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Salzburg, Rapid and LASK brought their European Cup dress rehearsals to a positive ending on Saturday. While the defending champion and Bundesliga leader in Oberhaus’s direct duel in St. Pölten held the lead 3-0, the Viennese (5-1 at Wiener Neustadt) and Linz (3-0 against Wörgl) prevailed against third division clubs. With a lot of effort Hartberg (4: 3 nV in Gmünd) and Sturm Graz (2: 1 in VfB Hohenems) reached the top. Altach is also further away.
Champions League holders Salzburg had to fight for success for an hour a few days before the start of the “main classes” against Lok Moscow on Wednesday, after Albert Vallci (22nd) took the lead. Then Enock Mwepu (77th) and Andre Ramalho (89th) closed the bag. “It was a good second half, in the first half we were not satisfied with our performance,” said Salzburg coach Jesse Marsch after winning the ninth competitive game of the season.
Rapidler, without the missing striker Taxiarchis Fountas, but otherwise almost in the best line-up, took the lead in the Wiener Neustadt regional division early on and went ahead through Christoph Knasmüllner (18th). Coach Dietmar Kühbauer’s troops were not bothered by the equalization after the spin with a free kick from Elias Weidinger (22). Also thanks to the strokes of genius from Marcel Ritzmaier, who only came on loan from Barnsley on October 5. The 27-year-old midfielder scored in the debut of his dreams with a free kick (32nd) and nailed the ball at Kreuzeck in the 70th minute. The remaining goals went to Ercan Kara (45th + 1) and Kelvin Arase (77th).
The Viennese prepared for the opening match of the Europa League against Arsenal on Thursday at the Allianz Stadium, the match clearly cannot be considered a benchmark for it. This also applies to LASK, who also defeated a regional league team with SV Wörgl prior to their guest appearance at Tottenham. With Johannes Eggestein also meeting there as a rookie, the transfer to Werder started the victory in the 29th minute. However, coach Dominik Thalhammer did not have a very quiet night, as Andreas Gruber (91st) and Peter Michorl (93rd) only scored. the other goals in injury time. It was also positive that with Thomas Goiginger and Marvin Potzmann, two actors were able to celebrate their return after surviving cruciate ligament tears.
Despite a 2-0 lead after goals from Jakob Jantscher (40th / penalty) and Bekim Balaj (46th / 4th Cuptor), Sturm had to tremble to move up at the end. After Maurice Wunderli’s connecting goal (85th) was still very tight, the Vorarlberg third division team led by Werner Grabherr smelled the tie. “It was an extremely tough fight on a very difficult field. With the goal conceded in the final phase it burned again, but today the most important thing is that we are one round further away, ”said Sturm coach Christian Ilzer.
Saturday was even more stressful for Hartberg’s coach Markus Schopp at Carinthian’s fourth division club Gmünd. Julius Ertlthaler only offered the redemption in the 114th minute with the extra time 4-3 and that immediately after a yellow-red card for Tobias Kainz (113th). After conceding goals from Andreas Allmayer (17th) and Udo Gasser (37th), TSV drew twice through Thomas Rotter (21st) and Rajko Rep (50th), who scored a dream goal from behind the center line. Rotter’s first submission of the second goal (84th) was not enough, as captain Gasser converted his second penalty in the 94th minute.
Altach, on the other hand, did it with a 7-0 win against Regionalliga Salzburg representative Seekirchen without a hitch. Head coach Alex Pastoor was absent. The Dutchman traveled home on short notice for private reasons over the weekend and was represented by assistant coach Martin Bernhard. In the first 35 minutes, Manfred Fischer (21st, 35th) met twice – including something to see from almost 20 meters below the crossbar – and Daniel Maderner (23rd) for the Vorarlberg team. After the change of sides, substitutes Chinedu Obasi (70th, 89th) and Aljaz Casar (82nd, 85th) made the mob party perfect. The only disappointment for Vorarlberg: defender Berkay Dabanli had to leave the field after a quarter of an hour with an ankle injury.
Second division Wacker Innsbruck also lived up to the role of favorites. The decision in the 1-0 home win against third division SV Stripfing / Weiden was only taken by Florian Jamnig with a penalty goal in the 87th minute.
Second division striker Steyr, on the other hand, had to say goodbye to the cup early after a 2: 3 bankruptcy in the Vienna City division Vienna. Martin Stehlik (19th), Bernhard Luxbacher (38th) and Thomas Bartholomay (90th) arranged the surprise for the traditional club in Döblingen, goals from Kevin Brandstätter (57th / free kick) and Josip Martinovic (94th) were They closed for small guests. Surprisingly, two clubs from the Viennese city division are represented in the second round of the Cup. ASK Elektra had already won 3-0 at Horn on Friday.
On Sunday, WAC, against league rivals Ried, will be the fourth European Cup starter in the Cup. On Sunday, clubs will also meet their opponents in the round of 16, the draw will be broadcast on ORF one starting at 5:05 pm
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