The Linz Bundesliga clubs are causing turbulence for champions Red Bull Salzburg. Newly promoted Blau Weiß Linz opened the low with a 1-0 win in Salzburg on September 23rd, and LASK increased it on Saturday with the fully deserved 1-0 (1-0) win against the defending champions. Including the 2-0 defeat in the Champions League against Real Sociedad, it was the third home defeat this season without a goal being scored. Salzburg last lost two home games in a row in the Bundesliga in autumn 2014, when Adi Hütter was coach and Ralf Rangnick was head of sports. At that time there were two 2:3 defeats against Sturm Graz and Vienna Austria, and in between there was a 0:1 defeat in Klagenfurt against Wolfsberg. In the end, Salzburg were champions. LASK last won in Salzburg on February 14, 2020. That was in the 19th round. Three later, at the end of the regular season, Salzburg were six points behind LASK, two more than they are currently behind Sturm Graz. The turning point came during the Corona break, during which the Linzers were “caught” during team training when this was forbidden due to the pandemic. Therefore a points deduction followed. At the end of the season, Salzburg became sovereign champions with a twelve point lead over Rapid, while LASK was 17 points behind.
It really doesn’t look like that at the moment. “We didn’t feel like we had a chance to score and we weren’t consistent in our remaining defense. “We made it too easy for LASK,” said goalkeeper Alexander Schlager in a ruthless self-criticism in the “Sky” interview. Team newcomer Samson Baidoo admitted: “The posture is simply not enough.” In truth, LASK could have won higher. There were enough chances to do this, especially from counterattacks in the finish. So the only goal by captain Robert Zulj after 34 minutes was thanks to an assist from Marin Ljubicic. Zulj’s fifth goal this season, the first he scored away from home. There is currently no trace of the attractive football that Salzburg’s new coach Gerhard Struber promised the fans. No approach to it either: no personality that can inspire a team, and little danger of scoring either. A dangerous shot from Amankwah Forson, a missed chance from Sucic, there it was, LASK goalkeeper Tobais Lawal only had to intervene once. 23 points after eleven rounds, that is Salzburg’s worst record since the 2016/17 season. The master at the bottom, as the picture of Captain Amar Dedic shows.
“We didn’t manage to stand up, we didn’t produce the power we expected. It’s important to emotionally take the boys back to where success is at home,” said Struber. It didn’t sound like he was convinced that this could happen quickly. Committed to the basics, that’s what Struber called the recipe. Whatever he means by that. Inter Milan clearly did better three days before the Champions League home game against the Austrian champions, winning 3-0 (0-0) against Torino in Turin. It was 0-0 until the 59th minute, then goals from Marcus Thuram and world champion Lautaro Martinez followed within twelve minutes. Hakan Calhanoglu ensured the final score with a penalty in stoppage time.
For LASK coach Thomas Sageder, it was a day that he will not soon forget due to his past as an assistant coach at Liefering. An away win in the first game against Salzburg is something to be proud of: “I’m proud of the team and their top performance. It can carry on like this.”
2023-10-21 20:22:10
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