2023-08-27 17:14:57
Rapid’s dress rehearsal before the fight for entry into the group stage of the Conference League was unsuccessful. The Hütteldorfer did not get more than a 1-1 draw against WSG Tirol on Sunday evening and remained without a win in a home game in the Bundesliga for the second time in a row. This could not improve the self-confidence after three competitive wins. Fiorentina have to defend a 1-0 win from the first leg on Thursday.
With the rise in the play-off of the third most important European Cup competition, the Viennese would be sure of millions in income, which the club can use well. In the league, after the second draw in the fifth game, there was a drop from third to fourth place. The gap to the top duo Salzburg and Sturm Graz grew. After the 1-1 home win against LASK last week, the Tyroleans only got their second point, they are still penultimate. Luca Kronberger gave the outsider the lead with a “Goal of the Year” (8th), Matthias Seidl (60th) made sure that the equalizer was more than adequate. Rapid also hit aluminum twice.
There was no video assistant referee (VAR) at the game. Due to technical problems, it was not possible to play, the club was not to blame in this regard. Hours before the game, an attempt was made to find a solution, which was unsuccessful. The league then decided to stage the game without the technical aid.
Rapid coach Zoran Barisic left two offensive pillars on the bench in top striker Guido Burgstaller and Marco Grüll. Fally Mayulu was allowed to try for the first time from the start in front of 15,900 spectators in the Allianz Stadium. However, the 21-year-old Frenchman looked like a foreign body up front and was unable to stage himself. Quite different on the other side Kronberger, who shocked the home side with a stroke of genius in the eighth minute. The 21-year-old player on loan from Sturm Graz shot from more than 25 meters and hit the cross corner.
Rapids didn’t respond as Leopold Querfeld missed two header chances (10′, 18′) and Nicolas Kühn failed to save Adam Stejskal (25′). Otherwise, the Viennese usually acted too awkwardly in the last third. The Tyrolean defended fully and in some cases played well forward, Aleksander Buksa slipped just past a cross on the way to 0:2 (32nd).
Rapid’s Oliver Strunz and Moritz Oswald came on during the break, and Mayulus’ working day came to an end. Fresh impetus was provided, the Viennese pushed for the equalizer and constricted the guests in their own half. Querfeld was unlucky with a crossbar header, Stejskal parried Strunz’s header (51′). Kühn (52nd) and Seidl with a double chance (55th) also became dangerous. After almost exactly an hour, the spell was broken. After a Bajic pass, Seidl played the ball high himself and completed it straight into the far corner.
A double whammy was in the air. The ball ran like clockwork and at the end of a dream action, the bar saved the Tyroleans from a Bajic finish (63rd). They were almost exclusively occupied with defensive work, but once almost turned the course of the game upside down. Matthäus Taferner was able to pull away on the penalty, but found his master in Niklas Hedl (74th). Grüll and Burgstaller were also allowed to finish in the finish, but despite a few dangerous situations, no one scored. After three defeats against Rapid 2022/23, the WSG was once again able to celebrate a point in a direct duel.
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