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LIVE ticker for the SV Ried match against Rapid Vienna starting at 5 pm
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Two weeks after the 1-1 draw against series champion Salzburg, Rapid Wien today are aiming for the sixth “three” of the season in Ried. We will report the game live on the ticker starting at 5 pm
Rapid coach Dietmar Kühbauer, whose team is the only one besides the “Bulls” that has not been defeated, was confident but also warned about the Innviertel team, which recently ended their misery with a 2-0 win on Hartberg: “It will be a tough piece of work.”
Rapid Vienna: “We are in a good mood”
“We did very well before the international break,” Kühbauer said of the league. And even if you “don’t know exactly” where you are after two weeks without an “emergency”, you can go to Upper Austria with a full chest: “We are in a good mood.” At Ried you will find a team “that will try everything to get points from us.” Either way, the objective is clear: “We have our aspirations and we see that we come off the field as winners.”
Kühbauer, however, has to do without two central players. Dejan Ljubicic tore a ligament in his right ankle against Salzburg, Dejan Petrovic is ill. Therefore, the coach could go back in a chain of three. Ahead of the eighth round, Grün-Weiß is two points behind leaders Salzburg, who will already face Sturm Graz at home on Saturday. LASK, who will also be a guest at Hartberg on Saturday, is just one point behind.
Ried wants to take advantage of the last victory
In the first league game between the two teams since April 8, 2017, when Ried won 3-0 at home, the “Vikings” want to build on their most recent success over Hartberg. “The victory against Hartberg was extremely important for self-confidence. We have to continue now,” demanded the U21 player Marco Grüll, currently “hottest” from Ried. Coach Gerald Baumgartner described the first win resulting from five losses as a “liberation for all of us” – after all, criticism of him had grown stronger recently.
In addition to good luck in the face of Hartberger’s three pole shots, Ried was also able to score with fighting strength, Baumgartner is aiming for a further increase. “We want to improve our game system, automate processes, become more stable defensively and also become more dangerous,” emphasized the man from Salzburg, who again had almost every man available in training. “You have seen in training that the return of some players has raised the level again.”
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