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The Carinthians prevailed 1-0 in a game with few chances against SV Ried thanks to a goal by Maurice Malone (75th) and thus moved four points clear of the Innviertel team at the bottom. For the hosts it was the first success under coach Manfred Schmid, in front of his home crowd there was once again something countable for his club after six defeats. In a repeat of the 0-0 at the end of the regular season, there were two changes in the starting eleven at Wolfsberg. Left-back Jonathan Scherzer and striker Nikolas Veratschnig were able to prove themselves from the start in front of just 2,218 spectators in the Lavanttal Arena. Ried trainer Maximilian Senft confused his team. In goal, the recovered Samuel Sahin-Radlinger made his comeback, in the middle Diego Madritsch and Luca Kronberger got their chance, in front a new duo with Seifedin Chabbi and Belmin Beganovic was allowed to try, also because Christoph Monschein was absent due to illness.
Beganovic almost crowned his first start, but shot over the goal alone after an ideal pass from deep (12′). The 18-year-old Bosnian was also the center of attention in the 21st minute. Beganovic fell to the ground after a slight nudge from Tim Oermann during a running duel, referee Alain Sadikovski showed the WAC defender a red card for stealing a goal. However, after an on-field review, the referee reversed his decision.
That was one of the few exciting scenes before the break. The WAC only came close to taking the lead once, when Sahin-Radlinger was able to parry a Malone shot (40th). Both teams only fired two shots each, ball possession was almost balanced, the 0:0 a logical consequence. Even after the change of sides, you didn’t even need a whole hand to list the top chances. Chabbi frittered away a good opportunity in the penalty area (58′), but there was not much missing from a long-range shot by WAC kicker Ervin Omic (63′).
The scene that decided the game came in the 75th minute. The ball ran well in the WAC rows, “Joker” Thorsten Röcher put the ideal through to Malone, who hit the far corner with his left from just inside the penalty area. The sixth goal of the season was a very important one for the 22-year-old German. Radlinger prevented a brace from the Augsburg loanee with a save in a 1-1 duel (91′). The WAC won for the first time in the third direct duel of the season. For Rieder, the dress rehearsal before the ÖFB Cup semifinals on Wednesday in Vienna at Rapid also failed.
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