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12.09.2021

2:0 away win at LASK!

A very young violet team managed to get the long-awaited first win of the season at LASK in Pasching. Eric Martel gave Austria the lead in the second half, and Noah Ohio sealed the deal in stoppage time. The violet family was finally able to cheer.

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Manfred Schmid had to do without Dominik Fitz and Georg Teigl due to illness. Austria started with a five-man backline: Johannes Handl, Christian Schoissengeyr and Lukas Mühl were the three center backs, Markus Suttner and Leonardo Ivkić occupied the outside positions. Aleksandar Jukić started in attacking midfield behind Manfred Fischer and Marco Djuričin.

Dominik Thalhammer brought on newcomers Felix Luckeneder and Sascha Horvath right from the start. James Holland and Peter Michorl were two more ex-Austrians in the starting eleven, Christoph Monschein reported fit and took a seat on the bench for the time being.

Many chances, but unfortunately no goals

Austria started with strong pressing as well as good switching play and found four top chances in the first eight minutes: Marco Djuričin failed in the 3rd minute after Aleksandar Jukić's pass with a lob to Alexander Schlager in the Linz goal. Shortly after, our top striker shot just past the goal, Manfred Fischer did the groundwork (4th). After a cross from Djuričin, Jukić had a great chance, but Marvin Potzmann blocked his shot (7th). The ensuing corner resulted in a chance for Christian Schoissengeyr, which Schlager parried. Djuričin hammered the follow-up shot over the goal (8th).

LASK had their first chance in the 12th minute through Thomas Goiginger, but the ball went wide of the goal. On the other side Fischer failed to beat Schlager, a shot by Jukić from an acute angle missed the goal (13th, 16th). The Violets won over 70% of the duels in the first half-hour, Patrick Pentz only had to intervene in the 26th minute with a shot from Husein Balić. Following a corner, Lukas Mühl had a finish, again Alexander Schlager was on the spot (31st). Pentz was able to save a shot from Hyunseok Hong - Linz's best chance up to that point (39th). Johannes Handl took a free kick from Markus Suttner directly - too central (45th). A good game went into the half-time break without any goals.

Fewer chances, but scored twice!

Muharem Husković replaced Aleksandar Jukić after the change of ends. LASK had a few smaller chances at the start, Austria was more difficult offensively than in the first half. Felix Luckeneder put a header over the goal after a free kick by Peter Michorl (65th). Manfred Schmid made a double substitution after 70 minutes: Matthias Braunöder came on for Leonardo Ivkić, Noah Ohio replaced Marco Djuričin. Ohio had a good chance seconds after his substitution on an assist from Husković, but did not take the ball ideally (73rd). Schlager blocked a shot by Husković after Manfred Fischer's pass for a corner (75.). Suttner brought the ball to the middle, after a poke Eric Martel pushed the ball over the line - the VAR confirmed the goal, Austria took the lead (76th).

Noah Ohio scored the supposed 0:2 in the 89th minute, but the goal was disallowed due to an offside position. Goiginger had already scored the 1:1 in injury time, but missed the goal by a hair's breadth (90th+2). In the 95th minute, however, the time had come: After a corner kick by the hosts, the counterattack went through Muharem Husković, who passed ideally to Noah Ohio - the first goal of the newcomer.

The young Violets managed their first win of the season after a good performance, and Austria Wien moved up two places in the table.

LASK – FK Austria Wien 0-2 (0-0)

LASK: Schlager; Boller, Holland, Luckeneder; Flecker, Hong (69th Grgic), Michorl, Renner; Goiginger, Balić (58th Karamoko), Horvath (79th Nakamura)

Austria Wien: Pentz; Ivkić (72th Braunöder), Handl, Schoissengeyr, Mühl, Suttner; Martel, Jukić (46th Husković), Demaku; Fischer, Djuričin (72th Ohio)

Goals: Martel (76th), Ohio (90th+5)

Yellow cards: Flecker (58th); Schoissengeyr (66th)

Raiffeisen Arena, 7,000 spectators; referee Alan Kijas