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Klagenfurt and Wolfsberg shared the points in the supplementary game of the second round of the Bundesliga. The game in front of 7932 spectators in the 28 Black Arena in Klagenfurt ended in a 2:2, which is why both unbeaten teams hold on four points.
Before the break, Christopher Cvetko (37th) scored for the stronger home team. After the break, the guests scored a double through Ervin Omic (65′) and Augustine Boakye (75′). Coach Manfred Schmid was lucky as both players had been substituted on. But his opponent Peter Pacult could also rely on a “joker”. Experienced Christopher Wernitznig (81st) scored the final score with his first touch of the ball just a few seconds after being substituted on.
Both teams gave each other nothing from the start, which was also evident from two yellow cards for the Klagenfurt team in the first two minutes. The hosts were stronger in the first half hour and also created a slight chance before the break. While the WAC only became halfway dangerous with a Leitgeb header on the goal net (20th), the home side found three good chances.
After Cvetko’s free-kick cross, Nicolas Wimmer headed over it (33′), a shot by Andrew Irving after Leitgeb lost the ball on his own sixteen was the prey of goalkeeper Hendrik Bonmann (35′). Two minutes later, the WAC goalkeeper was powerless. After a nice action over several stations and a Straud cross, Sinan Karweina put it back directly to Cvetko, who slammed the ball under the bar from six meters.
The leadership was deserved. After the change of sides, a gripping game developed. The WAC managed to equalize because Omic carried the ball over the line after Zimmermann’s header. Boakye finally turned the course of the game upside down: Thorsten Mahrer and Wimmer slept after a deflected, wide clearance. The 22-year-old striker grabbed the ball and didn’t give Phillip Menzel a chance.
Wernitznig scored the 2:2 with the first touch of the ball
But it didn’t come with a win. Wernitznig took aim from the edge of the penalty area on his first touch of the ball after the visitors tried to clear the ball and saved his team from defeat.
The match was canceled on Saturday because of the flood events in Carinthia, as no emergency services were available. Now, in a joint thank you campaign with the state and city of Klagenfurt, all flood workers are invited to the derby in the state capital under the motto “We say thank you”.
Source: Nachrichten
