sportbible homepage
sportbible homepage
  • Football
  • Boxing
  • UFC
  • Home
  • Football
    • Premier League
    • Champions League
    • World Cup
    • England
    • Transfer News
    • Manchester United
    • Liverpool
    • Arsenal
    • Real Madrid
    • Barcelona
  • Formula 1
    • Red Bull
    • Ferrari
    • McLaren
    • Mercedes
    • Max Verstappen
    • Lewis Hamilton
    • Lando Norris
    • George Russell
    • Charles Leclerc
  • Boxing
  • UFC
  • More Sport
    • Tennis
    • Golf
    • NBA
    • NFL
    • Darts
    • Athletics
    • Rugby
    • Wrestling
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Archive
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Snapchat
TikTok
Threads
YouTube
Submit Your Content Here
  • LADbible
  • Tyla
  • GAMINGbible
  • LADbible Group
  • UNILAD
  • FOODbible
  • UNILAD Tech
It Took Ralf Rangnick Just Two Weeks To Turn Austria Into A Drilled Pressing Team, Footage Emerges

Home> Football

Published 09:51 11 Jun 2022 GMT+1

It Took Ralf Rangnick Just Two Weeks To Turn Austria Into A Drilled Pressing Team, Footage Emerges

Rangnick is doing his thing.

Daniel Marland

Daniel Marland

google discoverFollow us on Google Discover

Footage of Ralf Rangnick's Austria side pressing Denmark before scoring has emerged and many wish they could've seen it at Manchester United.

Rangnick was appointed United interim manager in November and had until the end of the season to change their fortunes.

The 63-year-old was set to move into a consultancy role the following summer with the Red Devils on the hunt for a new manager.

Advert

Instead, Rangnick chose to take the Austria national team job and later declared he would be leaving United altogether after finishing sixth with their lowest-ever Premier League points tally.

He arrived in England with a reputation for fast, intense football. We saw very little of that at Old Trafford and the lasting memory of Rangnick is his soundbites from press conferences.

While the United players didn't take to his methods, Austria's have and they scored a lovely equaliser in their Nations League game on Monday.

Denmark defender Joachim Andersen attempted to play the ball back to goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel and Austria forward Michael Gregoritsch figured out what was going on.

The FC Augsburg man slid in to nick the ball off Schmeichel and it bounced out to Marco Arnautovic.

He darted to the byline and put a cross in for Xaver Schlager to sweep home.

Austria weren't able to kick on and find a winner however and with six minutes to go, Jens Stryger Larsen scored to give Denmark a 2-1 victory.

Fans have reacted to the footage and they're amazed at how much better Austria look under Rangnick than United did.

Image
Alamy

One commented: "This is why he said we needed 10 new players."

Another said: "Tears even a team like Austria were able to adapt to it quickly but for our players, this was just too much of training."

A third tweeted: "Ralf was not the problem I've said it so many times."

While someone said: "We pressed like this for 32 minutes against Crystal Palace and then never again."

United scouts were in attendance at the Ernst-Happel Stadion but it's unknown who they were watching.

They've been linked with a shock move for Christian Eriksen in the last few weeks and he played the full 90 minutes for Denmark.

Eriksen joined Brentford in January and has the option to stay at the Bees, but the prospect of European football could be too much to turn down.

Featured Image Credit: UEFA

Topics: Ralf Rangnick, Australia, Denmark, Manchester United, UEFA Nations League

Daniel Marland
Daniel Marland

Daniel is SPORTbible's Senior Social Editor.

X

@DanMarland_

Recommended reads

Ranking the top 10 best golfers of all time as Nicklaus v Woods GOAT debate settledGetty ImagesDavid Munyua and Peter Wachiuri interview: 'We wish for major PDC players to come and visit Kenya'Getty / Instagram/@wachiuridartsMark Selby lifts lid on backstage talks over Crucible as landmark agreement reachedGettyBarry Hearn sends message to Ronnie O'Sullivan over snooker future as Crucible prediction madeGetty

Advert

Choose your content:

an hour ago
2 hours ago
5 hours ago
6 hours ago
  • CBS Sports
    an hour ago

    Thierry Henry walks off CBS set after Jamie Carragher tells Peter Schmeichel to 'leave it'

    Henry walked off during a disagreement between Carragher and Schmeichel.

    Football
  • Getty
    2 hours ago

    QUIZ: Can you name every Champions League winner?

    As the Champions League final approaches, we're challenging you to name every team to win the historic competition.

    Football
  • Getty
    5 hours ago

    Liverpool prepared to complete outrageous swap deal with Real Madrid after PSG defeat

    Arne Slot's side fell to a 2-0 defeat in Paris on Wednesday.

    Football
  • Getty
    6 hours ago

    James Maddison responds to viral video of his physical condition after 247 days out

    Maddison has been out of action since August with an ACL injury.

    Football
  • What happened to the nine players Ralf Rangnick wanted to build Man Utd superteam around
  • Ex-Man Utd boss Ralf Rangnick taken to hospital as Austrian FA issue statement
  • Ralf Rangnick gives brutal assessment of Man Utd and Ruben Amorim and fans aren't happy
  • Ralf Rangnick wanted Man Utd to build superteam with six huge signings including current Liverpool star