The athletes had recently won two friendly Linz women’s football derbies – in yesterday’s first city duel in the Bundesliga, the women from Blau-Weiß Linz/Kleinmünchen got serious with a 3:1 win against LASK.
“We are number one in Linz!”, sang the players of Blau-Weiß Linz/Kleinmünchen in a circle after the match, while in the middle coach Stefan Unterberger started chanting “Derby winners!” – after a match in which his team had played out Bundesliga routine in a straightforward and clever way.
841 people were on the LASK pitch and saw how the athletes found their way into the game better – but the first goal was scored by Blau-Weiß Linz/Kleinmünchen: Almedina Sisic played Ella Herbst free, the 16-year-old slipped a little with her standing leg when she shot, which is why the shot was a little higher than planned – and went under the crossbar to make it 1-0 (7th). It was the newcomer’s first Bundesliga goal in his second appearance.
Sisic has a little more experience and added the second goal with Blau-Weiß Linz/Kleinmünchen’s second shot on goal. Sandra Mayrhofer played the pass into the penalty area – LASK goalkeeper Sarah Trinkl had her hands on the ball when she shot, but it still sailed into the goal. With the assist and the goal, Sisic proved why she will be Upper Austria’s contribution to the U20 World Cup in Colombia from August 31st.
Image: GEPA pictures/ Wolfgang Kofler (GEPA pictures)
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Image: GEPA pictures/ Wolfgang Kofler (GEPA pictures)
The athletes’ offensive efforts were far too cumbersome to actually pose any problems for the blue and white defense. The best goal-scoring opportunity was an unfortunate cross from Alzbeta Nemcova, which hit the crossbar. Substitute Karla Jedvaj made it 3-0 (73′).
After the 0:1 defeat against FC Lustenau/Dornbirn on Thursday, the athletes managed to score the first goal in the history of the women’s Bundesliga – but it was scored by an opponent: Jana Niedermayr deflected a cross from 15-year-old Linda Schöser into her own goal (83′). She got ahead of LASK newcomer Cynthia Adamu, who came running behind her ready to score.
“We started the game well, then we conceded almost the same goal as in Dornbirn. The guests then took the lead with their first two shots on goal,” complained LASK coach Benjamin Stolte. “We can’t blame the young team much.” This time, his players only gained experience – for example, losing two league games in a row for the first time. The athletes have lost as many league games in four days as a women’s Bundesliga team as they have in the three seasons since joining in summer 2021.
