2023-12-03 20:03:55
In bitterly cold temperatures, Austria and LASK didn’t really warm up the 10,689 fans in Vienna’s favorites. Both teams played goalless in a Bundesliga game with few chances on Sunday. The point doesn’t help either eighth-placed Vienna or third-placed Linz. However, given the workload and the tense personnel situation, the LASK is more likely to agree with this.
Austria, which was worried about taking part in the championship group, missed getting significantly closer to the WAC (0-1 against Salzburg). The same applied to third-placed LASK in the hunt for Sturm Graz (1-1 at Blau-Weiß Linz). The Upper Austrians remain in third place before the last league game before the winter break in Lustenau.
For the fourth time this season, a league game for the Violets ended goalless. The offense remained unsuccessful for the third game in a row. The Viennese are three points short of sixth place before the end of the year next Saturday in Klagenfurt. There are still six games left before the points are divided.
The LASK recorded notable failures. From the starting line-up for the 4-0 defeat in Liverpool on Thursday, only Moses Usor remained on offense. An infection was apparently spreading. With Philipp Ziereis, Sascha Horvath and Robert Zulj, a very important axis was missing.
There was only one change for the Viennese in the last home game of the year. Instead of Lucas Galvao, who had seen yellow-red in the 0-1 defeat in Wolfsberg, Marvin Martins returned after serving a suspension. Michael Wimmer was on the sidelines after rumors of a change; he will remain Austria’s coach. Kaiserslautern awarded the vacant job to former Schalke player Dimitrios Grammozis.
Since the heavy snowfall, there has been a lot of shoveling and the green was in good condition considering the conditions. Austria managed the cold start better. Andreas Gruber made it 1-0 just a few seconds after kick-off. Rene Renner just got the long leg between them. But the excitement wasn’t a foretaste of what would happen next in the game; scenes in the penalty area were rare.
Both teams appeared stable in their defensive processes, put each other under pressure early on, but often acted imprecisely after winning the ball. LASK striker Moussa Kone got stuck on Martins as he turned (29′). Austria had their only shot on goal in the first half (45th) with a safe free kick from Gruber.
After the restart, Austria quickly presented itself again. Manfred Fischer headed just wide of the goal, shaking Linz awake again (46′). A blueprint of the first round followed. Wimmer expressed his dissatisfaction after an hour. Top scorer Gruber and center forward Fisnik Asllani made way for Dominik Fitz and Muharem Huskovic. There was no immediate revival; the final phase at least brought offensive action.
Manuel Polster set a rare highlight. The lightning-fast Austria player left Renner standing, but was caught before he could finish after an improper contact (76′). When Filip Stojkovic bumped into Huskovic’s back, Austria called for a penalty in vain (79′). On the other side, Florian Flecker fired unsuccessfully towards Christian Früchtl from a difficult angle (83′). Austria acted more concretely in the finish, but Fortune was still missing. In Huskovic’s case, it was a few centimeters from a Stangl pass in the 95th minute.
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