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Rapid continues on his heels after beating St. Pölten Salzburg
Rapid follows on the heels of defending champion and leader of the table, Salzburg in the Bundesliga, two points behind. Hütteldorfer are undefeated after Saturday’s difficult 2-1 at St. Pölten and the second win of the season even after the third round. “It was well deserved work. Nothing works without work,” said Rapid coach Dietmar Kühbauer after the success of his former club, which had also not been defeated before.
>> Match report: SKN St. Pölten vs. SK Rapid Wien
The guests made good use of St. Pölten’s opening goal, Dor Hugi (6th). The early double hit by Taxiarchis Fountas (15th) and Ercan Kara (17th / penalty) finally carried the decision in front of just over 1,500 spectators at the NV Arena. “It was like so many times, the team only woke up when they ran back. The players then showed what they could do and turned the game around. We had 3-1 on the foot a few times, but the opportunities weren’t taken advantage of. to blame the team. We had to shake to the end, “said the burgenlander.
Increase after storm game
Compared to the most recent 1-1 at Sturm Graz, the performance was “certainly better”. Fountas proved himself Torgarant once again, scoring for the third time this league season. “Taxi wants to score goals, that’s a good story, but I think it can be even better if he sees one or the other teammate from time to time. But I’m glad to have him,” Kühbauer said of the Greek offensive player.
Instead of opting for a double, Fountas surprisingly left the penalty to Kara. “I have to honestly say that we didn’t talk about it. You’re old enough,” said the Rapid coach. So the forward scored his first goal in the championship in 2020/21, outside the game he lacked effectiveness in some actions.
Even more blows would have been possible for the local team, in contrast to Torgala in Admira (5-0), the coldness was lacking. That was just one of the reasons for the first loss. The first goal was started by an unnecessary turnover, with the penalty that Christoph Riegler Rapids goalkeeper Thomas Murg should not have knocked down. “We were distracted for two minutes,” central defender Manuel Maranda said.
Ibertsberger with divided opinion
Coach Robert Ibertsberger’s analysis was twofold. On the one hand, one can be satisfied with the performance as it has moved on an equal footing against a Rapid Elf, which is better than the Sturm game. On the other hand, you stay there with zero points. “Unfortunately, two minutes lost the fruits of our work. The goals we conceded happened too easily. We probably wanted too much too, and if you dominate something, that comes out,” said the 43-year-old.
His team fell back to third place for the time being. WSG Tirol is tied behind on points. The last group of the previous season achieved their first victory with a 2-0 win at Altach. Once again, the Tyrolese took the lead early, but this time they got all three dry points, thanks to 35-year-old Zlatko Dedic (6th, 64th). “The four points are good for us. Although I don’t feel euphoric because last year we still had four points after three rounds, we all know the end of the story. But I think it’s a little different from last year, and that can make us positive ”, analyzed WSG coach Thomas Silberberger.
Altach, however, failed at the start, only one point is on the credit side. “We didn’t show up as a team, not as a unit. Fighting to the point of not being able to do that for a point, that’s what I missed,” coach Alex Pastoor said in an interview with Sky. The first half wasn’t good enough, but it was still good. “We lost all our energy in the second half and that made the game terrible,” said the Dutchman. Before the international break, there are still chances of winning, on October 4 you will play against Sturm Graz.
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