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Goals from Bakary Nimaga (65th), Seifedin Chabbi (72nd) and Sascha Horvath (76th) were too few for the hosts, who needed a win. Robert Ljubicic (40th), Taylor Booth (67th) and Kofi Schulz (94th) met at St. Pölten.
Hartberg tried with intense offensive efforts to score an early opening goal. St. Pölten initially limited himself to setting punctures from counterattacks. Despite much more play, the Styrians found hardly any scoring chances in the first half. A Tadic volley after a cross by Andreas Lienhart went to the side of the goal (18th).
Hartberg missed the master group after crime thriller
St. Pölten’s equalization at 3: 3 robbed the Styrians of the ticket to the top six in injury time.
On the other side, Michael Blauensteiner also fired a dangerous shot from eleven meters, which only went over the crossbar (18th). Those from Lower Austria got better and better in the match in the middle of the first half. New signing Brandon Servania shot from the edge of the box after an assist from George Davies in the 26th minute.
Tadic misses with a penalty to Riegler
A little later everything was arranged for a Hartberger hit. Schulz threw himself to the side of Florian Flecker and braced himself with his right hand. Referee Josef Spurny interpreted this situation – not without controversy – as hands and gave a penalty. The TSV Tadic striker missed this opportunity. SKN goalkeeper Christoph Riegler saved the relatively central penalty with his feet (31st).
In the 40th minute, Ibertsberger’s company was finally rewarded for an icy counterattack. Dor Hugi served the completely independent Robert Ljubicic, who dry processed.
Hartberg even more offensive after the break
After switching sides, the Oststeirer brought everything back into balance. Tobias Kainz entered the opponent’s penalty area in the 55th minute until the end, which went just over the gate. Time and again, however, the guests found rooms due to the Hartbergs’ offensive orientation. For example, Davies ran alone into the goal of Hartberg goalkeeper Rene Swete, where he also found his teacher (58th).
In return, it was also turbulent in the SKN penalty area: Nimaga initially took a shot on pole, Riegler defended himself from Kainz’s margin on the crossbar (59 °). A veritable mob festival followed. In the 65th minute, the tie fell for the first time: Nimaga headed a Rajko Rep cross to 1-1. But just two minutes later, understudy Booth restored the lead of the guests. The American completed a counterattack after the assistance of Schulz.
The corner costs Hartberg’s place in the master group
The Hartberger didn’t let that throw them off course. Once again, Markus Schopp’s team managed to equalize. Chabbi scored a wild-card goal (72) off a cross from Rakowitz. Sascha Horvath finally took the lead after a cross from Tadic in the 76th minute. He missed a champion group ticket that was already known to be safe: In the fourth minute of injury time, the guests tied again. Daniel Drescher extended a corner kick to Schulz, who put the ball into the goal and led the hosts into the qualifying group.
Markus Schopp (Coach Hartberg): “We came back from a very difficult situation, I missed a penalty, we lost some opportunities. The opponent expected our mistakes. Unfortunately, we have given you moments of change at one point or another. The process is, of course, very dramatic. It is not now that the world is collapsing. We know that we now have ten games left in the qualifying round. We are really waiting for you. I would like to congratulate Wattens on achieving his incredible goal. “
Robert Ibertsberger (St. Pölten coach): “We are happy to take the point with us. It is a valley of waves that you experience as a coach in a game like this. Not as much football was played in the second half. We took the lead twice, then we are 3-2 behind and still show very good morale. What still bothers me is how we get the goals. We didn’t defend well. “
Typical Bundesliga, matchday 22
Sunday:
Hartberg – St. Pölten 3: 3 (0: 1)
Hartberg, Profertil Arena, SR Spurny
Sequence of objectives:
0: 1 R. Ljubicic (40th)
1: 1 Nimaga (65.)
Cabin 1: 2 (67.)
2: 2 Chabbi (72.)
3: 2 Horvath (76.)
3: 3 Schulz (94.)
Hartberg: Swete – Lienhart (46./Rakowitz), Gollner, Luckeneder, Klem – Kainz (61./Chabbi), Nimaga – Horvath, Rep (85./Rotter), Flecker – Tadic (78./Horvat)
St. Pölten: Riegler – Steinwender, Drescher, Muhamedbegovic (80./Schmidt) – Blauensteiner (46./Majnovics), Halper, Servania (75./Meister), R. Ljubicic, Schulz – Davies (74./Pokorny), Hugi
Note: Tadic (31./Hartberg) missed with a penalty from goalkeeper Riegler
Yellow cards: Klem, Rep, Nimaga and Schulz
Best: Flecker, Horvath, Nimaga or Davies, Ljubicic, Riegler
