Christian Heinle (Ried coach): “We did great. Today’s defeat is irrelevant (for the relegation battle in the league/note). We knew that we had two finals in a row, in the first, as I said, we did great. We have to take this momentum with us , even if it’s bitter shortly afterwards. But next week against Altach we’ll be 100 percent back.”
… to Wöber’s supposed hand penalty: “I’m already pissed off. There isn’t a clearer penalty decision. It’s unbelievable for me that you don’t give a penalty. You (as a referee, note) have to go outside and look at it again. Then it’s flawless Of course. I can’t always rely on the VAR, I have to make my own decisions.”
Stefan Nutz (Ried Attacker): “Salzburg deserves to be the cup winner. If we score that goal, we can make it exciting again. We might have been able to take a 1-0 lead in the first half. Unfortunately, but that’s football. We didn’t score the goals and Unfortunately they got it. Our plan would have been to play courageously from the start. It was very difficult, Salzburg adapted perfectly to us. Unfortunately, you need a perfect day against Salzburg, which we didn’t have today.”
Marcel Ziegl (Ried midfielder): “When it’s 2-0 we have a sitter that they clear on the line. I think a penalty could have been given. I have to stop it against Salzburg, then we’ll have the momentum on our side. The result was relative definitely at the end, but I think we were very good until we made it 2-0. Many thanks to our fans, that was amazing.”
Matthias Jaissle (Salzburg coach): “In fact, today was the first time I really felt pressure before a game. But we’ve worked on that over the past few months and years, the role of favorites was clearly divided. Accordingly, the relief is already huge. Compliments to Ried, they have did that very, very well right up to the end. They kept trying to keep the game tight, took the duels hard, closed the spaces. It wasn’t easy for us. But we did it really well. Of course we did We didn’t make it 3-0 soon enough, but overall it was a well-deserved win.”
Andreas Ulmer (Salzburg defender and captain): “We have set ourselves the goal of playing a good game and getting on well. The 1-0 was of course an outstanding goal from Luka, which we’re happy to take with us. But I also think we were really good at controlling the game and we have it too absolutely deserved win. These are moments that I will remember forever.”
Maximilian Wöber (Salzburg defender): “It didn’t feel that clear, we had to fight hard for every chance. Ried wanted to make it a real fighting game from the start, so it took us a few minutes to get used to it. The longer the game lasted the more chances we created. I think when you see all the chances we missed, it’s justified. It feels really great, we’re going to really celebrate that today.”
… about his alleged hand penalty: “I got my hands on the ball. At first I had the feeling that there were penalties.”
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