“Maybe it’s good if we can distract ourselves this week,” said Markus Lackner after Bundesliga club SV Guntamatic Ried’s 1-1 draw against Admira, with a view to Sunday’s cup final against Salzburg. The relegation battle is also gnawing at the nerves of Rieder.
Conservation was out of the question. Opponents Salzburg had it easier in yesterday’s 2-1 draw against Sturm Graz – the Grazers are now runners-up. With Ulmer, Solet, Kristensen, Camara, Adeyemi, Okafor and Sucic, seven players were taken from the starting eleven compared to the 5-0 win over Austria. So Salzburg will be fully rested despite the championship celebrations at the weekend in the cup final, while Ried had to give everything and after the 1-1 draw is still under pressure at the last minute.
With a win and a six-point lead over the last Altach, Ried, who was second in the qualifying round three laps before the end, would have been rid of his greatest worries. As they are penultimate in the table, the second final a week later in Altach remains in the back of their minds on this cup final weekend. Should you lose in Vorarlberg, you would only be one point ahead of the last in the home derby against LASK and the final in Hartberg. And if the points were equal, Ried would lose out against Altach due to the direct duels. In the event of a tie, on the other hand, you would end up ahead with the same number of points.
positive approaches
“If you’ve seen us in the past few weeks and compared to the second half against Altach, then you can see how the team lives,” said Ried’s coach Christian Heinle. In fact, after a weak first half, after the break, the game that Ried had often distinguished so much this season could be seen. The luck when Ante Bajic made it 1-0 was somehow forced through persistence. Similar to how it was back in the fall when Ried won 2-2 in the league against Salzburg.
Source: Nachrichten
