Coach Matthias Jaissle’s team inflicted the second defeat in the sixth round on the promoted team, who had a good start to the season and had learned a lot.Lustenau. Fernando (16′) and Maurits Kjaergaard (20′) put the guests on the road to victory early on with their goals. Nicolas Capaldo (49th), Noah Okafor (60th), Junior Adamu (78th) and Dijon Kameri (82nd) made it more than clear for the favorites in the second half. The ÖFB Cup continues for both teams: Lustenau will play in the second round of the cup at Wiener Sportclub on Tuesday, Salzburg will honor Union Gurten in Upper Austria.
Lustenau coach Markus Mader switched his team to three positions compared to the derby win against Altach (2-1) and, like the opponent, played in a 4-4-2 system with a diamond. Adriel, Anthony Schmid and Lukas Fridrikas made the starting XI. At Salzburg, Maximilian Wöber moved into central defense and made room for captain Andreas Ulmer on the left back when he returned to the starting eleven. Instead of Benjamin Sesko, Okafor stormed.
Vorarlberg did not hide from the eyes of ÖFB team boss Ralf Rangnick and played happily against Salzburg. After 14 minutes, however, Adriel made a serious mistake. The Brazilian fouled Capaldo on the edge of the penalty area, referee Stefan Ebner immediately pointed to the spot. Fernando didn’t miss the opportunity and scored the visitors’ lead with his fourth goal of the season (16th).
If Luka Sucic let Domenik Schierl fail from a good position in the next scene (17th), the 2-0 were still down, but Kjaergaard made it better shortly afterwards. Austria central defender Jean Hugonet headed the ball in an attempt to clear the ball right in front of the feet of the 19-year-old Dane, who didn’t hesitate and scored for Salzburg from a good 18 meters (20′). To make matters worse for the hosts, right-back Anderson had to leave the field injured a little later after a duel with Kjaergaard (27th), Fabian Gmeiner came on for him.
Lustenau tried to make up ground before the break. However, Fridrikas missed an opportunity to score from close range (26′) as did Hakim Guenouche after a nice assist from Bryan Teixeira (36′). On the other side, Amar Dedic just missed the 3-0 from a distance (45th).
The second half was hardly underway when the game was already decided. After a corner, Salzburg defender Oumar Solet outdid Adriel in the penalty area and elegantly crossed with the outside of his foot to Capaldo, who headed the visitors’ third goal (49′). After that, the hosts fell apart, the champions had good chances to score almost every minute. Capaldo initially failed from 16 m to Schierl (51st). Okafor, on the other hand, took advantage of a mistake by Matthias Maak and shot into the empty goal to make it 4-0 (60′).
Kjaergaard (61′) and substitutes Benjamin Sesko (72′) and Adamu (73′) initially missed further opportunities until Adamu (78′) and Dijon Kameri, who was also exchanged, scored half a dozen with his first goal (82′). made. The debacle is the first major setback for Lustenau, whose next opponent in the league is Wiener Austria next Saturday.
What do the trainers say?
Markus Mader (Lustenau coach): “We knew that we needed a fantastic day so that we could even think about winning a point. But we also knew that we could run into a slap against Salzburg and that’s exactly what happened. I was Overall we were satisfied with the diamond system in the first half, which we don’t normally play. We had access and opportunities to score again. The first two goals we conceded were cheap. In the second half we were 3-0 then clearly inferior.”
Matthew Jaissle (Salzburg coach): “That was our best performance of the season so far. We put the football on the pitch that we wanted to. We were good in the game from the start and very toxic against the ball. Austria Lustenau has between played in the 25th and 45th minutes, which makes them strong in their refreshing way. But I also know that on a good day for us it’s difficult against my team and we had a very good day today.”
Source: Nachrichten
