After the weather-related cancellation of three top division matches this weekend (LAOLA1 reported>>>), the scheduling stress in the ADMIRAL Bundesliga is increasing.
The focus is primarily on Red Bull Salzburg. The runners-up have two games left in the championship, but are also involved in the Champions League. There should be fewer problems with the rescheduled matches of Austria Vienna against Sturm Graz and Hartberg against WSG Tirol.
Salzburg’s first game postponement occurred in August, when the club secured a rescheduling of its home game against Hartberg in order to have enough recovery time for the return match in the Champions League playoff against Dynamo Kiev. The duel with TSV will now take place on December 4th.
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Before that, there is no free date left for the “Bulls”, even if they fail in the second round of the ÖFB Cup against Wiener Viktoria on September 25th.
Even in this case, the home match against Austria Klagenfurt, which was planned for Saturday, could not be played in the last week of October because the cup round of 16 will take place on that date and the Carinthians are already in the round of 16.
Therefore, the Salzburg – Klagenfurt match will probably take place on December 14th or 15th, one week after the planned end of the year in the Bundesliga. Before that, Salzburg will play at home in the league against Rapid (December 7th) and in the Champions League against Paris Saint-Germain (December 10th).
The Bundesliga is not interested in moving Salzburg – Klagenfurt to 2025 – if only because a new transfer phase begins in January and the accusation of a certain falsification could therefore not be completely refuted.
Clarity about the new dates should be available soon, as the league has announced that it will announce all new dates on Monday.
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