Rangnick after Draw: "It wasn't about effort at all, but..."
Two wins, two draws, eight points and the top of the table after four games. Nevertheless, there isn't only satisfaction after the latest draw.
"We have to take the point and we are also satisfied with the point," summarizes head coach Ralf Rangnick after the 1-1 draw against Kosovo in an interview with "ORF."
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As recently, the ÖFB team had to come from behind away from home. While the effort was there, the Austrians brought too little onto the pitch in terms of play.
The condition of the pitch, in particular, was repeatedly in focus.
"It wasn't about the effort at all, but when we had possession, we simply had too many sloppy passes due to the pitch conditions," says the head coach, adding: "We definitely still need to work on that, under normal pitch conditions."
Lang: "I'm not a great header of the ball"
In the end, Lang rewarded the efforts of the Austrians and secured the 1-1 draw after an assist from his LASK teammate Kalajdzic.
It was his first goal in his second international appearance.
"I'm not a great header of the ball, so I was a bit shocked that it came in so well," says Lang after the final whistle.
Plenty of Room for Improvement in Play
What is crucial for the ÖFB team is that they kept the competition at bay and defended their league lead.
Rangnick is therefore already looking ahead to the upcoming tasks: "For now, it's important that we emerged unbeaten from this four-game series, and now we're looking forward to November. Perhaps one or two players will return then, and we'll be well-prepared for that."
