Turbulent start to the training camp

After two and a half hours of flight time, the Airbus A 321 set sail in Larnaca, in addition to tourists and business people with the 48-headed entourage of FK Austria Wien.

A very rough approach with turbulence, because of a thunderstorm over the island - a few even made the sign of the cross and thanked the captain with applause.

Afterwards they went straight to the hotel, where the coaching team around head coach Thorsten Fink was already waiting. They had arrived a day early for optimal training camp preparation.

After a short afternoon snack, the first practice started at 5:30 PM. Under strong wind, 14 degrees and under flood lights, because at 5 PM dusk sets in Cyprus.

The violet team is stationed until January 27^th in Ayia Napa at the Hotel Grecian Bay. Thorsten Fink on his expectations: "We want to work on the system, will do a lot in the tactical field, because the boys have been working during vacation and the first one and a half weeks of training on their physique and of course, we will work on positional play and the automatisms. We had to deviate a bit from our game in the fall because of the many injuries, now we want to get back to our system. "

Sporting director Franz Wohlfahrt adds: "We want to integrate the new players as fast as possible and help young players like Dominik Fitz to get the hang of it quickly. This week of training are very important days for us, I will have many individual and group discussions. We are trying to improve the team and have also taken some financial steps to take along this 29-man squad and all of their crew, including their own rehabilitation coach."

The traveling squad: Almer, Hadzikic, Pentz, Krischke; Kadiri, Alhassan, Friesenbichler, Stangl, Madl, Holzhauser, Gluhakovic, Pires, Vastic, Stronati, Prokop, Borkovic, De Paula, Lee, Monschein, Fitz, Sarkaria, Blauenstein, Venuto, Salamon, Serbest, Klein, Ruan, Grünwald, Westermann

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