Austria celebrates / Image: APA / EXPA / ROLAND HACKL
Pasching / Vienna. For the duel between the problem children, Lask and Austria met early on Sunday afternoon in Pasching. The guests from Vienna arrived without a win in the first six rounds, but emphasized the will to finally want to change that in order to finally leave the bottom of the table. “Now it's up to us to prove that we don't belong down there. The team was willing and ready to show that in training, ”said Austria coach Manfred Schmid.
His team underlined these words with a brilliant start: Marco Djuricin could have given Austria a tailor-made start single-handedly, but failed with a lift at goalie Alexander Schlager (3rd) and after an ideal hole pass the ball rushed past (4th) . Austria continued to push for the Lask goal, but Schlager stood out against Vesel Demaku (13th) and Lukas Mühl (32nd). The home side had a hard time with the violet attack vortex, and did not even get into the game. A conclusion from Hong Hyun-seok (39th) was the only significant result before the break whistle.
After Dominik Thalhammer's address in the cabin, Lask was more active, but Austria stayed closer to the goal. Substitute Muharem Huskovic failed again from the best position on Schlager (75th), but after the following corner the Lask goalkeeper was defeated. A failed header defense landed right at Eric Martel, who scored 1-0 from close range (76th).
In the finish, Austria had to tremble again because a counter goal from Noah Ohio – the Leipzig loan received a catastrophic return pass – after VAR examination because of offside did not count. But Thomas Goiginger missed the equalizer for Lask (92nd), instead Ohio made the decision in the second attempt (95th). With the first win of the season, Austria also left the bottom of the table.
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