From LASK’s point of view, Khatte had a fine touch. The ZIB Flash presenter gave the athletes the weakest opponent on paper in the draw for the football cup round of 16. On October 29, 30 or 31, they will face the stragglers of the 2nd league, ASK Voitsberg, who are still winless after seven rounds. It is the third meeting in the cup, the first two duels in 1986 (3:1) and 1990 (2:0) went to Linz.
“Voitsberg rocked the regional league last season. They have an interesting coach (David Preiß, note) and an interesting team. They do their thing. We have to have the right solutions,” said LASK coach.
FC Blau-Weiß was served a contrasting programme. The team has to play away against double winners SK Sturm. This match will take place on Saturday (5 p.m.) in the Bundesliga at the Hofmann-Personal-Stadion. With longer recovery time for the Linz team. They watched from the couch how the Graz team trembled to a 2-2 draw against Austria in Vienna-Favoriten after a 2-0 lead despite being two men down from the 57th minute. The yellow-red cards for (53rd) and (57th) will not bother Blau-Weiß. Both Sturm players are suspended.
Incidentally, Jatta celebrated with his colleagues in front of the hard core of the Austria fans after his goal to make it 2-0 (41st minute), after which objects flew onto the pitch.
The Violets increased the pace with two more men and made it 1:2 (60th minute). They deservedly equalized (74th minute). But it could have been even more. The Viennese had eight great chances in the end – two of them by Eferdinger, who came on as a substitute in the 68th minute. A goal after a 27-month injury break would have been brilliant.
SK Rapid – playing at the same time as Austria Wien after the riots at the Vienna derby – averted a disgrace within six minutes at the Hohe Warte with a 3:1 (0:1) win against regional league team Donaufeld in the second round of the cup. After the 0:1 (30th minute), (48th, 50th) and (54th minute) the tables were turned. Whether pyrotechnics were necessary in the Rapid fan sector is debatable.
There was no trembling for runner-up Salzburg, who defeated the Vienna Viktoria, coached by , 4-0 (2-0) after a lightning start (2-0 after 180 seconds).
