Monschein about Coach Letsch, “He knows what he wants”

Thomas Letsch has been the new head coach for FK Austria Wien for less than two weeks and he already has the team under his wings. The 2-0 victory against WAC and the impression he has made on the players prove this. "He has a plan and has a very good way of telling us what he wants to see from us," says Christoph Monschein.

The striker was very happy about being in Letsch’s first starting line-up. "When a new coach arrives, the cards are being reshuffled," says Monschein, who thanked the new coach for his trust with an assist to Dominik Prokop to the important 2-0.

"It doesn’t matter who scores the goals – the clubs goals always come first"

The 25-year-old, who prepared for Prokop summed up, "The victory gives us confidence and it is very positive that we all played well together".

"The most important thing is that we make three points, that we reach our goal with the club. That is our focus," emphasizes Monschein, who gets along well with Prokop and also does a lot with him in his free time. This relationship can be seen on the field.

Monschein was busy against WAC, ran kilometres, offered himself a lot and made the opposing defence work for their money. "How he created a chance during the final minutes after about 50 sprints deserves respect," Letsch said about his striker.

"It feels good"

The 49-year-old's words are good for our centre striker. Every praise you receive gives you self-confidence. "Nevertheless, I always have to prove my strength - during training and from week to week," says "Monschi", who liked the system against Wolfsberg.

"I think the rapid bursts forward are good for me, because it used to be very important playing for Admira. It's actually perfect for my playing style, it feels good.

"The Viennese can also imagine playing together with Kevin Friesenbichler in a two-man storm. “Why not? We get along very well. Everyone has their strengths. Together we could be very dangerous,” says Monschein, who scored five goals during the current season.

Home game against St. Pölten is the focus

The team is now fully focused on the home game against SKN St. Pölten (Saturday, 6.30 PM, Happel Stadium). "We have to fight for ourselves, play with quality during every round and make something out of it. In the end we will see what comes out," emphasizes Monschein.

The last time our “Violets” lost 0-1 in St. Pölten (11/29/2017), back then "Monschi" came into the game for Prokop after 66 minutes. On 9/17/2017 the 25-year-old came into the game for Friesenbichler during the final minutes and made the final score to the 5-1 triumph. It was Lederer's SKN debut, by the way.

Since his former coach Oliver Lederer is the coach of the upcoming opponent, our man with the number 14 has watched a few SKN games. "With Lederer they are a lot better than before. It will not be easy for us," says Monschein.

A personal interim balance

Since Monschein came from Admira to Austria Wien he played 35 official games, scored 9 goals and made two assists. In the Bundesliga (5 goals / 2 assists), he was in the starting line-up nine times, and in 22 games he played a total of 946 of possible 1,980 minutes.

In ten European Cup games, the fast and mobile offensive man played 448 minutes (4 goals). "As a striker you want to score many goals. It could have been a bit more. I remember a few opportunities that I missed, but I might have used on another day," says Monschein.

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