Salzburg surprised him with his first CL victory: 3-1 at Feyenoord

Feyenoord‘s goal by Anis Moussa (81st) came too late, Salzburg climbed to 30th place in the table at half-time with three points in theory. However, with the opponents Bayer Leverkusen (November 26th / away), Paris Saint-Germain (December 10th / home), Real Madrid (January 22, 2025 / a) and finally Atletico Madrid (January 29 / h), you are literally facing one big challenge in the sense of the word.

Salzburg’s performance defied all expectations. In addition to the lack of results, the starting position of the visitors was very poor. Lijnders had to field a full team due to injuries, illnesses and the suspension of goalkeeper Alexander Schlager, but once again he rolled the dice well. Among other things, Nicolas Capaldo was assigned to the left-back position, while a completely new three-man line of Bobby Clark, Lucas Gourna-Douath and Mamady Diambou worked in midfield.

But the “Notelf” quickly forgot this feature. Feyenoord started much better and had two good minutes. First, the defensive center Trauner started a chance from the striker Ibrahim Osman with one of his precise passes (3rd), a little later Janis Blaswich, replacing the suspended Alexander Schlager, was there against Paixao (8th). But Salzburg quickly found their way into the game and after that kept it completely open.

The visitors’ pressing and counter-attacking worked much better than in previous weeks, and the Dutch were almost unable to win. And even though there was nothing really dangerous thanks to the numerous ball winners, they still managed to take a well-deserved lead shortly before the break. In fact, it took a poor throw-out from Feyenoord goalkeeper Timon Wellenreuther. Finally Oscar Gloukh fed Konate with a cross, which, completely alone, went in from a short distance.

As expected, the Dutch opened the second half dynamically, Peixao was just a few centimeters short of the equalizer (47′). But Salzburg stayed aggressive and was immediately back in the game. Trauner blocked another key chance from Gloukh (52nd), but six minutes later Konate stopped the stadium with a capacity of 50,000: After a corner and a header from Kamil Piatkowski, the ball fell at Konate’s feet and fired the Ivorian in quickly.

Feyenoord then tried to score again and they also had their chances. Like Trauner (73rd), Bart Nieuwkoop (68th) and Chris-Kevin Nadje (71st) were also unlucky on this occasion. Then the latter embarked on a furious final stage with red sweat on Gourna-Douath. Moussa found a net to make it 1-2, a little later Konate hit the bar from the spot after a bad David Hanckos penalty on Capaldo (85”). Soon after, Guindo made the decision with a beautiful shot under the crossbar.