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With a 2-1 win at home over newly promoted Ried, Vienna Austria wrote to the Bundesliga for the first time in the new season on Sunday. Peter Stöger’s relief was palpable. “That was psychologically very important,” said the Austria coach, whose troops, after a tough start with two 911s from Christoph Monschein (37th, 65th), won a well-deserved “three” (match report + VIDEO highlights).
Violett had to “fight her way into the game first”, as Stöger discovered, after which the Viennese were, as expected, the best team in terms of play and made it 1-0 before the break. With the 2-0 victory again for the team player ÖFB Monschein, the game seemed to be over, and yet after Maudo Jarjue’s own goal (89th) there was a shaking in the end. “More calm in the game up front would do us good, but that doesn’t work from week to week,” said Stöger, whose team could have risen to 3-0.
Stöger still sees the “need for improvement”
The 54-year-old was just happy that he didn’t go into a downward spiral right at the start of the season. “It was difficult last year because we always fell behind. The fact that we don’t have the same dynamic from the beginning is really good for the psyche. “
For the first time at an Austrian home game since March 7, the ranks in the distribution circle came to life, 3,000 spectators assured that it was “a successful evening for all”, as Markus Suttner, returnees from Austria, emphasized. “Even the warm-up was a lot of fun.” Suttner also did several good deeds in the game, he proved to be the leading player Stöger wants to see.
Monschein on the penalty chip: “I’ve been planning to do this for a long time.”
“He played a decent game, he was always playable and he was ready to go ahead with the game,” Stöger said. The former legionnaire from Germany looked physically “still in need of improvement”, but in terms of the game “it worked quite well because I haven’t been with the team for long,” as Suttner put it.
For him, the Austrian start was quite successful, even if the goal, as in the opening 0: 1 against LASK, fell according to a standard. “Two goals, two standards, that’s too much, of course we will continue to work on that,” Suttner said. The result is in the foreground: “At the beginning it is important to get the points so that you increase your self-confidence. Then maybe we can play those home games with more confidence. “The next stop is next Sunday’s home game against Admira, who is currently stumbling.
Baumgartner: We have to “learn”
For Ried coach Gerald Baumgartner, the afternoon also ended with words of regret. “It’s a shame we didn’t get a point,” said the former Austria coach, whose team scored points with his compactness in the first half. “We should have played some offensive actions better, then it would have gotten tighter even earlier.” At least he praised his team, for whom Austria “came a little earlier”: “It was a good performance over long stretches.”
After all, one is in a phase “where we have to learn new things, get into the league,” emphasized Baumgartner, whose team celebrated a 3-2 win over WSG Tirol at the start. First conclusion: “The two games were very good.” The Salzburg maestro will visit Ried next week, Baumgartner expects “a few more weapons”: the ailing Marcel Canadi is said to be back soon, and Ghanaian striker Saddam Sulley has overcome bureaucratic hurdles.
Baumgartner, Ried coach: “Austria made life difficult”
(THAN)
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