27. October 2023
Struber doesn’t want to be annoyed about losing a point again © APA/KRUGFOTO
Three defeats and one draw from four competitive games: Red Bull Salzburg is faced with an unusual record. In the home game against SCR Altach, the defending champions want to return to winning ways in the 12th round of the Bundesliga on Saturday. Meanwhile, Austria Klagenfurt can continue its recent series of successes at home against WSG Tirol. Newly promoted Blau-Weiß Linz is hoping for its first home win against WAC. Kick-off is at 5:00 p.m.
The Salzburg crowd, accustomed to success, has experienced defeats in the last three home games, two of them in the league. In the event of a further loss of points after the one against the two Linz clubs Blau-Weiß and LASK (0:1 each) and the 2:2 away win at Austria Klagenfurt in between, the gap in the table to the leader Sturm Graz, who are four points ahead, would also possibly be reduced continue to grow. This is also why Salzburg coach Gerhard Struber spoke “absolutely” of a must-win against Vorarlberg. “It’s now about winning the next game and it’s also about the right performance,” said the 46-year-old.
The performance at the San Siro in Milan serves as an example, where there was a narrow 1-2 defeat at Inter in the Champions League on Tuesday. “It’s important to transport this face from Milan over to our stadium,” emphasized Struber. There will no longer be a big rotation like there was before the blue-white game. “We learned from this that we won’t try radicalism again.” The recovered Luka Sucic could play a key role. “He is on the verge of becoming a pillar in our game again and can help us a lot,” said Struber.
Despite Salzburg’s earnings crisis, Altach travels to the city of Mozart as a blatant outsider. “If Salzburg loses in the league, they will go into the next round with 100 percent or more,” warned coach Joachim Standfest, who still sensed a chance. “We will have our opportunities.” Standfest made it clear that the approach does not involve a parked bus in our own penalty area: “We saw at the start of the season that our active forward defense also works against Salzburg.” Unlike the home defeat :2 Altach wants to reward themselves with points this time.
Austria Klagenfurt is surprisingly in fourth place with 18 points from eleven games after the first half of the regular season. The third championship group participation in a row seems possible. Before the game against WSG Tirol, coach Peter Pacult urged patience. “We have to be prepared for the fact that the WSG will be very compact and will try to move forward through quick transition play,” said the Viennese. “In the end, we should take advantage of the fact that the WSG is not enjoying a wave of success at the moment.” The Carinthian’s six-man injury list includes newcomer Kosmas Gkezos, who will be out until the end of the year after an ankle operation.
At the start of the season, Klagenfurt won 3-1 in Tyrol. Since then, the WSG hasn’t really gotten off the ground. The penultimate team in the table only has five points. The appealing second half against Vienna Austria (0:2) was at least encouraging. “We need a compact performance and have to play our game for 90 minutes,” demanded Silberberger for the Klagenfurt trip. “We are too hectic in the final third, we really need the chances on a silver platter and are not cold-blooded enough,” said Silberberger, who has to do without the suspended David Gugganig and Alexander Ranacher.
Blau-Weiß Linz has only suffered one defeat in five league home games, but the promoted team has not yet won at the Hofmann Personal Stadium on the Donaulände. The time has finally come for Wolfsberger AC’s guest appearance on Saturday. “We want to win the game. It’s not about the home win, but about confirming the performances of the last games,” explained BW coach Gerhard Scheiblehner, whose team only suffered one defeat in the last six matches and can establish themselves in the middle of the table.
The Wolfsbergers recently left Altach with a draw. “We hid in the second half and barely kept calm. But I liked how the team fought,” explained coach Manfred Schmid. The reward was the continuation of the strong away series with now nine games without defeat. The WAC is currently in seventh place, tied on points behind Rapid. “If we want to get into the top six, we need a few threesomes,” explained Schmid, who left it open whether he would also bet on Georgian Sandro Altunashvili. The midfielder suffered a broken nose in Altach, trained with a mask and wants to play himself.
2023-10-27 21:21:33
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