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The Wolfsbergers are one round ahead in the ÖFB Cup after a 2-0 win over Amstetten. The first cup quarter-finals in six years will lead the WAC to Kapfenberg. Austria Klagenfurt has to go to LASK.
Of Markus Sebestyen | 5.30 am, December 17, 2020
In the final, which is preferred by many, it has champions Red Bull Salzburg Runner-up Fast vienna He left no chance Wednesday night and sent home 6-2. Immediately afterwards, the pairings for the quarterfinals were drawn. With a lot for that WAC. The Wolfsbergs were saved from a first division team. He goes abroad to the second division Kapfenberg. the Austria Klagenfurt he also meets outside the home LASK. Game dates are February 5-7.
The early 1-0 lead against Amstetten (minute 8) was on shaky legs until the last second. A Wolfsberger even had compensation on the foot. We are not talking about a possible own goal, but about loaned players Marcel holzer. The WAC center forward spends the season at SKU Amstetten in Lower Austria. With his replacement, the 22-year-old gave more impetus to his team’s attack.
Would you have felt guilty if you had hit your hometown club? “I don’t think so. I’m in Amstetten this year and I see that we achieved our goals.”says Holzer, who will be part of the wolf pack again this summer.
In the end, just don’t take the initiative Dominik Baumgartner head behind a flank of Sven Sprangler held. captain Michael Liendl put in the last action of the game with a remarkable dancer in the far corner of the end point. Shortly before, a shot rang out from Philipp Offenthaler from twelve meters past the post of the WAC house. A goal would have meant the third overtime in the third Lavanttaler Cup match. At the end of a cup fight there is a victory without much glamor. The second division remained in play until the end.
“As always in the Cup, we adjusted to the rival a little and again we could not make the decision.”, sums up the coach Ferdinand Feldhofer. The guilt lies ahead. Very little was played in the final goal. With the victory, WAC is in the ÖFB Cup quarter-finals for the first time since the 2014/2015 season.
