Double winner Storm Graz has continued to be anything but masterful this season. Christian Ilzer’s team did manage to win a second time, but it came with lots of stomachache and happiness came about.
A brilliant performance was the 1:0 in Klagenfurtwhere the home games in the Champions League will be played in the autumn, however.
Klagenfurt coach Peter Pacult had demanded that his team be willing to run and be intense. No sooner said than done.
The well-prepared Carinthians made life difficult for the Grazers, who did not act like Sturm in the first half and did not have a single chance in 45 minutes. The search for playful solutions in the offensive remained unsuccessful.
Klagenfurt, on the other hand, worked consistently forward with compact positioning and had at least two opportunities to offer, both of which Tosevski by header after corner kicks, and Sturm goalkeeper Scherpen had to parry once with a good reflex.
Penalties here and there
Even after the half-time speech by coach Christian Ilzer, the Graz team had problems finding their game, on the contrary, Klagenfurt repeatedly had good periods of pressure and the best opportunity to take the lead from a penalty, but Cvetko shot weaklyScherpen held.
In return, a controversial handball in the Klagenfurt penalty area was hotly discussed, Kiteishvili scored from eleven meters the flattering 1-0 for Sturm (71.) In injury time, Biereth increased the score to 2-0.
Point win for GAK
Climbers NO could not win the third game in the Bundesliga either. After the 2:3 against Salzburg and the 0:0 against WSG Tirol, the Graz team had to settle for a 2:2 against Blue White Linz be satisfied.
The Graz team started the match with commitment, but were too imprecise for a long time. But the guests seemed more hardened. Stürmer RonivaldAt 35 years old, o knew where the ball had to go. In the 10th minute, he received a pass perfectly and scored from a turn to make it 1-0.
But the Graz goalkeeper was powerless when the score was 2-0. harmless free kick from Dobras was deflected unstoppably to make it 2-0 for Linz (40′).
The game was not decided, however. The Graz team became more precise in attack. First, Maderner headed the ball to the better positioned Cipot, who scored to make it 1:2 (61st minute). And then Filipovic rose to take a cross and buried the ball to 2:2 in the Linz goal (74.).
Now both teams had their sights set on victory. Filipovic again had a great chance to take the lead with a header, but the German headed the ball a little too high. The game remained a draw.
(kurier.at, cg)
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17.08.2024, 19:01
