps being rushed back from, and quietly costs more careers than the dramatic ones. 14 days is the estimate; the honest figure depends on whether anybody is patient.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Mattersburg bid $760.0K for Paul Gartler

The offer went to Rapid Wien this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.

Market17 Aug 2026

Rapid Wien are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Mattersburg will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

Match15 Aug 2026

Maximilian Thomas sends Mattersburg past Austria Wien

It finished 3‑2, and it was Maximilian Thomas’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Mattersburg.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Marko Baumgartner falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

In brief

2 Edition

The Mattersburg Sentinel

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings10 Aug 2026

Nobody could get near Vito Bertoni

Successful dribbles: 28. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Marko Schlager signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Marko Schlager commits to Mattersburg for another 3 years.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

No deal for Paul Gartler at that price

Mattersburg offered $380.0K; Rapid Wien said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Mattersburg rebuffed over Tijn Smolenaars

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. PSV have kept their man, and Mattersburg go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Maximilian Thomas 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.

The terraces10 Aug 2026

Mattersburg supporters have found a favourite in Michael Ulmer

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Michael Ulmer has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

The dugout10 Aug 2026

No hiding place for Markus Ziegler

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Markus Ziegler, and the manager let it.

Match8 Aug 2026

Mattersburg get the job done against Grodig

A 1‑0 win over Grodig, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad10 Aug 2026

A row about effort at Mattersburg

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Darryl Geurts was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

In brief

1 Edition

The Mattersburg Sentinel

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

Door shut on Otar Kiteishvili

Mattersburg asked and Sturm Graz said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Market3 Aug 2026

Philipp Ulmer hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Mattersburg can pretend not to have heard.

Squad3 Aug 2026

A row about effort at Mattersburg

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Marko Baumgartner was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Mattersburg

Maximilian Thomas was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

Mattersburg ask about Jakob Schöller

A loan enquiry to Rapid Wien: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

The dugout3 Aug 2026

Marko Schlager knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Marko Schlager trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

The dugout3 Aug 2026

No hiding place for Raphael Lainer

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Raphael Lainer, and the manager let it.

The dugout3 Aug 2026

Christoph Prass on the point

“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Christoph Prass after the 0‑0 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.

Market3 Aug 2026

No place for Martin Grillitsch in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Martin Grillitsch has his answer from Mattersburg; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

In brief