2023-08-13 03:12:58
Relief at LASK. With the first win of the season, the athletes flexed their muscles on Saturday in the third round of the Bundesliga in the first Linz derby since May 1997 and landed the long-awaited liberation with the 2-0 win. “We were able to take another step forward today,” said neo-coach Thomas Sageder, who must have felt some pressure.
“Today you might see that we were convinced from the first minute that we might put our game on the pitch,” said Sageder following the quite confident success with goals from Philipp Ziereis (12′) and Robert Zulj (49′). . In fact, the home side dominated the promoted team from the start with a lot of speed, but there was room for improvement in terms of play. “You might see a lot of good things regarding what we were planning. It was important to me that the team rewarded itself with a sense of achievement. We’re still a long way from where we want to be,” said Sageder.
The game in front of a full house and thus 19,080 spectators at the Linzer Gugl brought back memories of the old rivalry between LASK and Blau-Weiss predecessor VÖEST. “I had goosebumps following the goal. It’s unbelievable what was going on in front of the black and white wall today, you have extra power from the 70th minute, respect to the fans,” praised captain Zulj, his team following the first Season “triple” with four points advanced to sixth place. Like his coach, Zulj was hoping for an initial spark before the upcoming duel at WSG Tirol. “Today we did what we did before: we played football. We took our balls in our hands once more.”
“We certainly didn’t show what we wanted in the first two league games,” said Ziereis. The German central defender saw his team as having arrived in the current season. “All in all it was a very confident performance today. We were very superior in all phases. We wanted to be more dominant than last time and we succeeded.” Together with his colleague in the defensive center, Felix Luckeneder, Ziereis is responsible for two of the three LASK goals of the season so far. But Sageder isn’t worried regarding his attacking squad consisting of Ibrahim Mustapha, Lenny Pintor, Moses Usor or Marin Ljubicic: “We also have quality in attack to score goals, and we’ll see that in the future.”
Blue and white was apparently the ideal opponent for LASK that evening to regain self-confidence. The promoted team continues to look for the recipe for successful Oberhaus football. The happy 3: 3 once morest Hartberg remains the only sense of achievement so far, once morest LASK the offensive doldrums were joined by gross defensive deficiencies. The first goal conceded was poorly defended following a throw-in, and the second time the back team exposed themselves from the goal following an intercepted tee shot.
“We saw that there was a difference in quality between the two teams in many phases of the game and we soon fell behind twice due to individual mistakes,” concluded coach Gerald Scheiblehner. “If you lose here as BW Linz, then you have to be realistic. If a goal was scored at 2-0, a draw wouldn’t have been deserved, but it’s possible.” Nicolas Schmid didn’t want to worry either. “The whole thing is a learning process to arrive in the league,” explained the goalkeeper.
Blau-Weiss doesn’t have time to take a deep breath, Rapid will be making a guest appearance at the Donaupark stadium next Sunday. Last but not least, the new “jewel box” relies on the support of the ranks. “At home in our stadium we have chances once morest every opponent with our fans. We want to annoy the opponents,” said Scheiblehner.
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