Similar to five days ago, when 7,000 fans attended the guest appearance of Fenerbahce Istanbul with star coach Jose Mourinho at Admira in the Südstadt (1:1), the Gugl was in a frenzy on Thursday.
LASK won the opening match of the NERO Summer Series Upper Austria 3-2 (1-0) once morest the Turkish champions Galatasaray Istanbul, who showed up with the stars Dries Mertens and Michy Batshuayi and from the 46th minute with the agile ÖFB legionnaire Yusuf Demir.
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The crowd was impressive. It’s not every day that you see 9,230 fans at a preseason match. The majority of the fans in the Raiffeisen Arena were of Turkish descent, and the colors red and orange dominated the stands. Despite this, the athletes were not put off by the “away crowd” and put on a solid performance that was crowned with a prestigious win.
Two “Jokers” stabbed
LASK took the lead three times. First, the black and whites benefited from an own goal by Leo Dubois, who sent a cross pass from George Bello – in turn perfectly served by captain Robert Zulj – over his own line in front of the onrushing Marin Ljubicic (22′).
After the loudly celebrated 1:1 by defensive leader Metehan Baltaci (56th), it was “joker” Lucas Copado’s turn. Less than 120 seconds following being substituted, the attacker scored following a perfect through ball from Ljubicic to make it 2:1 (64th). The Turks were to have an answer once more. Again through Baltaci – 2:2 (56th).
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The black and whites’ third goal remained unanswered. The next latecomer became the match winner: Moussa Kone made it 3-2 in the 85th minute following a preparatory pass from Moses Usor. That was it. LASK coach Thomas Darazs, who, like Gareth Southgate the day before, had shown a golden touch in the EURO semi-final between England and the Netherlands (2-1), used a total of 21 players. Only Usor played the whole game.
“Very brave and playful”
“I think we can be absolutely satisfied with this performance,” said Darazs: “We played once morest a top international team and were very courageous and enthusiastic in many phases. We repeatedly found good solutions, especially when we had the ball.” Postscript: “We are aware that it was a test, so we can assess the game and the result correctly.”
- Lawal (76. Siebenhandl); Bogarde (62. Mohammad), Ziereis (77. Stojkovic), Smolcic (62. Pursall), Bello (46. Lebersorger); Berisha (62. Copado); Flecker (77. Pintor), Jovicic (62. Safin), Usor; Zulj (46. Horvath); Ljubicic (77. Kone)
- Güvenc (68. Yilmaz); Dubois (68. Yesilyurt), Baltaci (80. Arslan), Kutlu (60. Aydin), Köhn (46. Karatas); Tete (46. Demir), Torreira (46. Demirbay), Oliveira (46. Akman), Zaha; Mertens (59. Dervisoglu), Batshuayi (74. Antalyali)
- Weinberger (Ö)
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Alexander Zambarloukos
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Alexander Zambarloukos
