Steyr goalie twice in focus at 1-1 in Lafnitz

Forward coach Daniel Madlener made a change in the starting eleven compared to the opening game against Blau-Weiss, Nico Wiesinger started instead of Joel Dombaxi. The game began extremely unluckily and with a rapid deficit. The focus was on goalkeeper Nikolas Polster: When it was 0-1, the 20-year-old, who came from LASK in the winter as a cooperation player, already had the ball in his hands, Lafnitz attacker Stefan Sulzer poked it free again and converted – referee Alan Kijas would have opened have to decide foul play.

The red and white quickly put away the anger about the questionable decision and had a clear chance before the break. Tobias Pellegrini got a free shot after a corner kick from 15 meters out, but put the ball over the goal (19′). Ten minutes later, an attempt by Oliver Filip missed the long corner. The agile attacker repeatedly caused problems with his runs into the depths of the Lafnitz back three and was able to celebrate the equalizer in the 39th minute. After a perfect pass from Dragan Marceta, Filip overcame goalkeeper Zingl to make it 1-1 at the break.

Pad keeps penalties

After the change of sides, Lafnitz had more of the game without creating any great opportunities. The forward defense was solid and had top scorer Poldrugac well under control. In the 70th minute, the referee gave Kijas a penalty after a duel in the penalty area between Sostarits and Poldrugac. He competed himself, but failed due to padding. After that nothing happened and the teams parted with a performance-related 1:1 draw.