This is doubly bitter before the cup final against Salzburg: SV Guntamatic Ried was on the winning track up to the 90th minute on Tuesday at 1:1 (0:0) in the football qualifying group before Admira equalized with a penalty came. The lead over the last Altach (0:4 in Hartberg) could be extended to four points. If they had won, however, the Rieders would probably have already been saved. So, being second to last, despite the lead, you are still right in the middle of it instead of just being there.
In the last minute of regular time, goalkeeper Samuel Radlinger came out wildly against Admira’s striker Mustapha, leaving referee Harald Lechner with no other choice. The striker used the penalty himself to equalize.
A shock for the Rieder, who had previously worked out their luck in the second half. The 1:0 of the Innviertel after 70 minutes was more reminiscent of pinball than football. That’s when Philipp Pomer shot into the fray. Then goalkeeper Andreas Leitner saved, but hit Ried’s captain Marcel Ziegl, who had no idea what happened to him, in the head – from there the ball went straight to Ante Bajic, who pushed the ball over the line.
At the beginning, the Rieder game had been more of a struggle than a struggle for a long time. After the warm-up, the whole team went to the west stand in pouring rain to get the fans on board. Only 2,300 came to the Josko Arena for this important game in the week of the cup final. In Ried, too, the fans seem to have lost a little sense of the really important games.
Those who came saw a very insecure Rieder team, especially at the beginning. It was pure relegation battle, there was no sign of anticipation for the cup final on Sunday against Salzburg.
In the first half, the Innviertler hardly came dangerously in front of the goal of Admira goalkeeper Andreas Leitner. The Lower Austrians were the better team and also closer to the opening goal. In the third minute, Ried goalkeeper Sahin-Radlinger made a save after a mistake by Lackner. And in the 31st minute you had to take a deep breath after Mustapha had missed from a promising position.
“Then we’ll get our points”
After the break, Rieder seemed much braver and more determined. Bajic (49th) and Nutz (50th) had more top chances within 60 seconds than in the entire first half. After that, Nene unselfishly but also imprecisely placed the ball on Bajic (54′).
After Bajic’s 1-0 lead, everything seemed to be done before things got hectic in the end and assistant coach Andreas Berktold saw red. “We tried everything, unfortunately we didn’t succeed, but we have to continue like we did in the second half, then we’ll get our points,” said Rieds Ante Bajic.
Source: Nachrichten
