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At the beginning of the new year, Sturm Graz already had the opportunity to jump to first place in the Bundesliga twice, but twice the Graz team did not meet their own expectations.
Both in last week’s supplementary match against WAC (0-0) and in the disastrous 1: 4 away loss to Rapid Vienna on Friday (match report >>>), the desired result did not reach the end .
Above all, the match in Hütteldorf leaves behind an annoying Sturm head coach, Christian Ilzer, not only because of the large number of maximum chances given in the first half of the match, but also because of Graz’s atypically poor defensive behavior.
“The source of the defeat was in the first half. We didn’t get any standard goals all season before this game,” says Sturm coach Christian Ilzer, whose team has always kept a clean sheet in the last five Bundesliga . games Play in “Sky”.
Ilzer: “Defeat a little too high”
So the disaster began on Friday in the 7th minute after a corner kick. “The duel between Gorenc-Stankovic and Ercan Kara was decisive for the first goal. With the second, we defended Strebinger’s long shot very badly,” Ilzer said.
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But even if defensive misbehavior is ignored, Sturm could easily have gone into halftime with an advantage; they had enough chances, but mostly it was the end of the line with speedy goalkeeper Richard Strebinger at the latest.
“It’s really amazing that we go into halftime with a deficit. Actually, we have to lead with the multitude of scoring opportunities that we have created. Then the second half came and we were not very successful,” Storm said. Coach.
Immediately after the restart, Sturm conceded the next goal, the will seemed broken. “We set out a lot during the break, but then we got hit in the neck with the next goal after a standard, we got an unnecessary red card and then the loss ran its course. The loss was maybe a little too high, Quick but deserved to win. “says Ilzer.
“These pains are a good teacher”
Especially the red card of Bekim Balaj, who was substituted shortly before but then flew off the field after a deliberate body check against Marcel Ritzmaier, upsets the storm coach.
“In any case, it was completely unnecessary. He entered the game with a lot of intention. We had the confidence to turn the game around, but with this unnecessary situation we were greatly weakened,” Ilzer said.
But despite the bitter bankruptcy against Rapid, the 43-year-old Styrian is sure he will learn from it and come back stronger. “It was a painful loss, but pain is usually a good teacher. Hopefully we have the right answer to pain on Tuesday.”
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