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The winter crown was ready, but LASK did not put it on: with the 1-1 draw in Austria Wien, the athletes lost their jump to the top of the table in the soccer Bundesliga in the final game of the year. Rene Renner could have capped LASK with a penalty in the 97th minute, but goalkeeper Patrick Pentz guessed the corner.
With Wolfsberg’s victory in Salzburg (3-2), LASK had even had a chance to do it. In the 23rd fall game it was noted that at least the heads were tired, especially since a total of seven wounded were missing.
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“He was very close to the limit,” coach Dominik Thalhammer said. It looked like 0: 1: Gernot Trauner was too late in the fast break against Georg Teigl, Benedikt Pichler left Mads Emil Madsen with a hook and closed from the right into the long corner to 1: 0 (13th). The tie fell in a single action by Thomas Goiginger, who, as in the derby against Ried (3-0), found himself from the left corner of the penalty area on Pentz (minute 22).
Thomas Goiginger (right) with a copy of the goal against Ried to make the 1: 1 Image: APA
Freshness was missing
Despite dominance, LASK lacked speed, intensity, and precision against the purple defensive bulwark. Renner knew that his latest offense would have been insignificant. But instead of leaning back, he completed himself, next to him (60 °). Pentz kept the winter crown for Salzburg with a brilliant save from Philipp Wiesinger (81).
Pichler scored 1-0. Image: GEPA
LASK ran, but without strength, and still had a chance after Alexander Grnwald’s foul on Trauner. “If you have a penalty in the 97th minute and you miss it, it’s bitter,” Thalhammer said. “We could have crowned the fall.”
In the Europa League against Rasgrad (3: 1) Renner had converted a penalty. Goiginger consoled: “That can happen. I speak from my own experience.” He had missed against Razgrad, so Renner was considered a shooter on the second penalty in the Europa League match. Johannes Eggestein missed the 3-0 victory against Altach.
The dispute for the lost leadership in the table was limited. The winter crown “would have been nice, but it will be decided in the spring,” Trauner said, drawing a positive line. “We are on the right track. Towards the end we ran out of players a bit.”
Plojer and Madsen comforted him. Image: APA
The last game started after a minute of mourning for Otto Baric, who died a week ago. He led LASK to the first fall championship title in club history in 1972; 48 years later, the athletes left the beautiful mess.
