While Austria also left the 4-1 setback at Lech Posen in the Conference League behind, the situation at Ried worsened. Spielvereinigung is next to bottom with only five points, Christian Heinle’s team has only scored four goals in nine rounds.
In the last appearance before the two-week league break, Austria coach Manfred Schmid sent Muharem Huskovic to the center of the attack, James Holland was not there in midfield, and newcomer Nikola Dovedan took a seat on the bench. At Ried, the ailing playmaker Stefan Nutz (patellar tendon) was missing, and in addition to Christoph Monschein, Seifedin Chabbi and Luca Kronberger should also get the longed-for goals on the offensive.
Austria needed a quarter of an hour to start up. Rieder, who were not exactly blessed with self-confidence, attacked at the beginning, Chabbi’s header after a corner was cleared by Reinhold Ranftl in front of the line (13′). This may have been a wake-up call for Austria. The favorites let the ball run better, Ried got deeper and deeper.
A wide template finally overturned the guest defense. Manfred Fischer sent Gruber on his way from deep in his own half of the field, the winger used his technique ideally for the violet lead. When rain showers set in, Austria initially missed a preliminary decision against a battered opponent.
Ried’s defense always offered space in front of Samuel Sahin-Radlinger. Like Gruber, Huskovic was away from a suspected offside position, but hit the bar (36′), Aleksandar Jukic didn’t produce a shot or pass (39′), Huskovic shot wide of the far post (42′). Ried had to be satisfied with the 0:1 at break.
However, the Schmid team quickly made up for lost time. A Rieder throw-in turned into a counter-attack, Matthias Braunöder found Huskovic, whose assist Fitz made into the Kreuzeck at full speed, which is worth seeing. The offensive man later hit the outside bar with a free kick (58th). Austria acted against dissolving Rieder like in a training game, the Upper Austrians just ran behind.
Substitute Keles headed the ball to make it 3-0, the ball went through the legs of Philipp Pomer and Sahin-Radlinger and into the goal. Substitute Rieder Denizcan Cosgun (74th) hit the bar, it was only a weak sign of life. At Austria, Dovedan came in the finish, Matteo Meisl and Manuel Polster were allowed to collect Bundesliga minutes for the first time. The 19-year-old cushion missed his first goal with a shot from the pole.
Source: Nachrichten
