Rapid shoots out of the meaning crisis – Diepresse.com

Rapid Has achieved his first competitive victory in 2025 in the fourth attempt. The team of coach Robert Klauss clearly defeated the SCR Altach 5-0 (1-0) on Saturday in Vienna and ended a six-league matches without full success. In the table, the fifth-placed green-whites with 31 points temporarily passed Salzburg and thus took a big step towards master play-off. The Altacher stay last with 14 points after 20 rounds.

Nenad Cvetkovic put the Hütteldorfer in front of almost 17,000 fans in the Allianz Stadium (8th). After the break, Isak Jansson per double pack (56th, 68th), Dion Beljo secured the desired threesome and the highest season success in the league by penalty. Both teams ended the game to tenth to Cvetkovic (62nd) and Paul-Friedrich Koller (66.).

Honor for Burgstaller

Before the game, Guido Burgstaller was honored in the stadium as Rapidler in 2024. The striker had suffered serious head injuries in mid -December. It is uncertain whether and when the 35-year-old, who wants to end his career in the summer, can reappear for Rapid. The most recently blocked Mamadou Sangare and Beljo as well as keeper Niklas Hedl returned to the starting eleven among the hosts. At Altach, coach Fabio Ingolitsch goalkeeper Dejan Stojanovic (witch shot) was available again, the yellow-locked midfield engine Mike Bähre was replaced by Dijon Kameri.

Rapid immediately set accents, although the first noteworthy campaign had almost backwards. Sangare grabbed Benedikt Zech and got away with yellow (2nd). After that, Grün-Weiß stormed: Louis Schaub first missed the lead (6th), fell from a rehearsed free kick variant. Seidl found Cvetkovic, who scored the 1-0 by fersler. The ball was unhappily deflected by Altacher Florian Dietz.

The claw troop initially stayed on the trigger, but Cvetkovic (18th) and Schaub (29th) each failed on Stojanovic. After half an hour, the guests came into play and came through Vesel Demaku on two occasions. The 25-year-old first checked with a hidden shot Hedl (32nd) and shot over the goal shortly afterwards (34th).

Three goals, two red cards

Rapid came out of the cabin with fresh swing, Schaub had 2-0 on the foot, but grimaced (53.). It did better Jansson, who circled as well from the penalty area to the far corner. The hosts weakened a little later, Cvetkovic fouled as the last man Marlon Mustapha and first saw referee Jakob Semler yellow. After VAR intervention and the view of the video images, the referee decided on red – a tough decision (62nd).

Rapid thus drove the seventh victory in series against the Rheindörfler, zero for the seventh. Now the next Thursday will continue at the Conference League in Banja Luka (21). In the remaining two Bundesliga rounds before the division of points, the opponents are called Hartberg (March 9) and Gak (March 16). Altach welcomes Salzburg in a week before a guest appearance in Klagenfurt is due.