0:1 – Now blue and white is dependent on outside help

Are FC Blau-Weiss Linz running out of strength and nerves on the home stretch of the second football league? The 0:1 (0:0) against SV Horn was a shock. It was a game that went 90 minutes like on an incline in the direction of Horn-Tor. In the end it wasn’t even a draw, which would have kept the rise in one’s own hands. “Football can be so unbelievable. Now it’s a matter of being disappointed for a day or two, and then we’ll continue,” said coach Gerald Scheiblehner, adding optimistically: “We’ll settle at the end.”

First Horn’s Haris Ismailcebioglu scored from the only guest chance on the counter with a lob over goalkeeper Nicolas Schmid to make it 0: 1 (87th). And then the Blue and Whites missed the huge chance of a penalty kick in the 94th minute: Michael Brandner’s weak penalty was saved by Horn’s reserve goalkeeper Niklas Linke on his second division debut. The young keeper only got into the match because Horn’s number one, Matteo Hotop, was sent off after 20 seconds in the second half for stealing a goal. The Blue and Whites were also unable to use the majority in the entire second half – and also lost striker Ronivaldo, who retired injured.

GAK and St. Pölten can pass

Now you are dependent on outside help: Both St. Pölten and GAK can move past the table at the weekend. Christoph Schösswendter: “Since I’ve been there, we’ve never dominated a game like that. It was an impossibility to lose this game. We broke them up – and now we’re without points. That’s very bitter.”