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Austria survived at least the initial phase unscathed. Peter Stöger’s team concentrated on reducing space and initially occupied the people of Salzburg with constant pressure. After failing Stangl passes on both sides, Salzburg was twice dangerous through right-back Rasmus Kristensen, whose center was disabled by Christoph Schösswendter (19th).
A header from the Dane in the next corner missed the far angle. Violent moments of shock were rare, a solo action took the lead. After a throw-in, Koita dived into the middle and fired from the edge of the penalty area with a shot deflected by Schösswendter (40th). The Malian man caught goalkeeper Patrick Pentz with his left foot.
Koita shoots Salzburg in the lead (minute 40)
Sekou Koita shoots along the edge of the penalty area and with his left. His shot is deflected unsustainably and is 1-0 for Salzburg.
The defending champion is too strong and tough for Austria
Soon after, Manprit Sarkaria failed the pressure behind the ball for possible compensation by falling (42.). Koita, in turn, headed an Andreas Ulmer center volley over the goal (43.). Stöger had to replace ailing Markus Suttner during the break. Johannes Handl came for the captain.
In the 23rd minute, Dominik Fitz replaced the injured Aleksandar Jukic. After the break, Salzburg pushed for 2-0, which Enock Mwepu missed after a double with Daka (53rd). Because Austria had no intention of exposing the massive defense afterwards, it remained half open until the end. The counter-opportunity was presented to the winner of the cup record (27) in the 86th minute when Fitz missed a goal from underemployed Cican Stankovic.
Adeyemi scores 2-0 (minute 89)
After a remarkable one-two with Brenden Aaronson, Karim Adeyemi confidently finished 2-0 for Salzburg.
When Austria took more chances, Adeyemi made it 2-0 (89th) with Noah Okafor in the interaction of two “Jokers”. Young American star Brenden Aaronson lost the big opportunity 3-0 in injury time only to Pentz. Since the final defeat in 2018 against Sturm Graz (0-1 aces), Salzburg have been unbeaten in 16 cup matches. Peter Stöger no longer won as a coach at Wals-Siezenheim. September 21, 2014 remains on the books as Austria’s last victory so far. The next opportunity in the league will be offered at the same location on Wednesday.
ÖFB Cup, quarter-finals
Saturday:
Salzburg – Austria 2: 0 (1: 0)
Wals-Siezenheim, Red Bull Arena, no spectators, SR Schüttengruber
Sequence of objectives:
1: 0 (40.) Try it
2: 0 (89.) Adeyemi
Salzburg: Stankovic – Kristensen, Vallci, Ramalho, Ulmer – Mwepu, Camara (81. Bernede), Junuzovic, Sucic (65. Aaronson) – Koita (65. Adeyemi), Daka (81. Okafor)
Austria: Pentz – Zwierschitz (86th Zeka), Schösswendter, Palmer-Brown, Suttner (46th Handl) – Martel – Teigl, Sarkaria, Jukic (23rd Fitz), Wimmer – Pichler
Yellow cards: Bernede, Adeyemi and Schösswendter
Best: Kristensen, Koita or Palmer-Brown, Martel
