Ried did not reward himself: LASK equalized 1: 1 in the end

Last light Ried got at least a small morale boost with a 1: 1 (1: 0) against LASK in an intensively conducted Upper Austria derby. But that also applied to Linz, who, thanks to Keito Nakamura (90th) despite a playfully weak performance and 45 minutes outnumbered in the finish, still managed to gain a point in the Bundesliga. The wide awake Rieder had actually already looked like the winner after a penalty by Christoph Lang (45.+1).

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Felix Luckeneder saw red shortly before the Rieder lead for preventing a clear goal chance (45th), in the end this action should at least not have any bad consequences. Third-placed LASK, who had many problems with the more aggressive Rieders before the break and only created a few chances, is now eight points behind Sturm Graz, who beat Hartberg 2-1. Ried has been waiting for a full success for six games and remains at the bottom of the table. But now tied with Hartberg (14 each).

Ried coach Christian Heinle made two changes compared to the 0-1 draw against Hartberg. David Ungar replaced right-back Matthias Gragger in the starting XI, while Philipp Pomer was allowed to try his hand at right-back instead of Luca Kronberger. LASK coach Dietmar Kühbauer replaced the sick left-back Rene Renner with Marvin Potzmann, in central midfield the Ukrainian Maksym Talowjerow made his starting eleven debut for the suspended Branko Jovicic.

Only Ried was initially in a derby mood

Only Ried showed the typical derby energy in the early stages. First it was Leo Mikic, then Lang, who gave goalie Alexander Schlager a small warm-up program after winning the ball. (3rd). Just two minutes later, a shot by the well-positioned Stefan Nutz was blocked in the penalty area, Michael Martin aimed over the LASK goal (15th).

The guests only gradually found their ball possession game, but initially had problems with precision. Only a corner brought danger, Ried goalie Jonas Wendlinger parried the following Köpfler Luckeneders brilliantly (18th). Referee Julian Weinberger then went to the screen because Ried defender Julian Turi was shot in the forearm by Robert Zuljs after the corner. There was no penalty.

LASK was the dominant team after 25 minutes at the latest, but the aggressive Rieder were always up to the task in a duel and at least semi-dangerous after Mikic had regained the ball and Lang, who he served, was at least semi-dangerous (21st). Linzer didn’t find any chances for a long time, in the 42nd minute Nakamura, Zulj and Thomas Goiginger wasted an excellent counterattack chance.

Luckeneder fended off in Schlager style

Shortly afterwards it was even more bitter for the favorites: Schlager first parried against Lang, but Luckeneder then acted as a substitute goalie after a flick from Nutz and saw red after his handball (44th). Lang confidently converted the due penalty 1:0.

The 6,530 spectators in the Josko Arena, which was not completely sold out, experienced an open game even after a change of sides, in which Rieder, who were now outnumbered, continued to have the LASK offensive attempts well under control. After just over an hour, Kühbauer brought fresh forces into the attack with Moses Usor and Ibrahim Mustapha, but Ried had the better chances from two free-kicks.

For a long time, LASK was only dangerous with a free kick, but Wendlinger was there with his foot against Peter Michorl (74th). Little indicated in the finish on the compensation. This was scored by Nakamura, who had been quite inconspicuous up to that point: the Japanese scored his tenth goal of the season from a half-right position after an assist from Usor.