Bundesliga: Rapid celebrates sovereign inaugural victory

Thomas Murg scored 1-0 for the hosts in the eighth minute in front of 10,000 spectators admitted in Vienna-Hütteldorf. Forward Taxiarchis Fountas rose to 2-0 (43rd) before the break and made the final decision just before Rapid’s quarter hour (72nd). Admira, who had been offensive until then, shortened again thanks to Marco Hausjell (80th), but substitute Koya Kitagawa secured the first victory in injury time with 4-1 (90th + 2).

With that, head coach Dietmar Kühbauer’s team also managed the dress rehearsal for the duel with Belgian runner-up Gent in the third round of the Champions League qualifying on Tuesday. Therefore, the match against Admira was brought forward one day so that the Viennese can better recover ahead of Tuesday’s important match, in which it is a question of going to the play-off. It took place before the season opener between LASK and Austria.

Lightning start thanks to the goalkeeper’s blunder

The hosts were allowed to introduce themselves to fans on their own turf for the first time since March 1, 2020, when they won 3-1 against SV Mattersburg before the lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. They got to see a clearly dominant home team from the start. A volley by Dejan Ljubicic was just blocked (2nd). Six minutes later, the onset of sleep was successful. After a missed kick-off by goalkeeper Andreas Leitner, Murg reached the ball just outside the penalty area, was able to shoot in and hit the corner from about 20 yards.

With the swift leadership behind them, the Viennese acted with even more confidence. With a header from Maximilian Hofmann (13th), the second goal was not lacking. He then lined up with performance shortly before the break. After a bounce, Ercan Kara prepared the leather in the fall ideally for Fountas, who had no trouble finishing. Those from Lower Austria were only busy with defensive duties and on offense with the two former Rapid forwards Stefan Maierhofer and Erwin Hoffer they could not be beaten harmlessly.

Admire is just a goal of consolation

Little has changed in the game’s features. Rapid missed a double chance from Murg and Yusuf Demir (49th), and the strong Murg hit the crossbar after Kara crossed (52nd). On the other hand, Hoffer and Maierhofer were only able to indicate their class once at their old workplace. After Hoffer’s center, Maierhofer hit the crossbar with his head and put the margin on the house from the best position (69th). Quick was better in the end. Leitner was still able to stop a shot from Kara, but Fountas pushed the ball over the line from a very short distance.

Hausjell’s consolation goal, which passed from 20 meters over Richard Strebinger and over the bottom edge of the crossbar, changed nothing. Christoph Knasmüllner missed another great opportunity (88th). The 4: 1 still fell: Kitagawa stabbed as “Joker” after Murg cross (90. + 2). The Viennese won the eighth game with Admira in the last two and a half years and thus has Lok Zagreb after 1-0 in the CL classification and 5-0 against the regional division St. Johann in the first round of Uniqa. The ÖFB-Cups also finished victoriously their third competitive game of the new season.

Voices for the game

Dietmar Kühbauer (Quick coach): “When you go into a season and celebrate a clear victory that could have been even bigger, you are satisfied. We showed from the first minute that we wanted to leave the field as winners, we were very dominant. After the break we wanted to completely break our opponents with the 3-0 win, but lost the thread for a short time after the goal was not scored. But then we meet and play a good game overall. If you’re looking for a fly in the salve, we should have scored one goal or another. “

Zvonimir Soldo (Admira’s coach): “We imagined that the game would be completely different. Everything we discussed above, we did it differently. We actually wanted to defend ourselves well, but we were too passive, too far from the opponent, the dueling behavior was just bad, and there wasn’t enough movement inside. You can’t play like that against such a strong opponent. The second half was a little better, but we deservedly lost overall. “

Typical Bundesliga, 1st round

Friday:

Fast – Admire 4: 1 (2: 0)

Allianz Stadium, 10,000 spectators, SR Jäger

Tore:

1: 0 Murg (8.)
2: 0 Fountas (43.)
3: 0 Fountas (73.)
3: 1 Hausjell (80 °)
4: 1 Kitagawa (90. + 2.)

Quick: Strebinger – Stojkovic, Greiml, Hofmann, Ullmann – D. Ljubicic, Petrovic (82./Grahovac) – Murg, Fountas (82. Savic), Demir (68./Knasmüllner) – Kara (76./Kitagawa)

To admire: Leitner – Bauer, Aiwu, Schösswendter (46./Hjulmand), L. Malicsek – Maier, Tomic (82./Buchta), Kerschbaum (46./Saracevic), Cirkovic (64./Hausjell) – Hoffer (82./Lukacevic ), Maierhofer

Yellow cards: Murg, Fountas, Stojkovic or Maierhofer, Maier

The best: Murg, Demir, Fountas and Tomic