In the draw, which should not satisfy anyone, the Viennese equalized twice and even looked like the winner up to the 87th minute. But Klagenfurt grabbed the well-deserved point with a penalty kick from Andy Irving. After six rounds, both teams are in the lower middle of the table with five points.
After leaving the Europa League in Istanbul, Wiener Austria flew directly to Klagenfurt for regenerative reasons. Three days after the Fenerbahce defeat, there was another cold shower: Billy Koumetio made a bad pass in midfield, Irving served Markus Pink, and Klagenfurt’s center forward ended the transition with a well-placed shot into the far post (3′).
While the hosts took their first chance after 129 seconds, the Viennese missed their following opportunity to equalize: Reinhold Ranftl failed after a quick combination via Marvin Martins and Dominik Fitz from close range on Philipp Menzel, who was back in goal (8th).
The guests, again with Lucas Galvao in defense and Romeo Vucic for the first time in the center of attack, lacked game control and ideas. The unexcited Pacult squad had almost everything under control in the first half, but without coming up with top-class players themselves.
The result was largely uneventful – until Braunöder pocketed the ball in goal-of-the-month style (45+4). The youngster chested a Fitz cross with his back to goal and volleyed on the spin. Also worth mentioning is the defensive midfielder’s path deep into stoppage time.
The people of Klagenfurt could not have recovered better from the shock. A few seconds after the restart, Rieder scored to make it 2-1 (46th). Jonas Arweiler, who came on for Pink, let the ball through and Rieder pushed in from eleven meters for another lightning lead (46th). Ranftl made the duplication of the two halves almost perfect, because this time the winger scored – with a volley worth seeing (53rd). Thorsten Mahrer had previously insufficiently clarified the ball in the center.
Given the efficiency of the two teams that day, both decided not to take any risks afterwards. The Viennese, however, gradually took control and thus punished Klagenfurt’s passivity: Georg Teigl let Nicolas Wimmer stand and Can Keles pushed the ball over the line at the speed of thought to give the visitors the lead for the first time (76′).
Klagenfurt managed to make a comeback again: Irving converted a penalty after Martins fouled Mahrer. The video referee, so often criticized by Peter Pacult, intervened in favor of his team this time.
Source: Nachrichten
