Mourning in Innsbruck and tears of joy at SK Austria Klagenfurt – because while Wacker Innsbruck still blundered on the “last meters” of this year’s season of the 2nd league, the Carinthians have moved up to third place, which gives the chance to promotion to the Bundesliga is preserved! The Klagenfurt team won 2-1 at Rapid II on Sunday and benefited from Wacker Innsbruck’s 0-1 home win against FC Juniors OÖ – the first bankruptcy after eight wins …
Blau Weiß Linz secured the championship title thanks to a 1-1 draw in a direct duel with pursuers FC Liefering. In the end, if there was a tie, the goal difference was one goal better. For Linz, the 26-year-old striker Fabian Schubert met once again, who won the league’s top scorer’s crown with 33 goals. Forson Amankwah’s equalizer (81st) didn’t change anything. The Upper Austrians had not applied for a Bundesliga license, the Lieferingen as a farm team of Bundesliga series champions Salzburg are fundamentally not eligible for promotion.
The Klagenfurters should have come under the top 2 for a direct promotion, missing this endeavor by four points. You will compete in the relegation against the upper house bottom SKN St. Pölten on Wednesday (6 p.m.) at home and on Saturday away. Thanks to the energetic help of the Viennese and the necessary luck, the Klagenfurters got off to a dream start in Hütteldorf. Rapid goalie Bernhard Unger jumped past a Straudi flank and Fabian Miesenböck (8th) pushed the ball over the line with the help of his hand. Referee Dieter Muckenhammer gave the goal.
The young Rapidler didn’t seem shocked and pressed for the equalizer, which Lukas Sulzbacher (19th) deservedly succeeded. As a result, however, the Klagenfurt team had more play and presented again, this time a conclusion from Christopher Cevtko (33rd) from 17 meters fit exactly in the long corner. The amount of victory in the long-distance duel with Innsbruck did not matter, so coach Peter Pacult’s squad was also anxious to bring the lead over time after the break. That succeeded with a stomachache. After the fifth win in a row, the eighth in the last nine rounds, the Bundesliga dream of Klagenfurt lives on.
“We played a great game in the first half, we started swimming in the second half, but the team gave everything until the end and I am glad that we managed the impossible,” said Klagenfurt coach Peter Pacult on ORF Interview. One could not have expected a Wacker mistake. Pacult cheered about it only after the final whistle, only then had he received the information about the result in the parallel game.
On the other hand, the Tyrolean dream of ascent broke on the last stage of the season. They looked inhibited before their eyes, could not follow up on the recent strong performances and did not fall behind undeservedly. Jan Boller converted a Juniors free kick from around 25 meters over the wall (19th). The ball was placed, but at least it didn’t seem untenable for Alexander Eckmayr. There was actually no reaction from the home side before the break, only Lukas Fridrikas came close to equalizing (28th).
After the restart, the Tyroleans pressed more on the 1: 1, but the few opportunities were lacking in efficiency. Atsushi Zaizen did not hit the leather correctly from the turn from four meters (52nd), “Joker” Alexander Gründler found his master in goalie Nikolas Polster (64th). In addition, in a duel between Okan Aydin and Enrique Wild, the Tyroleans claimed penalties in vain (72nd). “It was a new situation for the young players to go into a game with such pressure. We missed the lightness that made us so strong over the past few weeks. We lost a lot of the ball and made unnecessary mistakes. Of course it hurts now, ”said Wacker coach Daniel Bierofka.
The games of the 30th round:
Saturday
Young Violets Austria Vienna – Forward Steyr 4: 0 (1: 0)
Sunday
FC Liefering – Blau Weiß Linz 1: 1 (0: 1)
Wacker Innsbruck – FC Juniors OÖ 0: 1 (0: 1)
SV Lafnitz – Austria Lustenau 4: 4 (1: 2)
FC Dornbirn – FAC Vienna 0: 4 (0: 2)
SV Horn – SKU Amstetten 3: 0 (2: 0)
GAK – Kapfenberger SV 1: 0 (0: 0)
Rapid Vienna II – Austria Klagenfurt 1: 2 (1: 2)