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The WSG remains without a point. The Tyroleans were clearly beaten by series champions Red Bull Salzburg on Sunday. Coach Thomas Silberberger nevertheless recognized an increase in performance in his team.
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2023-08-06 20:00:17
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Good morning, dear reader,
do you know Frank Schmidt? The stocky 49-year-old is the coach of the 1. FC Heidenheim football club. He does his job so reliably, consistently and, last but not least, successfully that he has been looking after the team from the town of 50,000 in the tranquil country side for 16 years. Under his leadership, the Heidenheimers have accomplished a feat this year: promotion to the Bundesliga. Next season team captain Patrick Mainka, clearer Norman Theuerkauf and left wing Jan-Niklas Beste will compete with the highly paid superstars from FC Bayern, Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen.
Schmidt has long been known nationwide in German football as a likeable and authentic unicum. And even if the rise of the Heidenheimers is often glorified as a miracle of biblical proportions, as if a ragged pub elf with a makeshift ball had played the million-dollar clubs of the 2nd Bundesliga in front of them (in truth, numerous companies from the region support a highly professionally managed club ), it is a charming anecdote. The club maintains its own image: honest and real – with Schmidt as a modest face.
And yet the otherwise so honest, born Heidenheimer could not resist a dig a few days ago: “Unfortunately, today wasn’t the test we were hoping for”, said the coach on Saturday after the game against Saudi Arabia’s al-Ahli. Because not only was the continuation of the game, which was scheduled for twice 60 minutes, made impossible after almost an hour and a half due to a full-blown downpour in the Tyrolean training camp – the class of the guests from the Orient was apparently more like a mirage than a footballing revelation. “The opponent’s quality wasn’t what we needed as a challenge in the training camp,” explained Schmidt.
The ball artists from the Brenz were jogged to a comfortable 6:2 after three quarters of the season – mind you: against a team with the 2021 world goalkeeper Édouard Mendy and the Brazilian international striker Roberto Firmino, who dared to travel to Saudi Arabia this summer . And with the German coach Matthias Jaissle, who threw away his quite successful work at the can-alimented soccer club from Salzburg in a cloak-and-dagger operation shortly before the start of the season for a highly paid job in sporting nothing. Al-Ahli signed Riyad Mahrez from Manchester City for 35 million euros just a few days ago, and treated himself to Allan Saint-Maximin from Newcastle United for another 27.2 million. The club has already invested over 80 million this summer. For comparison: Bayern and Dortmund come to 99 million – together.
Not a day in world football goes by without renewed speculation about a well-known player moving to Saudi Arabia. The reality is: It will stay that way – and should cause concern. Europe’s top clubs face a threat that will only increase.
Because the country with one of the highest gross domestic products in the world will not only have a lasting impact on football, but on all sports. “I’m just observing the situation,” said Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel recently on the sidelines of the German record champions’ trip to Asia. The 49-year-old, a shrewd analyzer of world football, continued: “It’s just a very new situation, maybe a bit similar to the situation when China started their league. There was a similar gold rush there and yes you do Experiences.” Saudi Arabia is “the next league trying to get more popular and famous, trying to build the brand.”
Nouveau riche clubs or entire leagues and the bizarre stories that went with it actually happened more frequently over the years, whether in China, Russia or Uzbekistan. But Saudi Arabia’s engagement has reached another dimension.
According to reports, the kingdom wants to spend almost 20 billion euros on football alone by 2030, Commitment to other sports is also being ramped up: the Saudi Arabian Formula 1 Grand Prix has been in existence since 2021, star players in the Gulf have been lured into a new league with astronomical prize money, and the country wants to become more present in boxing and handball. This source of money will not suddenly dry up, the interest in a long-term establishment is well-founded. “They convince a lot of quality players and even coaches,” noted Tuchel. “So the situation is completely new and it’s still a bit early for me to have a clear opinion. I’m an observer, a surprised observer.”
A very big goal – in addition to the sports washing of a fierce dictatorship, which is euphemistic for “image cultivation” – is the organization of the Olympic Games or, even bigger, a football World Cup. A joint application with Greece and Egypt for the 2030 tournament recently seemed to burst. Anyone who knows Fifa and its windy presidents, who had no fear of contact with morally questionable hosts when the World Cup was awarded to Russia or Qatar, will not be surprised if Gianni Infantino is in the best of spirits in the stands in a country that unwelcome critics like to have dismembered alive.
The recent move from Fabinho’s Liverpool team-mate Jordan Henderson to al-Ettifaq sparked particularly heated discussions – the longtime captain of the “Reds” had always been an exemplary advocate for LGBTQ rights, which are trampled on in the most brutal way in Saudi Arabia.
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2023-08-03 00:08:08
#big #blow #Saudi #Arabia #scaring #Europes #football
Hai Koura _ Journalist Fabrizio Romano revealed the latest developments regarding the future of German coach Matthias Yasle, who came very close to contracting with the Saudi club Al-Ahly Jeddah during the current summer transfer period.
Romano posted a tweet through his official account on the social networking site Twitter, in which he wrote the following:
“It is understood that Al-Ahly club has come close to reaching a final agreement in order to appoint Matthias Jaessel, coach of Salzburg, as its new coach.”
“The deal is moving to the final stages, and it could be settled at the end of this week.”
“Roberto Firmino, Riyad Mahrez, Saint-Maximin, Edouard Mendy, and Yasle as a new coach.”
2023-07-28 00:40:28
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After the discovery of the body of a 52-year-old in a Salzburg apartment, the police investigation is in full swing.
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After a 52-year-old was found dead in an apartment in the city of Salzburg, the police investigation is in full swing.
“The traces secured at the crime scene are currently being evaluated and compared, such as fingerprints and shoe prints and DNA samples,” police spokesman Hans Wolfgruber told APA on Friday. “The surveys and interrogations are running in parallel to examine the victim’s environment.” There is no indication of a motive or a possible perpetrator.
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The 52-year-old was found dead in his apartment in an apartment building in the Schallmoos district on Wednesday evening. Acquaintances were worried about the man because they hadn’t heard from him and called the police. Officials opened the apartment door and found the Austrian’s body.
After the cause of death was initially unclear, the public prosecutor ordered an autopsy. It turns out that the man was killed with an unknown object by massive, blunt force impact on the head area. “A possible murder weapon has not yet been found,” said Wolfgruber. The Salzburg State Criminal Police Office is investigating suspected murder against unknown perpetrators.
2023-06-02 18:46:42
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In the case of the dead in Salzburg, the police assume that someone else is at fault.
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On Wednesday evening, a 52-year-old was found dead in his apartment in the city of Salzburg. After the autopsy results are available, the police assume third-party negligence, as a police spokeswoman for the APA announced on Thursday afternoon.
There are currently no indications of the perpetrator or perpetrators, she explained.
The man was killed with an unknown object by massive, blunt force against the head area, informed the state police in Salzburg.
After finding the body, the police could not rule out third-party negligence. At first, the cause of death was not clear. The police commission assumed that it was not a natural death due to external influences. The public prosecutor’s office therefore ordered the autopsy of the man.
The apartment of the Austrian citizen is located in the Salzburg district of Schallmoos. The police were reported on Wednesday that the man had not been seen that day and that this was not part of his usual daily routine, the police spokeswoman said. That’s why officials opened the 52-year-old’s apartment to check.
The State Criminal Police Office has started the investigation. The evaluation of the traces found in the dead man’s apartment “is still ongoing,” said the spokeswoman. In addition, the neighbors of the deceased are asked whether they have noticed anything suspicious.
2023-06-01 19:58:18
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Any help came too late for the two men
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BTwo locals died when a tractor crashed in Saalbach-Hinterglemm (Pinzgau). The two wanted to take the tractor down a forest path from the Hacklbergalm to the valley. The vehicle came off the path for an unknown reason, rolled over several times and came to rest after around 100 meters at an altitude of 1,650 meters, the police reported on Tuesday afternoon.
The two men, aged 30 and 48, were thrown from the driver’s cab and suffered fatal injuries. The aid organizations, which were notified at around 8 a.m. today, were initially unable to get to the scene of the accident because there was still snow on the path. Therefore, they were brought up with a rescue and a police helicopter. The emergency doctor could only determine the death of the two men there. The Saalbach volunteer fire brigade recovered the crashed vehicle. The police are still investigating exactly when the accident happened and who was driving the tractor.
