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Rapid Vienna won 5-0 at the Allianz Stadium in Vienna.
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Rapid Vienna followed suit as Vienna Austria and achieved a 5-0 victory in the first round of the ÖFB Cup on Sunday. Hütteldorfer won against Salzburg regional league team TSV St. Johann im Pongau at the Allianz Stadium. In front of more than 1,000 spectators, Greek forward Taxiarchis Fountas, who scored a hat-trick at the opening of the national season, was the standout player.
The 24-year-old, who recently partnered with a transfer, laid the foundation for victory in the 12th minute and also scored 3-0 (48th) and 4-0 (50th) immediately after the break. Ercan Kara (22) also entered the filming list. The 24-year-old attacker had last met in the third round of the Champions League qualifying with a 1-0 win at Lok Zagreb. Yusuf Demir (89th) contributed the final point.
Rapid Vienna coach Kühbauer repeated initial training
Rapid coach Dietmar Kühbauer relied on the same starting line-up as last time in Croatia and never had a problem with the third division team. Fountas was ideally served by Kara with a hole pass and thus kicked off the victory early. Kara himself had it much easier with his goal, only having to push the ball into the empty goal after Maximilian Hofmann crossed Thomas Murg with a long pass. The first two occasions resulted in goals. The fact that Fountas shot a penalty shot by Kelvin Arase (31st) well above the goal was of no consequence.
After the break, the Greek did a much better job, first scoring after helping Christoph Knasmüllner, who had just been substituted, and also with a header off Schick’s flank. Yusuf Demir could have added it, but he hit the crossbar with a long shot (64th). The 17-year-old’s first goal in the Cup was only annulled, in the 89th minute he shot the corner after a pass from Fountas.
Austria Vienna also won 5-0
Austria won Peter Stöger’s comeback on the coach’s bench 5-0 against Lower Austrian regional division SC Retz. For Stöger it was the first competitive match since taking over as head coach in addition to the position of Managing Director Sport. His team only fought the fourth division team in the first half. The goals were scored by Maximilian Sax (44th), Christoph Monschein (48th), who was later nominated for the ÖFB national team, substitutes Benedikt Pichler (76th) and Bright Edomwonyi (88th) and Manprit Sarkaria (90th).
TSV Hartberg won even higher, dispatching third division Dornbirner SV 7-0 at Vorarlberg. In addition to double scorer Felix Luckeneder (43rd, 64th), Dario Tadic (14th), Lukas Ried (36th), Manfred Gollner (55th), Jürgen Heil (73rd) and Stefan Rakowitz (84th) were responsible for the goals. ). This means that the ten upper house clubs that have competed so far have reached the top. The first appearances of defending champion Red Bull Salzburg and SCR Altach, which have been postponed and not yet rescheduled due to crown cases, are still pending. If the two clubs progress as planned, for the first time since 2014 no Bundesliga club would fail at first.
Kühbauer hopes Fountas will remain
Taxiarchis Fountas proved once again how important it is to Rapid on Sunday. His coach Dietmar Kühbauer hopes the Greek will stay. “The fact is that he has a contract with us. I assume that he will stay with us. If an immoral offer comes, we have to negotiate everything, of course,” said the Rapid coach in the ORF interview.
The Burgenlander would like the additions to some positions. “All clubs want players, but that is discussed internally,” Kühbauer said. After the first appearance in the Cup of the new season, he was very satisfied: “The 5-0 is absolutely fine, I am not satisfied with everything, but with a lot.” But you should not overestimate the game against a third division club. “In the championship, the music is different, but you also have to beat a regional division first, so it was a good match for us,” Kühbauer said.
Ercan Kara sees his squad well-equipped for the league start in mid-September after two wins in the first two competitive games of the season, including a goal from Kara each. “The championship can come, we are ready,” said the forward.
Lost days: quick hopes of a home game
Rapid expects a home game in Monday’s draw. “In the next round we will be the favorites. In a home game everything is possible, that would be very important, then you can also bring in an opponent who has a higher score,” said Rapid coach Dietmar Kühbauer. promotion to the 2nd round of the ÖFB Cup on Sunday in the ORF interview.
Desireless – Benfica Lisbon, Dynamo Kiev or KAA Gent are the possible opponents – he has none. He is just like striker Ercan Kara. “I don’t have a favorite opponent. We’ll see who comes along, anything can happen in a game,” the 24-year-old said.
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