He recalls turning to his assistant, and friend, Michael Angerschmid, whom he had known since the age of 18 when they both signed professional contracts at SV Ried, a small Austrian Bundesliga club.

A dogged defender who played his entire 19-year career with now-Austrian second division side SV Ried, Glasner retired just shy of his 37th birthday having developed a brain haemorrhage from an on ...