Admira hands over the ‘red lantern’ to Ried

The Südstadt team won 3-1 on Saturday at the BSFZ Arena against the newly promoted Ried and scored four points in the first two games with neo-coach Damir Buric. As a result, the “Red Lantern” could also be delivered, including a preliminary advance to seventh place. The Innviertler held on to three points and fell back to ninth place.

Maximilian Breunig (5th) headed in, Roman Kerschbaum (23rd) with a converted free-kick and Tomislav Tomic (66th) with a converted corner kick directly made the decision. The guests, completely harmless before the break, only managed to achieve aesthetic results thanks to a penalty from Marco Grüll (49th). They conceded their third defeat in a row after 1: 2 in Vienna Austria and 1: 3 at home against league leaders Salzburg.

Admiraner got off to a dream start with newly signed former Rapidler Stephan Auer in front of 1,015 spectators. On an ideal flank of Tomic, Rieds Manuel Kerhe picked up the offside, and Breunig, left completely alone, headed to the far corner. In the 23rd minute, Ried goalkeeper Samuel Sahin-Radlinger dropped Erwin Hoffer, who fought his way, into the penalty area, and Kerschbaum scored confidently from the penalty spot. The Upper Austria, with whom coach Gerald Baumgartner traded twice in the 34th minute and also switched to four behind, were not present on offense.

That changed right after the reboot, although luck was part of that. After a duel between Kerschbaum and Ried forward Bernd Gschweidl, referee Julian Weinberger decided a penalty. A slight offside by Gschweidl went unpunished. Grüll did not miss the opportunity. Otherwise, the Rieders were once again unbeatable in terms of safety. The Admirans, on the other hand, were rewarded for a performance that was significantly improved in terms of gameplay compared to appearances from the first season.

In an almost own goal by Meisl (65th), the third goal for the local team was still missing. A minute later, the ball landed in the net. Goalkeeper Sahin-Radlinger deflected a direct corner from Tomic into the goal as he tried to defend himself. For Admira, who last won 2-2 against Austria, it was the first league win since 2-1 in Mattersburg on June 27. At home they were able to celebrate the three points for the first time since March 7 (2-0 against Altach).