Ried draws hope: First victory under neo-trainer Senft

SV Guntamatic Ried has managed a liberation in the basement duel of the Bundesliga. The Innviertlers defeated SCR Altach away in the 21st round on Sunday 2-1 (1-1) and celebrated their first league success since mid-October. Thanks to the “Three”, Ried also gave the red lantern to Vorarlberg, who have now been waiting for a win for eight games. altach Mike-Steven Bähre gave the hosts an early lead (7′), which Matthias Gragger equalized in the first half of the game (34′). Substitute Christoph Monschein then scored the decisive goal in favor of Rieder (76′). In the table, SV Ried, which won for the first time after eight games without a win, holds 17 points with one round to go. The new bottom light Altach has one point less on the account.

Altach coach Miroslav Klose relied on a back four in defense compared to the last few games. Top scorer Atdhe Nuhiu started the attack again this time, with Noah Bischof joining him as the second striker. The trained defender Manuel Thurnwald acted in the right midfield. Maximilian Senft made three changes in his second game as Rieder’s head coach. Markus Lackner started in central defence, Kingsley Michael in the center and Leo Mikic in attack.

The hosts got off to a brilliant start in this explosive duel. Thurnwald was initially denied by Jonas Wendlinger (6th minute), but a little later the Rieder goalkeeper had to admit defeat for the first time. Wendlinger punched a sharp cross from Bischof right in front of Bähre’s feet, who sank the rebound flat into the right corner (7′). For Altach it was the first goal after 532 goalless minutes.

“Joker” Monschein became the match winner

Rieder quickly shook off the early deficit and promptly had a chance to equalise. A shot by Christoph Lang from the edge of the penalty area just missed the goal (8th). As a result, the guests largely controlled the game, especially on the left side, there were always advances. The equalizer, which was deserved at the time, was achieved after a standard situation. A free-kick cross from Stefan Nutz was extended by Gragger with a head into the goal (34′). With the 1:1 we went into the cabins.

At the beginning of the second period, both teams acted cautiously at first, but it took a while before they had their first chance. After a quick switch game by Rieder, Philipp Pomer put the ball across to Lang in the penalty area, who missed the pass by a hair’s breadth (55′). On the other side, Nuhiu scored what was supposed to be the opening goal, which was rightly denied after VAR studies due to a clear offside position (66th).

A joker then became the match winner for Rieder. Substitute Monschein took a shot from the edge of the penalty area without any pressure and flicked the ball into the right corner of the cross (76′). As a result, Altach was unable to add more and has now reached the bottom of the table.