Hartberg defeats Austria and is in the final – Diepresse.com
Hartberg moves into the final with a 1-0 at the clearly favored Viennese Austria. The match winner is Donis Avdijaj.
TSV Hartberg is sensational and for the first time in the final of the ÖFB football cup. The clear outsider prevailed 1-0 (0-0) at Wiener Austria on Wednesday evening and thus booked the ticket for Klagenfurt. Donis Avdijaj scored decisively in the 54th minute with his seventh gate in the competition. On May 1, the WAC is now waiting for the team of Manfred Schmid in the final of two final debutants.
For Austria, the attempt at the 28th Cup title bitterly ended in front of 14,237 spectators. The record cup winner had been unbeatable in recent months. The eleven of Stephan Helm failed in the first half and could not grow after the deficit.
« /> Match winner Donis Avdijaj (Tl.) APA
The roles were clearly distributed in front of the duel. At the Austria in the master group, the defense was rebuilt in the English week. Lucas Galvao and Philipp Wiesinger started alongside Aleksandar Dragovic. As usual in the Cup, Mirko Kos started in goal. Schmid relied on Fabian Wilfinger in the defense, on the offensive, Jed Drew got his chance right from the start.
Sallinger denies Austria the leadership
Hartberg started ambitious, but Austria was in the game after a few minutes and approached a goal. Raphael Sallinger had to show the first flight insert in a shot from Abubakr Barry (13th), then the TSV goalkeeper was able to crucial the Nik Prelec, which was piling up (18th).
The Sallinger in the cup for over 300 minutes was also in focus afterwards. Dominik Fitz caught a completely unsuccessful back pass from Drew, but Hartberg’s goalkeeper was successful again (32nd). However, the Styrians held the zero and had a dangerous situation in the purple penalty area after a volley by Manuel Pfeifer before the break.
Avdijaj cheered after a counterattack
The Austria started in the second 45 minutes with a lot of possession, remained offensive but harmless. Fitz was also unable to deliver sparkling ideas. Hartberg managed to escape the Pressing of the Viennese and scored the lead from such an opportunity. Avdijaj put on the pace and defeated Kos after a double pass with Patrik Mijic.
A violet reaction was in demand. Helm reacted to the doldrums in the attack, took captain Manfred Fischer off the field and brought Marko Raguz as a fresh striker. The pressure on Austria increased, but Hartberg further consistently cleared the many high balls. In the second half, Austria ultimately did not make a single dangerous shot. After the final whistle, Dragovic apparently complained too violently with referee Sebastian Gishamer, who showed the defense chief Rot. (APA)
