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The third appearance in the Europa League after 2015 (qualifying) and 2019 (group stage) started for Wolfsberger with a cold shower. After five minutes, the guests surprised the WAC defense and went ahead 1-0 with a shot from Adolfo Gaich from the edge of the area.
Shortly before the break, Michael Liendl managed to equalize with a penalty (42.). Dejan Joveljic had already been fouled by Viktor Wasin. On the table, Wolfsberger is tied with ZSKA at the top of the table, as no goals were scored in the side game between Dinamo Zagreb and Feyenoord Rotterdam. The WAC will be in Rotterdam next Thursday (6:55 pm) before you have to go to the Croatian champions on November 5.
Europa League: LASK and Rapid lose, draw for WAC
Three Austrian football clubs were in action in the Europa League on Thursday night. But there was only a sense of accomplishment for the WAC. The Carinthians achieved a 1-1 draw against CSKA Moscow. LASK and Rapid lost to the best clubs in London.
Cold shower in the fifth minute
For the WAC, the match started everything but as desired, as in the fifth minute it was already 0: 1: After a strong preparatory work by Croatian midfielder Nikola Vlasic, center forward Gaich, who was signed in summer, shot perfectly to the corner from the edge of the penalty area. It was the 21-year-old Argentine’s first competitive goal for ZSKA.
The Carinthians recovered quickly from this initial clash and got their first chance through Liendl. But the captain’s long shot hissed just past the pole (12th). Christopher Wernitznig also tried from distance, but his attempt missed too central and caused no problems for experienced goalkeeper Igor Akinfejew (25th). On the other hand, Nair Tiknizjan (30th) and Ivan Obljakow (39th) put WAC goalkeeper Alexander Kofler to the test.
Liendl keeps his nerves at this point
The fact that the hosts tied before the break was due to an unnecessary action by the right-back Wasin, who threw Joveljic on Leiberl in the penalty area. The Serbian WAC striker fell after this shirt violation, and referee Sascha Stegemann from Germany immediately pointed to the penalty spot (41st). Liendl did not miss this opportunity and drew easily (42nd).
Belarusian CSKA manager Viktor Goncharenko was so unhappy with his team’s performance that during the break he switched two new offensive forces with Nigerian Chidera Ejuke and Russian international Alan Dzagojew and went from four to three. Ejuke also had the first chance after the change, but he shot clearly wide from a good position (56th).
Joveljic Awards Match Point
On the other side, right-back Michael Novak only hit the side net after a long free-kick from Liendl (65th). Then the guests fired again: Wernitznig directed a penalty shot from recently replaced center forward Fyodor Chalov with the shin in the corner (67th).
Joveljic had the supposed match point for the WAC after a Novak cross, but Igor Diwijew cleared the line with a header for the beaten Akinfejew. However, “Joker” Marc Andre Schmerböck was offside, so the goal would not have counted anyway (82nd). In the end, Joveljic (90th) failed against Akinfejew, a little later Ejuke against Kofler (92th), who held it 1: 1.
Voices for the game:
Ferdinand Feldhofer (WAC trainer): “Because of the (bad grade) court and the rival, who contributed a lot of quality, it was a very intense match. We did well and made it very difficult for our opponents. Despite the delay, we did not get discouraged and carry out our plan. We were nervous at first, but things improved a lot during the first half. We dominated the game for long periods and at least we were the same. “
Viktor Gontscharenko (Coach of ZSKA): “We are not happy with this game because we wanted to win here. We made a quick goal, but then we couldn’t focus on the first half and we conceded the tie. In the second half we were better after many changes, but we couldn’t decide the game. We can play much better. “
Europa League, Group K, matchday one
Thursday:
WAC – ZSKA Moskau 1: 1 (1: 1)
Klagenfurt, Wörthersee Stadium, 1,700 spectators, SR Stegemann (GER)
Sequence of objectives:
0: 1 Gaich (5.)
1: 1 Liendl (42./Foulelfmeter)
WAC: Kofler – Novak, Baumgartner, Lochoshvili, Scherzer (84./Pavelic) – Leitgeb – Taferner, Liendl, Wernitznig (73./Peretz) – Joveljic, Dieng (78./Schmerböck)
ZSKA: Akinfejew – Wasin (46./Dsagoev), Diwejew, Magnusson, Zainutdinow – Maradischwili, Obljakow – Kutschajew (77./Akhmetov), Vlasic (87./Bistrovic), Tiknizjan (46./Ejuke) – Gaichlow (61. / Tschajew))
Yellow cards: Wernitznig, Feldhofer (coach) or Vlasic, Tiknizjan, Wasin, Zainutdinow, Magnusson, Ejuke
The best: Liendl, Leitgeb, Baumgartner, Taferner or Vlasic, Ejuke
