Austria Salzburg could not confirm the end of the curse in Kuchl on Saturday and made a small mistake. St. Johann got a point in Seekirchen. For FC Pinzgau there was again no sense of achievement to report.
SV Kuchl had long been considered a feared opponent of SV Austria Salzburg. Before the violets celebrated their first win since 2009 in the Andreas Wimmer Arena – formerly Bürgerausee Arena – in autumn 2022, putting an alleged end to the curse. Supposedly because there was no threesome in Kuchl on Saturday afternoon with the best weather, this time in the upper play-off of the Salzburg Regionalliga. Yannic Fötschl had scored shortly before the break on his return to his old place of work. In the end, Gabriel Francisco Da Silva Lima made it 1-1. “We are totally satisfied. You also need luck against Austria,” said trainer Tom Hofer. Coach’s son Maximilian, the “Co”, had seen the red card before the equalizer – for insult. He also apologized for them after the final whistle. A fair gesture. Incidentally, the little slip-up by the violets shouldn’t have any consequences. “We can live with that” Because the second game in the afternoon also went without a winner, SV Seekirchen and TSV St. Johann also drew 1:1. For the Wallerseer it was the first small sense of achievement after three defeats, including the crashing 0:5 in the cup against UFV Thalgau. “An absolute improvement. But not the icing on the cake,” said coach Mario Lapkalo. After Jonas Vorderegger’s 1-0 lead (10th), it looked like the home side would have won for the first time since October. Benjamin Ajibade (79th) got the coals out of the fire for the Pongauer. “We can live well with the result,” summed up the 27-year-old, who remains Austria’s first pursuer with his team and was able to maintain the lead over the competition. Empty kilometers after a dream goalFC Pinzgau covered over 1,300 kilometers in the first three games of the West Regional League. After the manageable 80 round trips from Bischofshofen, where the only point was scored 2:2, two trips of over 600 kilometers each to the Ländle followed. As in Bregenz, coach Markus Fürstaller’s team had to admit a 1-0 defeat to the Hohenems team, who were still flawless. Knipser Herbaly, who scored six of Vorarlberg’s eighth goals, scored a volley from 25 meters that degenerated into an unstoppable Sunday shot. It helped that Brilhante saw red when he cleared Eder in the air duel. In 60 minutes outnumbered, the Saalfelden ran in vain. “It was an attractive performance from us, but unfortunately not enough points in the end,” summed up coach Fürstaller after the end of the game. The draw is now more merciful: The first home games are finally coming up against Reichenau (next Sunday) and Kufstein (May 6th). Maybe even the first win. Bischofshofener SK meets Kufstein away on Sunday (15) at the end of the third round of the Westliga.
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