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While WAC in the Bundesliga is standing still just before the Europa League “final” against Feyenoord, WSG Tirol has given its form curve more impetus. The 4-1 home win over the Carinthians was the third win in the last four games, and they defended themselves for sixth place in the table. The WAC must meet before the EL match. Coach Ferdinand Feldhofer assumed the European Cup commitment partly responsible for the defeat.
“I know how exhausting the last few days have been,” said Feldhofer, who blamed the “lack of freshness” for the first-half’s bloodless performance. His team did almost nothing on offense, while the compact and brave Tyrolese led by David Gugganig (26th) and Kelvin Yeboah (30th) deserved 2-0. “The first half was the best we have played in months,” WSG coach Thomas Silberberger said.
Three days after the 1-0 victory at CSKA Moscow, the WAC not only had to digest the stresses and strains of EL’s travels, but was also unlucky in this regard on Sunday: due to the wind conditions. , the charter plane “Wolves” failed to land in Innsbruck, it finally traveled via Munich by bus. The result: “We were not prepared to face the fight in the first thirty minutes, we were not present in the duels and we made mistakes with the ball that were too simple,” as Feldhofer put it. Even Captain Michael Liendl, otherwise so present, failed to provide any impetus.
Four changes during the break added visible momentum to the WAC game. “We tried everything, four changes, three maximum chances, one goal. Hopefully we will call,” said Feldhofer with a shrug. The subsequent goal by Dejan Joveljic (66th) could not avoid defeat as the home team, previously quite passive, did more and were rewarded thanks to Tobias Anselm (77th) and Renny Smith (94th).
“An extremely bitter defeat,” said a calm Feldhofer, for whom two goals against standards were “upsetting”. WAC is four points behind WSG in seventh place in the table, but the coach wanted to draw attention to EL’s last home game against Feyenoord on Thursday, with a draw that would be in the knockout phase of the competition. for the first time in the club’s history. . “Mark it, we don’t need to analyze it for days,” Feldhofer demanded.
The WSG, which had only remained in the league due to the implosion of Mattersburg, was now able to credit itself after three points against Altach, St. Pölten and Admira with a total success over one of the nominally clearly stronger clubs and is moving away every one more time of the battle for relegation. They are currently nine points ahead of Altach, the last of the line. “Overall, it was a great performance for us. We are very proud of all this,” Silberberger said.
Those: APA
