Blau-Weiss Linz won Friday’s top game in the 2nd soccer league and is still in the championship race. The Upper Austrians, who are not eligible for promotion, finished Amstetten 5: 2 at home (2nd :2) and temporarily reduced the gap to the leaders with now 43 points to five points.
Leaders Austria Lustenau (48) and FAC (47) only played against stragglers on Saturday. Vorarlberg hosts Forward Steyr, Vienna hosts FC Dornbirn (both 2:30 p.m.). GAK came within three points of fifth-placed Amstetten with a 2-2 (2-1) win against Rapids Amateurs, while Kapfenberg and Horn also played 0:0 a draw. In the fight against relegation, the Young Violets beat the Upper Austrian Juniors 4-0 (2-0), Wacker Innsbruck defied the extremely tense financial situation with a 1-0 win at Liefering.
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