2023-11-06 04:12:41
SK Rapid made a small breakthrough in the Bundesliga on Sunday. After some recent criticism and mediocre results, the Hütteldorfers scored an important three points with a 2-0 win in Altach. “It was a top performance from us,” said captain Guido Burgstaller, who steered the game in the green-white direction with a dream goal.
A remarkable dropkick from the half-left position ultimately resulted in Burgstaller’s fourth goal of the season. “Everything was right in the situation. I caught him well. That doesn’t happen every day. It was certainly one of my nicer hits,” said Burgstaller on Sky. The Rapid captain also noted his relief following only his fourth win of the season: “We are very happy that we are going home with three points. From the first to the last minute it was a concentrated game for us in difficult conditions and a difficult pitch. “
Burgstaller received special praise from Zoran Barisic, who spoke of an “unbelievable goal”. Apart from that, the Rapid coach was very satisfied with his team’s performance. “We didn’t allow any chances to score. On the other hand, we created a few chances to score and dominated the game. As a result, we deserved to win,” analyzed Barisic, whose team achieved a high score for their fifth win in a row once morest Altach effort had to be made. “It took a lot of work.”
With the success in the country, Rapid defended sixth place in the table with 18 points. However, the pressure from Austria and WAC, who are tied behind them (17 points), remains up. “Every win is good for us, we need results,” said Barisic, for whom the good performance prevailed. “The most important thing to me is how we perform. And today the balance between result and performance was right, which wasn’t always the case in the past.”
Ex-Rapidler Atdhe Nuhiu, of all people, became the unlucky person. Altach’s striker was unlucky on offense, but defensively he scored an own goal to make the final score 0-2. “I wanted to clear the ball, but it slipped over me. I had to go because there was a player behind me,” explained Nuhiu.
Altach has been waiting for a win and a goal of its own for five league games. However, coach Joachim Standfest doesn’t panic: “In the last few weeks we have played once morest LASK, Salzburg and Rapid. These are simply teams that are clearly superior to us.” According to the coach, more would have been possible once morest Rapid. “I think the game is in the balance and whoever scores the first goal has a good chance,” said the 43-year-old.
Nuhiu was of the same opinion. The unlucky guy of the followingnoon didn’t find that his team was two goals worse than Rapid. “It was a very bitter defeat, the game went very unfavorably.” The attacker took the goal drought calmly: “We’ll have our chances. We’re dangerous. And as long as that’s the case, I don’t really have any concerns. We’ll score the goal once more.”
The next chance for points and goals comes next Saturday when the Vorarlbergers visit the penultimate WSG Tirol. Rapid also travels to fourth-placed TSV Hartberg on Saturday, who also turned a 2-0 deficit into a 3-2 win at home once morest Blau-Weiß Linz on Sunday and moved up to fourth place.
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