The SK Rapid does not come from the spot. In the league, the Hütteldorfer is only on the eighth table spot. For victories, it is currently not enough. Now captain Christopher Dibon also admits: the worm is in it.

After eight league games, the SK Rapid holds at eight points and a goal ratio of zero. Overall, Rapid achieved only ten hits – significantly too little for the claims of the Viennese. For comparison: Sturm Graz, opponent on weekends, already scored 21 results.

No wonder that the currently injured captain Christopher Dibon crowns the offensive play of his team. In the entire offensive game, the worm is inside. But that starts away from the Tormann. We are currently simply very bad solutions. There is a plan on how to put the game, but that must be implemented in the end, says Dibon at SKY .

Dibon defends tactics against Red Bull Salzburg

After the 0: 2 defeat in Salzburg, Bullen-Coach Matthias Jaissle wondered about the defensive playground of the opponent. That Rapid puts up in the back, that was, I believe, in the past rare , analyzed Jaissle.

The tactics of Rapid coach Dietmar Kühbauer defends Dibon anyway. In the Champions League Game against Seville you have seen when you give Salzburg rooms, which can be off. Adeyemi has a speed that is not only fast in Austria, but also internationally very, very fast. But with the red card you have seen when a team puts a deep block that Salzburg did not find so many ideas to create scoring chances, says Dibon.

The 30-year-old continues: We then made it defensively well and Salzburg has had very few scoring chances. There were also a few really good switching situations where we did not quite have the courage that really finishes well. That was missing me because then the defender in Salzburg begins to think. Defensive was the performance really okay, in the offensive it was not so much. That it gets the decisive direction due to the penalty, it is of course bitter in the end.

The big distance to Red Bull Salzburg was legitimate. In the past, you still have players like Branko Boskovic to Hütteldorf pilot, such kickers would now only switch to Red Bull Salzburg.

In addition, it would not help that one or the other player with the head is elsewhere: If there is one or the other request more for a player and one or the other player also wants to seek the wideness, then it s not always that easy that you get it in a team well over it and the services are in place. This is always with us, just in summer, a topic. Then the Europa League comes to it. And player who might be elsewhere with his head. That year we had a few inside where it was a topic. There are several factors together why it does not run in the league yet.

Dibon: Glad I have made the operation

Dibon himself will not help the team so soon. Due to stress complaints in the charged left knee and subsequent investigations, the Lower Austrian had to undergo arthroscopic intervention. Although the procedure was successful, then Dibon will fail to be indefinite. Due to a cruciate ligament tear, the 30-year-old already missed the entire season 2020/21. Although Dibon celebrated his comeback in summer, but the next setback was made.

I just did not get there, where I wanted to go, because the knee has just reacted a bit again and again and was a certain swelling there. I never really had pain, but whenever fluid is in the knee, you just do not get his hundred percent. That s not fun at the end of the day, because I can not reach my level and on the other side I can not help the team. In a further consequence, the whole thing has been clarified with pictures and has seen that something is wrong. Now I m glad that the surgery was done, says Dibon.

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Until the contracting in the summer Dibon wants to give everything to play football again. But I ve already had enough operations in my life. No further surgery will take place to continue playing football. But in my head is clearly inside that I want to make games in the spring. My big goal is the comeback and the focus is clearly on the rehab.