Second game in the Champions League, second clear defeat for Salzburg. After 0:3 in Prag There was even one at home against Brest 0:4 defeat. Against the 13th place in the French league, who haven’t been able to score away this year. But the defeat was deserved, especially because Defensive performance not worthy of the premier class war.
Salzburg is in the Champions League for the sixth time in a row. You’ve never started with two defeats. The opponents in recent years have been of a different caliber than Prague and Brest.
After a nervous start, it was of all things Salzburg’s only Austrianwhich caused the first excitement. After a corner the ball bounced Baidoos knee over the line (10th). But Gourna-Douath had blocked the keeper’s view while he was offside. No goal. But the young team from Coach Lijnders was awake now.
Early ball wins and impressive moves, increasingly on the left side, led to the first good chances. Dedic narrowly missed the top corner after a rush across half the field (16th), Konate failed from a tight angle (19th).
Brest had little to report up to that point and stood out mainly for his robust style of play. But suddenly it was 0:1 for the guests. Piatkowski’s duel behavior on the halfway line was more reminiscent of a school league match than a Champions League game. Then Dedic also lost the duel against Sima – and he scored dry (24th). Sima had already scored the winning goal in the 2-1 win against Sturm.
Salzburg soon recovered offensively and had good chances to equalize through Gloukh (37′) and Bidstrup (41′). But the defensive behavior – as in Prague – was not ready for Europe. Sima almost took advantage of one of the hair-raising mistakes and missed the target by just a few centimeters (38th).
After the break, Salzburg increased the pressure, knowing that they actually had to win this game. But Gloukh and Daghim (55th), Clark (58th) and Dedic (64th) missed the best chances. Actually, the equalizer was in the air.
If it weren’t for Salzburg’s porous defense. A long pass, then Morgalla served Camara also the ball – 0:2 (66th). At 0:3 through Sima (71.) Keeper Blaswich made a mistake, whereupon the fans called for Alex Schlager. And it got even worse: Pereira Lage scored to make it 4-0 (75th).
Not good for Salzburg: goal difference is extremely important in the new league format. But Salzburg are miles away from promotion anyway and have completely different worries.
(kurier.at, AHei)
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01.10.2024, 18:30
