In Kapfenberg, SV Guntamatic Ried demonstrated their willingness to take action and dealt with their frustrations: a week after the unfortunate 0-1 loss against GAK, which destroyed their last hope of mini-promotion, the Innviertel team won in the 2nd football league despite being 0-1 behind with 3:1. “I’m very happy because we’re in a phase that’s not that easy emotionally,” said coach Maximilian Senft.
Things became even more difficult when Mark Grosse scored for the first time in the spring: the Ried striker’s attempted break-away after a free kick from the home side backfired, and the own goal into the top corner put his former club in the lead (15th). The answer came quickly with Nik Marinsek’s long shot to make it 1-1 (18th). David Bumberger gave the Innviertler team the lead with a header (31′) after a corner from Grosse, and Philipp Pomer secured the away win with the goal to make it 3-1 (86′) in his first start since his cruciate ligament injury in October.
Jancker back in Leoben
The Rieders initially climbed past Leoben and the FAC to second place. At Leoben, Carsten Jancker will make his comeback as coach against GAK on Saturday: the German was fired in August. After the 3-0 defeat in the cup semi-final against Rapid, successor Rene Poms left the club “irreconcilable differences with the board,” Jancker returned.
