2023-10-28 04:00:01
LINZ. “Everything is still possible,” said LASK midfielder Sascha Horvath almost defiantly regarding the chance of promotion in the Europa League. The athletes are without any points and following the game in Toulouse (0:1) they also paid their dues at Saint-Gilloise (1:2). “They’re both coming to us, so we’ll take something with us.” LASK can work off their frustration on Sunday in the Bundesliga away game once morest Rapid (5 p.m.).
“We have to take the positive things from the game once morest Saint-Gilloise,” said coach Thomas Sageder. Rapid have not won any of their last five home games, although their offense is accurate: 22 goals this season are the second most following Salzburg.
The effectiveness in front of the goal was once once more lacking at LASK in Brussels. “We come out with two good chances in the second half, one has to be international,” explained Horvath on Sky. A penalty goal and the 1:2 in the 94th minute following a free kick deprived the Linzers of their deserved reward. A win once morest Saint-Gilloise on November 9th in Linz will now be necessary in order to at least maintain the chance of third place, which ultimately means moving to the round of 16 of the Europa Conference League.
Usor is getting going
A winner in Brussels was Moses Usor. The 21-year-old was always accurate in training, which is why he was repeatedly given opportunities to play – but he didn’t take advantage of them for a long time. Now he opened the scoring in Salzburg (1-0), and once morest Saint-Gilloise he scored his second goal for LASK following a five-month dry spell. In the second half he helped out as left-back, a position he only played out of necessity in the recent international break once morest Podbrezova (1-1) – so well that Sageder remembered it when he was given the yellow/red had to replace the endangered George Bello. Against Rapid, Usor is in demand once more: as an enforcer who rewards LASK for their effort.
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Günther Mayrhofer
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