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The Viennese Vikings had already won the first match a week ago in Graz with 31:19. However, if the first game was balanced, especially in the first quarter, the Vikings quickly set course for victory, to the delight of the 440 admitted spectators.
Yannick Mayr secured the quick lead with the second action of the game. The catcher carried a short pass from quarterback Jadrian Clark over 79 yards into the Graz end zone. After Sebastian Wimmer intercepted a pass from Giants playmaker Hunter McEachern, Clark made it 14-0 with a pass to Anton Wegan.
Vikings are still successful
The second game of the final series in the national soccer league also went to the Vienna Vikings. Against the Giants of Graz they clearly won 45:13 at home.
He continued in this key. With another 20-yard pass to Mayr in the end zone, quarterback Clark made it all clear with 21-0 in the first quarter. Early in the second quarter, Clark threw his fourth touchdown pass in the first half to Maurice Wappel. The American made his fifth successful pass to the end zone, caught by Bernhard Seikovits, before the break. In the middle, Bastian Steinmair, who replaced the ailing McEachern as the Giants playmaker, brought Graz’s first touchdown on the scoreboard with a pass to Markus Schaberl. Giants kicker Fabian Kager had awarded the extra point.
Touchdown with first pass
After switching sides, the Viennese played the second safe victory at home. Led by the only 18-year-old Nico Hrouda, who replaced Clark at quarterback, the Vikings left nothing to be desired. More so: Hrouda found David Schaaf with his first pass, who only stopped after 68 yards into the end zone. Dennis Tasic, who also made good use of all the extra points, also contributed a field goal. Shortly before the finale, the Grazers, who had no chance that afternoon, still achieved aesthetic results with a successful touchdown pass from Steinmair to Florian Bierbaumer.
On September 26, the Viennese, who not only impressed on offense but also defense with five forced ball losses, now have their first chance to win the 15th championship title in their club’s history. However, the Vikings camp doesn’t want to think about the title party after three games. “We will continue training and try to do our thing again. We’re not going to be swayed by today’s result, “catcher Yannick Mayr said in an interview with ORF.
“Unsere Offense war on fire”
His coach Chris Calaycay was confident of the first match point. “We wanted to improve and we succeeded. It was nice to play at home. Our offense was on fire, our defense forced five turnovers. We are showing what we can do and we are looking forward to Game 3, ”said the Vikings coach.
For his opponent Martin Kocian, the game ended with the quick first touchdown: “We fell asleep until the beginning and then we couldn’t save the game. The fact that we were fighting injuries did not make things easier, “said the Graz coach. However, Kocian tried to find positive things about the failure:” However, our endorsements did their job well and it should be. We are developing as a team and we will do it again on September 26 ”.
