Vulnerable defeat despite good first half in Salzburg

Austria Wien under head coach Robert Ibertsberger began in Salzburg as in Graz with a 3-4-3 system, Christian Schoissengeyr began this time in the central defence instead of Alexandar Borković. In the midfield Uroš Matić and Christoph Martschinko started instead of Alexander Grünwald and Cristián Cuevas. Dominik Prokop took Christoph Monschein’s place up front.

Red Bull Salzburg coach Marco Rose had to do without Jasper van der Werff and Marin Pongracic due to injuries, Jérôme Onguéné replaced the central defender. Otherwise, the ‘bulls’, which are unbeaten for 39 home games in the tipico Bundesliga, could pick and choose.

Dabbur scored for Salzburg, Sax from the penalty spot!

The ‘Violets’ started very aggressively, putting Salzburg under pressure early. The Viennese also had the first chance of the game: Uroš Matić prevailed in the midfield, Dominik Prokop served Maximilian Sax ideally, his lob over Cican Stankovic unfortunately went just past the goal - a great move (9'). On the other hand, Jérôme Onguéné's finish went over the goal (12').

After assist by Stefan Lainer, Fredrik Gulbrandsen had the biggest chance for Salzburg, but the Norwegian did not hit the ball well enough (21'). Munas Dabbur tried a shot on Patrick Pentz’s goal, the Israeli team striker barely missed his target after assist by Takumi Minamino (27'). In return Bright Edomwonyi hit the outside net after a double pass with Prokop (28') – a game absolutely worth seeing.

However, Red Bull Salzburg took the lead in the 34^th minute, while Munas Dabbur scored after assist by Stefan Lainer. Diadie Samassekou wanted to up the ante, but missed from the penalty area (37'). Salzburg goalkeeper Stankovic came too late against Matić and caused him to fall, referee Oliver Drachta immediately decided on a penalty shot. Maximilian Sax kept his cool and made the equalizer (41'). Austria Wien even had a chance for the lead, unfortunately Sax came to a finish from unfavourable position after assist by Edomwonyi - the shot missed the goal (45'+1'), with the 1-1 the half-time break started.

Four goals for Salzburg in the second half

The second half began with a bad start, Takumi Minamino scored in the 47^th minute. The Japanese completed a quick counter-attack himself after a ball loss in the midfield, Patrick Pentz had no chance to intervene – 2-1. Afterwards, the champion put a lot of pressure on Austria Wien, two other chances by Minamino were defused in the last second (53^rd, 59^th). A foul by Schoissengeyr on Gulbrandsen in the penalty area remained unpunished – very lucky for the ‘Violets’. After a nice move over Florian Klein and Max Sax the pass to Dominik Prokop in the back was unfortunately interfered with (65'). A finish by Bright Edomwonyi missed the second pole by a hair’s breadth (68').

Patrick Pentz prevented the 3-1 twice within a few seconds against Minamino (70', 71'). Robert Ibertsberger brought fresh offensive powers with Christoph Monschein and Alon Turgeman, but a penalty shot after a foul on Minamino put an end to a great hope. Although the penalty shot by Munas Dabburk was fended off by Patrick Pentz, he was without a chance against the follow up shot, 3-1 (76').

Alon Turgeman failed on Stankovic after assist by Sax (83'). The Israeli on Salzburg’s side terminated the game in the 86^th minute, in front of their national team coach Andreas Herzog: With a hard shot from the edge of the penalty area Dabbur scored the 4-1, during stoppage time he lobbed the ball over Pentz – 5-1 (90'+1'). Austria Wien had to give in to the champion and were clearly defeated.

FC Red Bull Salzburg - FK Austria Wien 5-1 (1-1)

Salzburg: Stankovic; Lainer, Ramalho, Onguéné, Ulmer; Samassekou; Schlager, Minamino (84^th Prevljak), Szoboszlai (72^nd Junuzovic); Gulbrandsen (77^th Wolf), Dabbur

Austria Wien: Pentz; Madl, Schoissengeyr, Igor; Klein, Jeggo, Matic, Martschinko; Sax, Edomwonyi (72^nd Turgeman), Prokop (67^th Monschein)

Goals: Dabbur (34', 76', 86', 90'+1'), Minamino (47'); Sax (41', penalty shot)

Yellow Cards: Schoissengeyr (11^th), Sax (57^th)

Red Bull Arena, referee Oliver Drachta; 10,200 spectators

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