Rapid gained additional self-confidence ahead of the European Cup highlight against Fiorentina. The Hütteldorfer won on Sunday in the away game of the 4th round of the Bundesliga at promoted Blau-Weiss Linz 5-0 and fixed the second sense of achievement this week after the equally high rout on Thursday in Debrecen. With that, the Viennese had qualified for the play-off of the Conference League. The home first leg against Fiorentina rises on Thursday.
Rapid’s top striker Guido Burgstaller laid the foundation for success early on in Linz with a double strike (12′, 22′). After the change of sides, Leopold Querfeld (64th), Ante Bajic (79th) and ex-Linzer Fally Mayulu (92nd/penalty) made everything clear. It was the second victory for Hütteldorfer this season, with seven points they improved to third place in the table. The people of Linz, on the other hand, have to wait for their premiere success in the upper house, the 3:3 against Hartberg is the only point they have won. After the 2-0 in the derby at LASK, there were again no points and no goals and the relapse to the bottom of the table. No strength spared Rapid trainer Zoran Barisic surprisingly refrained from any rotation, relied on the formation that started in Hungary and confidently climbed the ladder had fixed. Forces for the first duel with the Serie A top club next week were not spared. BW coach Gerald Scheiblehner also made no changes compared to the most recent appearance. But he couldn’t be satisfied with the performance of his team in the first half.Furious startThe players from Linz were too far away from the opponent, the Viennese were able to combine as they wished, especially after winning the ball, and quickly made the preliminary decision. After Pirkl lost the ball on the center line, ex-Linzer Matthias Seidl sent winger Moritz Oswald with a pass and Burgstaller headed his cross into the net in the middle. Danilo Mitrovic had no chance in a duel with the ex-ÖFB team striker. Even before the second goal, the switching game was right for the guests. Burgstaller also had the necessary luck with the ball, prevailed against Manuela Maranda and once again gave Nicolas Schmid no chance to defend himself. A remarkable overhead kick from Oswald was rightly disallowed in advance because of a handball by Seidl (26′). After that, the Viennese skillfully managed the lead and only had brief problems at the beginning of the second half. A goal by Fabio Strauss was disallowed for being offside (49′), a Ronivaldo shot went centrally to Niklas Hedl (54′). Goals only came from the other side. Martin Moormann headed a Kerschbaum corner kick into the far corner, where the uncovered crossfield completed it directly. Negative run ended abroad Bajic got the ball past Schmid after a Mayulu hole pass, and Mayulu of all people scored the final point. The French converted a penalty in veteran style. Stefan Haudum had previously obviously pulled Bajic’s jersey. For the first time since February 26, three points could be celebrated away from home in the league. Since then there have been six defeats and one draw abroad first half with a suspected knee injury. The result: FC Blau-Weiss Linz – SK Rapid Vienna 0: 5 (0: 2) Linz, Hofmann Personal Stadium, 5,595 (sold out), SR Altmann. Goals: 0: 1 (12 .) Burgstaller, 0: 2 (22.) Burgstaller, 0: 3 (64.) Querfeld, 0: 4 (79.) Bajic, 0: 5 (92.) Mayulu (penalty) Linz: Schmid – Mitrovic (46. Gölles), Maranda, Strauss, Pirkl (80th Schantl) – Koch, Krainz, Hofer (46th Haudum) – Holiday (61st Dobras), Ronivaldo, Noß (56th Mensah)Rapid: N. Hedl – Schick, Querfeld, Cvetkovic (44th Hofmann), Auer (61st Moormann) – Kerschbaum, Sattlberger – Oswald, Seidl (73rd Strunz), Grüll (61st Bajic) – Burgstaller (73rd Mayulu) Yellow cards: Pirkl, Haudum or Comments on the game: Gerald Scheiblehner (BW Linz coach): “In the end it was not enough from our side in both directions and the result was very bitter. The differences were obvious, and Rapid was mercilessly effective. On a day like this you have to congratulate Rapid and they showed us our limits. We have to be realistic about the whole thing, and in the first few rounds we had opponents who were clearly superior to us. When the opponent puts pressure on us and we get stressed, we still make the wrong decisions. We’re not allowed to condemn or badmouth any players, these are my players. We have to keep up the good energy in the team. But we have to look the truth in the face and can’t sugarcoat anything.” Zoran Barisic (Rapid-Trainer): “It was an unbelievably great game just a few days after the hardships of the European Cup, and we rewarded ourselves with five goals. What makes me particularly happy is that the players I substituted gave us renewed energy. Now we’re more efficient in front of the opponent’s goal, before we just skipped the sitters. Nobody could have expected that our development would take place so quickly. It’s just important to me that we know before we’re coming and where we want to go and that we stay with ourselves. I assume that Cvetkovic will have a serious injury. The way that feels, I don’t have a good feeling.”
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