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Is the wheat already separating from the chaff? After all, that Red Bull Salzburg would be perfectly ahead of the table with nine points after the third round of the Bundesliga: a gift. The performance of runner-up Rapid and LASK, but not master, who easily beat St. Pölten and WAC at the weekend, was also good. However, things are not quite as planned for Vienna Austria, trained by Peter Stöger. This was demonstrated on Sunday with a 2-2 draw against Admira, in which the favorites carelessly gave up the lead twice and the possibility of a second home win in a week.
An attractive performance from Austria in phases resulted in a single point. “Of course we did good things too, but after a 2-2 draw against Admira at home nobody cares,” said Stöger. For this reason, the coach has preferred to talk about the reasons why the expected mandatory victory after the one against Ried has not come from his point of view. The word he used to use was “consequence.” “Go on offense, take advantage of opportunities. Or defend as you should if you have not done before offensively. Neither was optimal,” analyzed the former Dortmund coach.
His team found him very well into the game, which leaned in a direction that was agreeable to Violet with Christoph Monschein’s goal (8th). Against an Admira, who had to digest two high losses at the start and a change of coach, it was not filled again. “After 20 minutes we stop working. So it’s no wonder you have one situation or another in your own penalty area, where the draw comes,” complained Stöger. This fell through Erwin Hoffer (28th) and looked like deja vu when Maximilian Breunig (87th) 2-2. “We had two or three chances to finish the game. We didn’t make it,” Stöger said. “If you leave it lightly, you don’t deserve to score three points in the Bundesliga.”
After WAC is before Sporting
This also applies to Sturm Graz. For the Styrians, a 1-1 draw at Hartberg would have been more possible, as the tie only fell in the 94th minute. Former Austria coach Christian Ilzer thought it was similar to Stöger and claimed after the third draw in three games: “We had the game completely under control in the first half.” Although Bekim Balaj denied a possible 2-0 due to a difficult to resolve offside situation, Ilzer also had to admit after an even match: “We have to take ourselves by the nose and score a goal from the many counter-situations, then the lid would be on. state. ” The cap did not hold, however, in the fourth minute of injury time the 1-1 fell thanks to a penalty converted by Dario Tadic. And so Ilzer keeps waiting for the first real sense of accomplishment with Sturm.
On the contrary, LASK coach Dominik Thalhammer can be very satisfied as his team is getting better and better in time for the Europa League play-off. Sunday’s 3: 1 in the Bundesliga against WAC and also 7: 0 three days earlier in the third qualifying round against Dunajska Streda fuel Linz’s hopes, as in the previous year, of advancing to the group stage , although on Thursday in Lisbon with Sporting. a first-class opponent is waiting.
In any case, the mood among the Linzers is great. “We are going to Lisbon with a completely different feeling,” said Hussein Balic, author of the 1-0 win over WAC. “Thursday’s seven goals contributed a lot to our confidence,” added Thalhammer. But nothing has been gained yet. The separation of wheat from chaff is yet to come in the European Cup.rel)
