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Rapid got around the curve at the end of the year and goes into winter break with a sense of accomplishment. After three competitive matches without a win and two losses in a row, Bundesliga bottom line Admira was beaten 1-0 on Saturday after a clear superiority. This increased the score to 24 points, the last time the number of points was recorded in the 2009/10 season. Only three times better performance had been achieved since 2000.
In 2003/04 they were as leaders of the table with 29 points as in 2000/01 with 25 points; “Overall we played an excellent season this year,” emphasized Rapid coach Dietmar Kühbauer. After the Europa League exit after the meager 2: 2 at home to Molde and the recent League losses to WSG Tirol (0: 3) and in the round of 16 of the Cup against Salzburg (2: 6), there were many Criticism from outside hit him and his team.
“I know Rapid is always stressful, but they are still the best club to work for. If you have a small valley, it is normal to look at what is not going well, ”said the Burgenlander. He was even more satisfied with the successful appearance at the BSFZ Arena, as well as exploiting the opportunities. “Several points were important for us today, first of all, that we stick together, that we played zero, that we played a good game and that the players, the coaches and the team now have a good Christmas,” said the Rapid coach. . He described the victory as “important” and “beautiful”.
The winner of the match was Ercan Kara, who has now scored three of his six goals this season in the league with a header. In competitive play, he scored for the 11th time in game 23 of the season. The only disappointment for him was that he had to leave the field after a kick from Emanuel Aiwu in the 75th minute. Kühbauer gave the go-ahead: “There’s nothing to worry about.” So the forward will be there when training begins on January 4.
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There you can start with positive energy after the most recent sense of accomplishment. “The victory was a satisfaction for us, after we got one in the cap over and over again in recent weeks,” outside player Thorsten Schick said in the Sky interview. The heart was in the right place. Marcel Ritzmaier could only underline that. “We performed very well as a team, both on offense and defense,” said the midfielder. The victory was “of course very good” for morale. “There was never any disturbance in the team, we always believed in ourselves, even in the phase where it wasn’t like that. That was another exclamation point today, ”Ritzmaier explained.
As third or fourth, which was also in 2019/20 (21 points) at the time, the Hütteldorfer enters the short Christmas break, the gap with the top of the table is a maximum of four points before the home hit against the current second Sturm Graz at the end of January. “The table doesn’t look too bad,” Schick said.
The fans can’t claim that, they grace the bottom of the table with just seven points. So few points were last seen in 2005, when the decline continued. Also, you were last after eight out of twelve laps. “We hope to get one or the other player so that our quality increases. Otherwise it will be difficult, “said Admira coach Damir Buric.
That these are necessary became clear on Saturday, especially in the first half. “We weren’t really on the pitch, we missed almost everything,” said midfielder Roman Kerschbaum with self-criticism. So his coach seemed a bit lost. “We had real problems there, our organization did not work at all. That’s a no-go, it’s a mystery to me, ”Buric said.
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