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David Nemeth scored for Sturm before the break from a corner kick (40th), Otar Kiteishvili (70th, 74th) made the decision in the second half with his double. Austria’s Dominik Fitz had seen the red card (69th) shortly before after a foul. Bekim Balaj (94th) scored Graz’s fourth goal in injury time. While Sturm climbed to third place with his third consecutive league win, the Viennese are now waiting six rounds to win. The Stöger team only got ten points after ten laps.
Ilzer could look forward to a successful afternoon. Sturm’s coach only made one change from the last game with the addition of Kiteishvili. In Austria the ailing Manprit Sarkaria was missing, on the bench sat Alexander Grünwald as Christoph Monschein or the recovered Michael Madl. Apart from Stephan Zwierschitz, no Austrian was older than 23 years in attack and midfield.
The storm pushes Austria into a deeper crisis
Austria does not start in the Bundesliga. Against Sturm Graz, the Viennese suffered a 4-0 home defeat on Saturday.
Sturm attacks before the break
Austrian Benedikt Pichler also introduced the first chance of the match in the 12th minute. The attacker passed Nemeth, but Patrick Wimmer headed his far too central cross into the storm casing, Jörg Siebenhandl stopped him. The streak of success was not yet visible on Sturm. A game was developed at eye level.
A header from Jon Gorenc-Stankovic (24th) was extremely dangerous as Austrian goalkeeper Patrick Pentz slipped. On the other hand, Gregory Wüthrich blocked a shot from Aleksandar Jukic (33.). A rehearsed corner version finally brought Sturm to the front. Kevin Friesenbichler extended central defender Nemeth, who scored from close range (40th). Friesenbichler’s attempt at the Kreuzeck was later rejected by Pentz.
Exclusion as the beginning of the end
Immediately after the restart, the Austrian goalkeeper appeared to beat Ivan Ljubic again. In Jakob Jantscher’s case, however, an offside position was found. This was not clearly visible on the television images. The Grazers, who had only conceded five goals after the 10th round, relied on their compactness and left Austria little room to develop.
The Viennese, where Monschein came into play for just under an hour, invested heavily. However, Fitz should weaken his team. The offensive man slid Jantscher’s legs from behind and saw red Less than a minute later, Jantscher served Kiteishvili, who prompted the preliminary decision. The Georgian scored again shortly after against a disorderly Austrian defense. Now completely insecure, Violette was met with a sensitive defeat, at the latest after substitute Balaj was allowed to cheer.
Voices for the game:
Peter stoeger (Austria coach): “Bitter when you lose this game so clearly. The 70 minutes until expulsion were perfectly fine. I saw a troop that was happy to play and resisted. We took the pressure after the break, everything was fine so far. But you have seen that after exclusion and situations that you cannot plan, we are not so stable. After 0: 2 he put the lid on and lost his courage. “
Christian ilzer (Sturm-Trainer): “It is a very pleasant night for us. The game developed over time and was very even for a good hour. We only had half the chances, Austria was also dangerous. There was play on the razor’s edge. We did it 1-0 in a difficult phase. The red card was decisive and then we reacted magnificently. We punished unstable Austria with two goals. We allow little. That is the key. “
Typical Bundesliga, matchday 10
Saturday:
Austria Vienna – Sturm Graz 0: 4 (0: 1)
Generali Arena, SR Hunter
Sequence of objectives:
0: 1 Nemeth (40.)
0: 2 Kiteishvili (70.)
0: 3 Kiteishvili (74.)
0: 4 Balaj (94.)
Austria: Pentz – Teigl, Handl, Palmer-Brown, Suttner – Wimmer (58./Monschein), Zwierschitz, Hahn (74./Grünwald), Jukic (88./Sax) – Fitz, Pichler
Sturm: Siebenhandl – Ingolitsch, Nemeth, Wüthrich, Dante (79./Gazibegovic) – Hierländer (87./Huspek), Gorenc-Stankovic, Ljubic, Kiteishvili (87./Shabanhaxhaj) – Friesenbichler (72./Balaj), Jantscher (72. / Balaj). / Kuen)
Red card: Fitz (69./Foul)
Yellow cards: Hahn and Gorenc-Stankovic, Wüthrich
The best: Pichler, Palmer-Brown or Gorenc-Stankovic, Kiteishvili, Wüthrich
