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Stefan Hierländer (9th) and Ivan Ljubic (78th) scored the goals for the Styrian superiors in front of 1,407 spectators, outnumbered from the 67th minute. In the fourth consecutive defeat at Ried, the corona virus also played a role this time. Due to at least four officially confirmed Covid 19 cases and injuries, the High Austrians were unable to have eight players, including regular team Marco Grüll, Markus Lackner and goalkeeper Samuel Sahin-Radlinger.
Daniel-Edward Daniliuc made his Bundesliga debut at the Rieder Tor. The 20-year-old, who had also not been able to train for ten days, faced continuous attacks. He got really precarious for the first time in the 8th minute when Kevin Friesenbichler’s shot was saved from close range by the left crossbar. Storm manager Christian Ilzer’s anger at the big missed opportunity quickly evaporated: Hierländer fired from outside the area through the inside bar behind Daniliuc (9th).
Sturm inflicted the following defeat on Ried
The promoted SV Ried has to accept the next setback in the Bundesliga. Innviertler have to admit defeat at Sturm Graz 2-0.
Sturm sets the tone
The Graz team dominated the match against the home team that seemed offensive and lacking in ideas, but lost a higher lead before the break. Defensively, Sturm, who with two goals conceded, continues to provide the best defense in the league, on paper at least, was completely safe. Ilzer had rebuilt his team after the loss of offensive man Otar Kiteishvili (torn muscle) from behind: Mainz loan officer David Nemeth replaced Jon Gorenc-Stankovic in central defense, who advanced to defensive midfield. Ljubic, in turn, gave the “tens.”
Even after the break, the guests worked towards the second goal. But Rieder survived the first moment of shock unharmed when goalkeeper Daniliuc missed a corner kick from Kuen (51.). After an hour, the game became more open. Despite being overweight, Sturm was hardly specific, and Ried manager Gerald Baumgartner brought in another striker in Bernd Gschweidl (64th).
Reiner sees red
The mounting offensive momentum came to a sudden halt: Ried defender Constantin Reiner turned red after a foul on Friesenbichler from behind referee Harald Lechner. Soon after, Friesenbichler’s intense but unfortunate workday ended, his replacement Bekim Balaj immediately abandoned Ljubic who missed from a few meters on pole (74th).
Jantscher only missed another great opportunity (76th), but assisted with his shot two minutes later to make it 2-0 through Ljubic, who dusted off. For the most part, Sturm was also closer to 3-0 in the end: Hierländer hit “Metall” for the third time that day when he tried to hit the crossbar from a distance (85th). Sturm’s dominance is also evident in the score of 24: 3 for the Blue and Whites, who are third in the table until Sunday.
Voices for the game
Gerald baumgartner (Ried-Trainer): “We congratulate Sturm on a well deserved victory. However, we try to stop a strong opponent with our resources. We didn’t do much wrong either. In my opinion, the guys on the field performed well. In the second half we really tried to push to score the goal, so maybe we could win a point. The exclusion was very harsh. At the moment we are paying a lot of money. “
Christian ilzer (Sturm-Trainer): “I think we don’t have to discuss today whether the victory was deserved. From the first minute, it was a very confident appearance for my team. Over the course of the game it was almost impossible to understand how many chances we needed to really decide this game early. After the 2-0 win, I was very relieved. Up to that point we have implemented a lot of things well, we have had a good positional game, we have always had great chances to score and we have also defended Rieder’s long balls well as a group, which has taken a lot of strength from Ried. “
Ilzer on Reiner’s exclusion: “In the game I also perceived it as a hard red card, it could have been enough for a yellow card. But I didn’t see him near the referee. “
Typical Bundesliga, fifth round
Saturday
Ried – Sturm Graz 0: 2 (0: 1)
Josko-Arena, 1,407 spectators, SR Lechner
Sequence of objectives:
0: 1 Hierländer (9.)
0: 2 (78.) Ljubic (78.)
Ried: Daniliuc – Takougnadi, Reifeltshammer, Reiner, Lercher – Ziegl, Satin (64./Gschweidl) – Canadi (90./Haas), S. Nutz, Grubeck (75./Meisl) – Sulley
Sturm: Siebenhandl – Ingolitsch, Nemeth, Wüthrich, Dante – Hierländer (87./Zettl), Gorenc-Stankovic, Ljubic (79./Gazibegovic), Kuen (87./F.Mwepu) – Friesenbichler (72./Balaj), Jantscher ( 79./Huspek)
Red card: Reiner (67th / foul play)
Yellow cards: Nutz, Takougnadi or Gorenc-Stankovic, Mwepu
Best: Reifeltshammer or Jantscher, Hierländer, Ljubic
