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Rapid failed with the seventh attempt to defeat his archrivals at Allianz Stadium. The green-whites have been waiting for victory for three days. The “Veilchen” have been unsuccessful for five league games. By sharing the points, Rapid remains third, the difference with the championship leaders Red Bull Salzburg increased to four points. Austria, which is in eighth place, does not have a point in sixth place.
Rapid started without Taxiarchis Fountas, but with the recovered Marcel Ritzmaier and got off to a better start. In the third minute, Ercan Kara moved from a good position, four minutes later it was 1-0. Following a Maximilian Ullmann cross, Thorsten Schick volleyed with his weaker left foot into the far corner.
Austria’s response followed in the 19th minute. Wimmer headed a Manprit Sarkaria free-kick cross into the short corner, where Rapid, as so often in recent weeks, revealed weaknesses on set pieces. Even in an Austrian corner in the 34th minute it got tricky, Rapid goalkeeper Paul Gartler stopped an attempt by Erik Palmer-Brown just before the line.
Pentz always at work
Hütteldorfer clearly had better chances in the first half. In the 23rd minute Christoph Knasmüllner missed after Ritzmaier’s squad from close range to Pentz, the Austrian goalkeeper was also on the post when Kara fired.
Shortly before the break, Rapid’s pressure increased. Kara headed in from a good position (36th), a shot by Mateo Barac in the penalty area was blocked by Palmer-Brown (40th). In the course of the corner ball that followed, Pentz performed two more brilliant acts. He first stopped a Maximilian Hofmann header, then acrobatically defended Srdjan Grahovac’s margin while on the goal line.
Rapid doesn’t hit the goal
The second half started with a counter opportunity for Austria – Gartler blocked a shot from Benedikt Pichler (51.) – before Rapid took command again. Pentz again distinguished himself with a header from Hofmann (53rd) and was lucky that the Rapid central defender missed the goal from close range when he fell (54th).
In the 59th minute Kara also missed the goal from five, in the 76th minute Pentz struggled with a shot from Ritzmaier. Six minutes later, the goalkeeper was reportedly beaten, but substitute Yusuf Demir’s shot landed on the outside post. In the finals, Austria trembled to score points despite the permanent siege of their own penalty area at the finish line.
Typical Bundesliga, matchday 9
Sunday:
Fast – Austria 1: 1 (1: 1)
Allianz Stadium, SR Weinberger
Sequence of objectives:
1: 0 Schick (7.)
1: 1 Wimmer (19.)
Quick: Gartler – Stojkovic, Hofmann, Barac, Ullmann – Grahovac, Ritzmaier – Schick, Knasmüllner (78./Demir), Arase (69./Fountas) – Kara
Austria: Pentz – Teigl, Handl, Palmer-Brown, Suttner – Sarkaria (65./Fitz), Zwierschitz, Hahn, Jukic (84./Ebner) – Wimmer (55./Monschein), Pichler
Yellow cards: Hofmann or Handl, Hahn, Zwierschitz, Teigl
Best: Ullmann, Schick, Gartler or Pentz, Sarkaria, Wimmer
