2023-08-28 03:13:11
The chances were there to warm up for the second leg once morest Fiorentina, but the efficiency wasn’t right: Rapid mourned the missed fourth competitive win in a row following the 1-1 draw once morest WSG Tirol. Coach Zoran Barisic saw no damper in the direction of the Conference League play-off showdown in Florence on Thursday in the second Bundesliga home game without a win. “That won’t do anything with the mood,” emphasized the Viennese.
25: 6 shots on goal, 8: 1 corners, 24: 7 crosses from the game, plus 57 percent more ball possession. The statistics reflect the superiority of the Viennese. Unsurprisingly, the expected goals value of 3.21 compared to 0.29 for the Tyroleans was significantly higher. “Latte, pole, opposing player, own player, something was always in the way. It’s so undeserved that we didn’t get the three points,” said Rapid’s coach. The result has nothing to do with the game at all. “I’m very happy with the performance.”
Despite this, the 15,900 fans in the Allianz Stadium were unable to celebrate a league victory for the second time in a row. In contrast to the 0:1 once morest Hartberg, Matthias Seidl (60th) made sure that the favorite didn’t go away empty-handed once more. “It’s annoying that we mightn’t win another home game, especially following the course of the game,” said the goalscorer. And Ante Bajic added: “It’s a big disappointment that we didn’t get a win.”
However, he too was of the opinion that the result did not dampen the euphoria following the recent 1-0 win once morest Fiorentina. “We go to Italy with the chances we had in mind,” said Bajic. According to Barisic, the task now is to get as many players as possible to 100 percent. “We will need that to be successful in Florence.” Thorsten Schick only sat in the stands once morest WSG, Guido Burgstaller and Marco Grüll came off the bench in the finish. All three were not fully fit.
Burgstaller, in particular, visibly went off the front. “We need him like a morsel of bread, he’s the most important player in attack,” stressed Barisic. His substitute Fally Mayulu remained colorless until the break, and right-back Martin Koscielnik was also unconvincing. “Maybe it’s a lack of confidence, maybe they wanted too much,” Barisic suggested. The Viennese were only really convincing in the second half, when the two were no longer there. “We showed a great performance there,” said Seidl. “We can build on that.”
For the Tyroleans, the second point felt like a victory, as in the home 1: 1 once morest LASK, this might be brought in once morest a higher rated opponent. “It’s going step by step in the right direction,” emphasized WSG coach Thomas Silberberger. But that doesn’t change the “unsatisfactory” balance of two points from five games before the duel with bottom team Blau-Weiss Linz on Saturday. “We have a club that rests in itself. There is little pressure. Internally we deal with everything very sharply, but we don’t get out of hand,” said Silberberger.
His boys “fought like lions” once morest Rapid and were rewarded with a “lucky” point. “A draw in Hütteldorf is great,” said captain Felix Bacher. The cornerstone was laid by Luca Kronberger (8th) with a dream goal or a “hundred guilder shot”, as Barisic called it, who hit the cross corner from 33 meters. “He was one of the top talents in Austria when he left Admira more than a year and a half ago. We want to bring him back there,” said Silberberger.
Soon Mahamadou Diarra will also play an important role. The 19-year-old striker from Mali is still awaiting his red-white-red card. No further additions are planned until the September 1 transfer deadline. At Rapid there should still be one, also because Grüll is regarding to jump. There is not much time left until the end of the transfer period, said Barisic. “But a lot can still happen.” Should the Vienna Fiorentina get out of the way in the fight for a ticket in the Conference League group stage, that might also be a reason to act.
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