The highly favored team of coach Matthias Jaissle took command from the start. The first chance came after seven minutes for Karim Adeyemi, whose shot after a corner kick was deflected into the side netting by Andreas Leitner, who came out well. In the further episode of the first half, the league leaders mostly lacked the pace in the game to outplay the compact Admirans.
Brenden Aaronson had the big chance to take the lead in the 37th minute, but the US team player failed from five meters to Leitner. In stoppage time in the first half there was a penalty alarm in the Admira penalty area. Referee Josef Spurny saw Stephan Zwierschitz’s intervention against Karim Adeyemi as not worthy of an eleven, and the VAR did not intervene either.
Salzburg for the first time in 43 home games without a goal
Red Bull Salzburg went without a goal for the first time in 43 league home games. The “Bulls” did not get past Admira beyond a 0-0 draw.
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A lot of ball possession, hardly any chances
After the break, a similar picture emerged. Salzburg controlled the game and had well over 70 percent possession, but hardly had any chances. After 52 minutes the spell was supposedly broken, but the goal from Rasmus Kristensen was preceded by an offside position from Andreas Ulmer. It stayed at 0-0.
The team of trainer Andreas Herzog defended compactly and appeared offensive as well as not at all. Salzburg goalkeeper Philipp Köhn only had to intervene for the first time after 70 minutes. Luca Kronberger’s shot from an acute angle was not a challenge.
Salzburg tried to keep the winning streak in the home stadium. A shot by Junior Adamu after 70 minutes was too central and didn’t pose any problems for Leitner. A few minutes later, Aaronson again had a great chance on the foot, but his volley from a promising position missed the goal. So it stayed at 0-0, which the guests deserved thanks to a consistent appearance on the defensive.
Voices for the game:
Matthias Jaissle (Salzburg coach): “Our exploitation of chances is poor. That’s why it’s bitter because we didn’t reward ourselves for a really good game. We were dominant in all areas. I’m very happy with my boys’ game, that makes me positive for Tuesday. But we finally have to reward ourselves for our game. With these many top-class chances, there is currently a little bit of luck in the match and that the right decisions are made in front of the goal. “
On the penalty kick: “I take note of this decision.”
Andreas Herzog (Admira trainer): “We worked hard to achieve this point with an outstanding defense. On the offensive we could have implemented one or the other switching situation better, but I can overlook that today. After the unnecessary defeat against Ried, that was an important signal for the upcoming games today. It was a great fight for my team and we were really rewarded for it. It would be presumptuous to say that I would have believed in the Lucky Punch, but there was a small hope. “
Admiral Bundesliga, 15th round
Saturday:
Salzburg – Admira 0-0
Wals-Siezenheim, Red Bull Arena, 5,821 spectators, SR Spurny
Salzburg: Köhn – Kristensen, Onguene, Wöber, Ulmer (80./Bernardo) – Sucic, Camara, Aaronson, N. Seiwald – Adeyemi (80./Sesko), Okafor (46./Adamu)
Admire: Leitner – Zwierschitz, Datkovic, Bauer, Lukacevic – Vorsager, L. Malicsek, Kerschbaum, Ebner (72./Schmiedl) – Kronberger (87./Ostrzolek), Mustapha (57./Ganda)
Yellow cards: none or Kronberger, Vorsager, Schmiedl, Lukacevic
The best: Kristensen, Camara and Leitner, Datkovic
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