2023-05-18 12:27:29
In the relegation showdown between SV Ried and SCR Altach, the future of both clubs in the Bundesliga is at stake. On Friday (7.30 p.m. / live Sky) the two relegation candidates in the qualifying group will meet in a direct duel, three rounds before the end of a trend-setting game. However, the Altachers travel to the Innviertel with a small advantage, in the event of a tie, the Vorarlbergers are ranked ahead because of the rounding off in the halving.
Both teams are 14 points behind at the bottom of the table, the gap to WSG Tirol is already six points. For Altach coach Klaus Schmidt, the starting position is clear: “It’s going to be a scuffle. The team that wins there has 100 percent better cards.” The Schmidt-Elf recently disappointed in a 0-1 draw once morest Hartberg in front of their home crowd, while Rieder missed their first win with a 1-1 draw at WSG Tirol in the seventh qualifying group game. Recently there were five draws in a row for Maximilian Senft’s team.
“Everyone who sees the table knows what it’s regarding,” stressed Ried kicker Marcel Ziegl. “The last results show that we are difficult to bend, but we have to finally get the win.” Senft said that “the blows to the neck in the last few games” have made his team “felt even tougher and more resilient”. In any case, the fight to stay up in the league has turned into a duel. “The pressure is on two, which makes it all the more dynamic and interesting,” emphasized Schmidt, whose team has been waiting for a sense of achievement for six games.
Therefore, no one accepted the role of favourite. “We scored six points in the qualifying group, Ried five. The team that will come out of history better in the first quarter of an hour is to be favoured,” said Schmidt. Each of his players must be himself and win his personal duel. However, the coach emphasized on Thursday: “If we don’t have a tibia fracture and two open fibula fractures tomorrow, I’ll go to Ried with a great feeling.”
Senft was also confident and counted on the support of the home fans. “We want to take the stadium with us with our passion and win the first of our three finals together,” explained the 33-year-old. The first duel in the “lower play-off” ended almost a month ago in the Ländle with 1:1. “The people of Altach will certainly not be bursting with self-confidence. But they have the same starting position and will throw everything into the balance,” Ziegl knew.
The Upper Austrians want to crown an anniversary with a win on Friday. Exactly 25 years ago, Rieder celebrated their first major success in the club’s history by winning the cup.
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