FC Augsburg’s royal transfer is the coach this year: Sandro Wagner is supposed to change the Swabians and does this with clear principles. In preparation (about), he consciously demands his team. What are his tactical ideas?
Sandro Wagner is a man of clear words. His sentences are sharp, catchy and predestined for headlines. As the new coach of FC Augsburg – undoubtedly the most spectacular new addition to the Bavarian Swabians – the 37 -year -old has been in the end of June since his arrival The focus is on permanent. But away from the microphone, in its core business on the training ground, Wagner has a clear plan.
“Overload in the mental and physical area”
In the past seven -day training camp in the Upper Austrian Kollerschlag, the former international deliberately focused on an “overload in the mental area, but also in the physical area”. Wagner and his coaching team brought their protégés with two hard units a day and the final 2×90 minutes against the Europa League participant from Crystal Palace on Saturday and possibly even beyond.
The players would have overwhelmed the overwhelming in the eyes of Wagner “very, very well received. (…) they never complained. It’s really great.” As satisfied as Wagner was with the training performance, he was torn back and forth after the 180 minutes against Palace.
Wagner “not satisfied” against Palace after 180 minutes
“I am not satisfied, unfortunately,” Wagner said as usual after the final game of the second game, which the FCA won 1-0 thanks to the hit from Aiman Dardari. In the first duel in which both sides offered their supposed A team, it set a deserved 1: 3 defeat against the FA Cup winner.
Wagner himself did not want to speak of A and B-Elf. In the first game, he initially liked the high pressing, which should belong to the new Augsburg DNA. At the same time, Wagner-Elf it became clear that the high recovery formed larger rooms behind the defense chain, which Palace was able to use several times.
“What annoys me, of course,” were the two standard gates, which led to 0: 2. At the same time, Wagner promised his team that it was the last game “in which we do not go in with a freshness. The boys lechs after freshness in the game.”
Pressing and switching as new FCA-DNA
Overall, the Augsburgers are still in the finding phase under their new trainer. Wagner’s top credo are currently “clear structures” and the development of his game idea. He describes it somewhat ascertained: “Now we had to come to the structures, especially to get into self -confidence that processes fit. (…) Of course we want to show a certain complexity, but do not forget the simplicity.”
There were visual lessons against Crystal Palace, trained by Oliver Glasner, whose “RB School” was clearly recognizable, according to Wagner. “There is not much gaming in the back, but it quickly goes into the opposing half. And these are already topics that we also have in the repertoire. We still have to know when we use them.”
The squad stands – Weber probes the market
The aggressive pressing approach and the quick bridging of the midfield will take place in a 3-4-2-1 system after the test game impressions. According to Wagner, the four new, namely Han-Noah Massengo (24), Elias Saad (25), Robin Fellhauer (27) and Kyliane Dong (20), would have “fundamentally introduced themselves to this group as a person.” Further transfers are not in sight at first, although the new sports director Benni Weber also speculates on the market and has one or the other player on the paper.
The squad is filled with 29 professionals and the talents Dardari and Oliver Sorg in a full way and should therefore be reduced. Weber, formerly a video analyst for Jürgen Klopp and Thomas Tuchel (Ua Mainz, Dortmund and Chelsea), wants to start with individual conversations from Monday. Among other things, the future of Maximilian Bauer, Arne Maier and Elvis Rexhbecaj is open, and a new loan from Tim Breithaupt is also in the room, according to the “kicker”.
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