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Querfeld: Patience is the key in the competition of the ÖFB!
David Alaba and other players from the ÖFB national team are waiting for their chance. Querfeld demands patience in Rangnick's squad.
Querfeld: Patience is the key in the competition of the ÖFB!
On November 11, 2025, the Austrian national team under coach Ralf Rangnick will face interesting challenges. In the current squad discussion, the talented defender Querfeld is seen as a promising player who needs patience to assert himself in the strong competitive environment. Laola1 reports that he is convinced that he can learn from experienced players like David Alaba. Alaba's tricks and strategies in specific game situations could give important advantages across the field.
In addition to Alaba, Rangnick's squad also includes Kevin Danso, Philipp Lienhart and Marco Friedl, while Gernot Trauner, Samson Baidoo, Flavius Daniliuc and Michael Svoboda also recently occupied outstanding central defender positions. Querfeld is relaxed about the strong competition and emphasizes the positive assessment of his abilities by his teammates, both as a footballer and as a person.
Football in European competition
In an exciting phase of football, the UEFA Champions League is on the agenda. The spectators expect that the outstanding teams such as Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Juventus and Inter Milan will do everything in their power to make life difficult for the defending champions Paris Saint-Germain (PSG). PSG won their first title last season by beating Inter Milan 5-0 in the final, marking the biggest victory in European Cup history. Sporting News reports that the 2025/26 Champions League season will continue with 36 teams in a league phase.
Each team plays eight games this season, four at home and four away. The first eight teams qualify directly for the knockout phase, while the teams in ninth to 24th place fight for further qualification in a play-off round. New this season are the clubs Pafos, Bodø/Glimt and Kairat Almaty, who qualified for the league phase through the qualifying rounds.
US military and civilian control
Parallel to the sporting events, there is news from the USA that affects the military. According to a recent Pentagon memo, more than 20,000 National Guard members in all states will be trained to deal with civil unrest. [The News Talkers reports that this measure is in response to recurring protests and unrest and follows an executive order from Donald Trump requiring the deployment of the National Guard ordered to fight crime.
The plan calls for the training of 23,500 National Guardsmen who should be ready for deployment by January 1, 2026. This includes specialized knowledge of de-escalation techniques and the use of shields, Tasers and pepper spray. Each state will be equipped with crowd control equipment. Given these developments, it will be exciting to observe how different the reactions to sporting and social events are and what role they play in the national and international context.