Efficiency beats ball possession – diepresse.com
Rapid applauds the next sense of achievement after the European Cup hit and cheers 2-0 in the Vienna derby. Defending champion Sturm Graz defeats Salzburg 2-1 and benefits twice.
And the new number 1 of Vienna is: Rapid! Grünweiß won the 345th Wiener derby. Thanks to hits from Matthias Seidl (5th) and Mamadou Sangare (70th), the Hütteldorfer celebrated a 2-0 home win over the Austria and thus ensured a successful dress rehearsal for the quarter-final secondary in the Conference League against Djurgard. The purple, on the other hand, are now three points behind leaders Sturm Graz And have been without a win for three application parties.
22,669 spectators came to the Allianz Stadium, the Austria sector remained empty due to the lock of supporters of the respective away team in derbies. Rapid’s Block West complained about the lack of guest fans on a banner, the Aleksandar Dragovic, who was still entitled to play, was given whistle with whistles and later also with insults.
After less than five minutes, Dragovic and his defense colleagues were beaten. Manfred Fischer made a ball loss, Dion Beljo played on Seidl, who defeated Samuel Sahin-Radlinger between his legs with a shot. In the twelfth minute, the Austria goalie in a header from Beljo after Corner by Andrija Radulovic prevented the second goal.
Cvetkovic failed at short notice
The Montenegrin had come to the starting line -up compared to the 1-0 at Djurgard, but the battered Nenad Cvetkovic and the sick Isak Jansson were missing. Both could get fit for the return match against the Swedes. Instead of Cvetkovic, Kouadio Ahoussou, who got more and more to do soon after the Rapid leadership, and his colleagues.
Rapid withdrew, the Austria became stronger – a shot from Fischer landed on the outer bar (15th). The home side rely on switching situations after mistakes in the arch -rival, which should lead to many a chance. A Seidl shot from an acute angle ended up in the field, Radulovic ran alone on Sahin-Radlinger, but only hit the goal of the goalkeeper (43.). Before the change of sides, the field supervision had only a narrow false shot from Matteo Perez Vinlöf (28th).
In the second half, too, the “violets” recorded more possession, but their passing game was mostly too imprecise, which is why dangerous scenes were limited. Abubakr Barry failed with a shot at Rapid’s goalkeeper Niklas Hedl (58th) and clearly next to a header from a good position (67th).
Decision by Sangare
Shortly after the substitution of Guido Burgstaller, who celebrated his home comeback, Sangare made the decision. The midfielder danced three Austrians and, with a centrally applied, probably not unsustainable shot to 2: 0. Austria no longer recovered from this setback. Rapid drove the third derby home success en suite and the third victory in the ninth league game of this year. In the table, Grün -Weiß continues in fifth – three points behind the WACfive behind Salzburg and seven behind Austria.
