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Hussein Balic (26th) and Marko Raguz (55th / penalty) gave the hosts a 2-0 lead. After Dominik Baumgartner’s connecting goal (73rd), a Gernot Trauner goal (78th) made the decision. The intensely directed game initially had no highlights. WAC had minimal advantages at the moment, but it was not dangerous in the hosts’ penalty area.
Instead, LASK took the lead with its first successful campaign. Marko Raguz placed a Rene Renner cross with his chest for Balic, the former SKN player scored a direct shot into the far corner. Then the High Austrians took the reins. A Raguz header flew just above Kreuzeck (34th), a shot from Peter Michorl after a James Holland submission landed in the side net (43rd).
LASK defeats WAC
At the end of the third round, LASK celebrated a 3-1 victory over WAC. Linz’s team remains undefeated and shares second place in the table with Rapid.
Home side stay at Siegerstrasse
Shortly after the break, a new co-production by Balic and Raguz made things clear: Balic got into the penalty area, Nemanja Rnic dropped his leg and the LASK side accepted the contact with gratitude, the coming penalty was converted by Raguz (55.).
Thus, everything pointed to a sure victory for LASK, which approached the third goal, among other things with a header from Raguz that he just blocked (68th). But practically out of nowhere, the WAC was back in the game. A cross from Michael Liendl’s free kick was blocked too short, Baumgartner dropped the ball from about twelve meters (73).
However, Wolfsberg’s hope of scoring points didn’t last long. In the 78th minute, Trauner headed a Michorl free kick into the far corner. In the final phase, LASK easily played the lead over time and clouded the big 4: 1 (91) opportunity through Dominik Reiter, but also had to accept a disappointment: Holland were eliminated with an ankle injury .
Voices for the game:
Dominik Thalhammer (LASK coach): “It was a well deserved victory against a strong WAC who plays with a lot of flexibility. The positive thing about us is that we are getting more and more stability in our game. For me it is essential that you, as a team, manage to reach final situations. That’s why we stayed calm after the games against Austria and WSG Tirol. Thursday’s seven goals contributed a lot to our confidence. That also gives us confidence for the next tasks, especially Lisbon. “
Ferdinand Feldhofer (WAC coach): “Due to the frequency of opportunities, it was a deserved victory for LASK, we are disappointed. We had big plans and we wanted to take something accounting. We did a lot for the first 20 minutes, we kept our pace, but then LASK made the first move 1-0 over and the game was over. After that, we did very little in our offensive actions over long stretches, we had very little precision and weren’t aggressive enough against the ball either. LASK had the most compelling chances, we lacked precision and penetration in the last third. “
Typical Bundesliga, third round
Sunday:
LASK – WAC 3: 1 (1: 0)
Raiffeisen Arena Linz, 3,000 spectators, SR Lechner
Sequence of objectives:
1: 0 (26.) Balic
2-0 (55o) Raguz (penalty)
2: 1 (73.) Baumgartner
3: 1 (78 °) Trauner
LASK: Schlager – Wiesinger, Trauner, Andrade – Ranftl, The Netherlands (82 ° L. Grgic), Michorl, Renner – Gruber (83 ° Plojer), Raguz (87 ° Sabitzer), Balic (65 ° runner)
WAC: Kuttin – Novak, Baumgartner, Rnic, Scherzer – Taferner (59th Schmerböck), Leitgeb (59th Lochoshvili), Liendl, Wernitznig – Vizinger, Dieng (59th Joveljic)
Yellow cards: Wiesinger, Trauner, Michorl and Scherzer
The best: Raguz, Balic, Michorl, Trauner and Liendl
