Andreas Gruber’s goal would have been a side note if Efthymios Koulouris had used his top chance in the 78th minute: the Greek substitute deflected Keito Nakamura’s Stangl pass from three meters but wide of the goal (78th). “No player misses on purpose. Next time he’ll score,” said LASK trainer Dietmar Kühbauer. “With the 2-0 the bag would have been closed.”
Even before the kick-off, his team had to cope with a blow to the neck: Filip Stojkovic broke off the warm-up because a neck injury had flared up, which he had sustained in the same place at Rapid two months ago.
LASK was not disturbed by this. Marin Ljubicic narrowly missed making it 1-0 (4th). Marin Ljubicic scored the goal for the LASK lead against an increasingly strong Austria (67th). In the end, Koulouris’ miss-taken revenge – because Andreas Gruber scored to make it 1-1 (88′) and Alexander Schmidt’s header missed the goal (94′). At least one series was extended: LASK remained undefeated in their seventh away game against Austria.
Source: Nachrichten
