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Photo: © Screenshot of Sky Sport AustriaThe Hütteldorfer won the top game of the fifth round. With high balls aimed at Ercan Kara and through deep runs from Thomas Murg and Taxiarchis Fountas, Rapid repeatedly overcame pressure from the Linzers.
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Of the SK Rapid Vienna started the new season with two wins and a draw. He too LASK was able to add seven points in the first three match days and also qualified against DAC Y Sporting Lisbon for the Europa League. This double load and the lack of rotation in the equipment could cause some problems. The Linz team played Lisbon last Thursday and only changed their starting line-up to two positions against Rapid. Home grown Tobias Lawal started instead Alexander Schlager Y Christian ramsebner had to take place Gernot Trauner accumulate. In contrast, Rapid changed compared to the 2-1 victory against SKN St. Pölten only in one position. Srdjan grahovac started instead Dejan Petrovic in the midfield.
The Viennese plan worked perfectly
The Hütteldorfer played in a 5-4-1 / 5-2-3 formation. In the configuration of the game they acted with a pure three-way chain. Leave Ljubicic, who played in sixth position, often dropped onto the wing at the start of the game and then hit a ball Maximilian hofmann To get. Ljubicic moved down the wing, as the LASK acted man-facing in pressure, and moving down the wing he was able to free himself because his opponent did not fully follow him. This was one of the options Rapid used early in the game, primarily to get past Linz’s front line of pressure.
Another way to overcome high attack pressure is to play a high ball behind the defensive chain or intentionally high to a forward. Rapid tried the second option very often. If he approached the central defender, he would often play a high ball immediately. Ercan kara. Due to his robustness, his timing in head duels and his ball technique, he was able to pass the ball several times to players who were running low or accept the ball high and leave it to his teammates. The high balls of the first line of construction were for the two outer forwards, Taxiarchis Fountas Y Thomas murgto run the signal in depth immediately. Especially when the high ball hit Kara directly. As a result, Rapid had his first chance to score in the 6th minute after Kara was able to pass a high ball with her head. The 1-0 was also a perfect example of a high ball at the top and the two deep runs from Fountas and Murg. (Illustration 1)
Figure 1: High ball at the tip of the storm and deep runs from the outside forward.
Photo: © Screenshot of Sky Sport Austria
Mateo Barac was played briefly after a goal kick and also directly from Andreas Gruber started. As they almost only wanted to resolve the pressure situation with high balls in this game, the central defender played a long ball over Kara. Philipp Wiesinger misjudged the high ball and the Rapid forward was able to take the ball straight forward. Due to the quick reactions and forward-facing body positions of Fountas and Murg, the two had a speed advantage and were a few meters ahead of opponents. Then Kara was able to play Fountas, who still crossed for Murg and scored 1-0. In Rapid’s second goal, scored by Fountas, Wiesinger misjudged a high ball again and the Greek striker won the match against the central defender.
However, the high balls aimed were not the only good scenarios for the central defense of the Verdblancos. The first build line also played ingenious vertical passes to save the first two pressure lines. For example, at minute 27. (Figure 2)
Figure 2: Barac with a vertical pass to Fountas to cancel the pressing lines.
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Barac accepted a clearance attempt by Linz at the center line without pressure from the opponent and played a vertical pass to Fountas on second contact, who dropped from the left-forward position between defense and midfield into mid-space. On first contact, the forward collided with Grahovac, who started another opportunity with a short dribble and a deep pass to Murg.
Some details are still missing in the fast press
Rapid started with an attack press. In other words, they attacked the Linz team very early in their preparation and barely let them play flat. Rapid also acted oriented towards the man and especially the midfield Peter michorl Y James holland it was covered mainly by men. Both outside central defenders were initially left open so they could be played in preparation. When played, Fountas or Murg used to attack from the middle and put pressure on the defender. (Figure 3)
Figure 3: The pressing of Rapid Vienna.
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After the 2-0 win, Linz’s first line of construction was barely attacked and Rapid exerted pressure in the midfield, which then only gradually turned into attacking pressure. However, the focus of the forwards was a problem several times, as they did not position the midfielders correctly in the shadows and the LASK front row could easily go over the front line of pressure. Above all, Kara looked even less around when starting out and often didn’t know exactly where the opponent was that he should put in the cover shadow.
The problems with LASK
Linz played with the usual 3-4-3 and high attacking pressure. However, they were surprised again and again by Rapid’s high balls. What also happened was that Defense Chief Trauner was missing and thus his head strength and penetration in a duel. Wiesinger could do little against the Rapid Kara striker, who won almost every match against the defender. Also, the defender miscalculated twice with a high ball, which always resulted in a scoring opportunity.
But this time they not only had some problems on defense, but also in the preparation of the game and in the situations of change to the offense. Many players often made wrong decisions with the ball, causing them to turn the ball immediately. too Marko Raguz He could hardly prevail against Rapid’s defenders after the high balls and the second ball could rarely be used for an attack. In addition, you hardly take advantage of change situations, as in previous games. He barely had a chance to score and quickly lost the ball after winning the ball. For example, at minute 32. (Figure 4)
Figure 4: Raguz with poor decision making on the counterattack. (The black arrow shows a better way)
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Marko raguz he landed a vertical pass after winning the ball and Linz’s counterattacks leveled the hosts. Raguz, however, played a deep ball on second contact. Hussein Balic, who was still a few meters behind Stojkovic and therefore barely had a chance to catch the ball. The Hütteldorfer defender managed to win the ball and Richard Strebinger hear.
One of the problems in this scene with the Linzers was that Raguz only looked to the side before taking the ball and therefore did not know how far away his opponent was. He could have dribbled a few yards after taking the ball, as Hoffmann dropped before Raguz was carried away. The Linz forward would also have opened up another pass option through the dribble. Gruber also ran and would have had a speed advantage over Barac. Raguz shouldn’t have played the pass right away, but he should have opted for a short dribble and hoped both wingers could beat their opponents after a pass to the depths in a running duel.
What also played a role, of course, was the match against Lisbon on Thursday. Due to the fact that there was hardly any turnover, the players may have been a bit tired and not performing at their best. However, this has been a problem at LASK for a long time and if a few more players get injured this could turn into a big problem as players have to be sent to a game that they hardly have practice.
conclusion
With their 3-0 win over LASK, SK Rapid Wien remains two points behind the leader Red Bull Salzburg. With high balls aimed at Kara, the Hütteldorfer were able to overcome the high pressure of the Linzer over and over again. Additionally, Kara often prevailed against his opponents and was able to create opportunities. LASK had some trouble in offensive play and was barely able to create chances. In particular, the decision-making when changing situations on the offensive was not always appropriate for the situation. Thus, those of Linz had to accept their first defeat of the current season.
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