WAC newcomers Taferner and Vizinger clinch victory over TSV Hartberg

Wolfsberger AC has achieved its first victory of the season in the Bundesliga. Lavanttaler beat TSV Hartberg 2-0 (0-0) in the round of 16 on Sunday. A double blow shortly after the break by Matthäus Taferner (55th) and Dario Vizinger (60th) tipped the game, balanced until then, in favor of the guests.

After the failed European Cup interlude at Piast Gliwice, Hartberg suffered a second defeat in four days. WAC, who had to admit defeat to champion Salzburg early on, pushed their way to the center of the table with three points.

TSV coach Markus Schopp converted Rajko Rep and Manfred Gollner, who had started 2: 3 in Poland on Thursday, on the bench press. Jürgen Heil and Philipp Sturm played in their place, Christian Klem moved into the last four for Gollner. At WAC, Feldhofer switched to the middle of the team. For the first time in a long time in the Bundesliga, Manuel Kuttin was the goal of the injured Alexander Kofler.

In the cautious opening phase for both teams, Hartberg displayed the only notable offensive action. Sturm entered the penalty area in the 7th minute, where Nemanja Rnic cleared with a strong tackle. After about a quarter of an hour, there was more movement in the game. WAC swung down the left in the 18th minute, but Hartberg goalkeeper Rene Swete was not surprised when Michael Liendl fired from a tight angle.

Five minutes later, Wolfsberg forward Vizinger Swete retreated from the corner. Soon after, Samson Tijani dropped the Croatian on the edge of the penalty area, which is worth discussing. Referee Josef Spurny let play continue. Then Hartberg appeared: Dominik Baumgartner disturbed Lukas Ried (33.) decisively in the middle at the end, in the 39th minute Ried was ruled out for offside.

Taferner and Vizinger give victory to WAC

Carinthians had a better start in the second half and now they took advantage of their opportunities. Taferner initially struck from the edge of the penalty area with a swing to the right, his first Bundesliga goal for WAC. Five minutes later, Liendl Vizinger played deftly in the penalty area, the 22-year-old’s unorthodox header hitting the goal through Swete in a wide arc.

On the other hand, a long shot from Tijani (63rd) just missed. Salzburg’s transfer saw the yellow-red card in the 72nd minute after another foul, and then the Styrians ran in desperate but no luck. On the WAC side, substitute Cheikhou Dieng missed a handful of chances to make it 3-0. The Senegalese even scored twice, but the linesman saw him offside both times.

TSV Hartberg – WAC: The voices of the game

Markus Schopp (coach Hartberg): “I’m really disappointed. It would have been much, much better today. We had everything under control until the 55th minute and we could have scored a goal or maybe we even had to. Then we will have our fruits in five minutes.” our work. The goals conceded should have been avoided in the process. You just have to be a little more aggressive to avoid that. I am very satisfied with the creativity, but it is necessary to improve the effectiveness “.

On the yellow-red card for Samson Tijani: “The first yellow card was a real scandal, the second was good.”

Ferdinand Feldhofer (WAC Coach): “We were a bit pressured after our initial defeat. It’s good that we entered the game well from the beginning of today. I think we had the game under control. After the break we changed the match schedule a bit, we are higher He confessed and tried from attacking earlier. You could tell he hurt the Hartbergs. However, I think Hartberg will definitely be to be expected this season. We have an extremely good atmosphere in the team, the competition is on. Strong. “

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