Graz in crisis?
Austria vs Sturm Graz – LIVE from 18:30
Sturm Graz missed out on a return to the top of the Bundesliga table. The defending champions had a clear 2-0 lead at the break in the supplementary match of the 6th round at Vienna's Austria on Wednesday, but had to be satisfied with a shaky 2-2 draw after a double exclusion shortly after the break.
Graz are now one point behind leaders Rapid in fourth place in the table after seven games. The WAC and Blau-Weiß Linz are level on points with the champions.
Austria are five points behind Rapid in sixth. The match had fallen victim to heavy rainfall a week and a half ago. The weather cooperated at the second attempt. In front of 12,294 spectators in the Generali Arena, the outstanding William Böving (24) and Seedy Jatta (41) scored for Sturm before the break. The game took a turn for the worse after the break as Emir Karic (53) and Seedy Jatta (57) were sent off. The Viennese side should have scored more than the headers from Matteo Perez Vinlöf (60') and Lucas Galvao (74') when they had the upper hand.
However, after the 1:1 draw in Altach and the 2:1 loss in the Vienna derby at Rapid, which was accompanied by serious rioting, there was once again no victory. It was also the third unsuccessful performance in a row for Graz - after the opening 1:2 in the Champions League at Stade Brest and the 0:3 at home in the league against WAC. The season continues on Saturday at Blau-Weiß Linz, where Austria will face runners-up Salzburg.
In front of former coach Michael Wimmer, the Viennese side had the better moments in the early stages, with the first danger coming from a Prelec direct shot (8'). After that, however, the visitors quickly took control and Böving in particular was repeatedly at the center of attention, but his first two chances (10th, 15th) were not yet successful. But all good things come in threes for the 21-year-old Dane. After a Stankovic header, he was able to run towards the Austria goal unchallenged for a long time and shot into the corner from 17 meters.
Samuel Sahin-Radlinger saved a left-footed shot from Karic - after Böving's preparatory work - to prevent his team from going further behind (31'). Amady Camara also failed to beat the Austria goalkeeper (34'). He was powerless to stop a Jatta shot in the 41st minute. Malick Yalcouye had won the ball after a misplaced Fischer pass in a duel with Galvao and then served the goalscorer again in the penalty area after Camara's pass. The Styrians cheered in front of the Austria supporters and a few items flew onto the pitch.
The game seemed to be decided, but Graz brought some excitement back into the game. First Karic was sent off after two fouls in the space of a few minutes, followed around four minutes later by Jatta after a rude tackle on Aleksandar Dragovic. The Viennese quickly took advantage of their numerical superiority, after Barry's cross Yalcouye failed to get into the duel with Perez Vinlöf and the 18-year-old Swede headed in to make it 1-2.
The Viennese pinned the visitors back in their own half and the equalizer followed a similar pattern. This time Dominik Fitz provided the groundwork with a corner kick and Galvao headed home. However, the home side then lacked efficiency in the powerplay, with Fitz and Barry failing to beat Kjell Scherpen (81st), Marko Raguz (83rd, 93rd), Barry (84th), Cristiano (85th, 89th) and Moritz Wels (87th) all missing the target. As a result, Graz at least managed to hold on for a point.
FK Austria Vienna - SK Sturm Graz 2:2 (0:2)
Vienna, Generali Arena, 12,294, SR Altmann.
Goals:
0:1 (24.) Böving
0:2 (41.) Jatta
1:2 (60.) Perez Vinlöf
2:2 (74.) Galvao
Austria: Sahin-Radlinger - Ranftl, Dragovic, Galvao, Perez Vinlöf (64. Wiesinger) - Barry, Fischer (64. Wels) - Gruber (67. Raguz), Fitz, Malone (84. Cristiano) - Prelec
Sturm: Scherpen - Gazibegovic, Geyrhofer, Lavalee, Karic - Yalcouye (62. Chukwuani), Gorenc Stankovic, Kiteishvili (80. Horvat), Böving (75. Biereth) - Camara (61. Aiwu), Jatta
Yellow-Red: Karic (53rd/repeated foul), Jatta (57th/repeated foul)
Yellow cards: Perez Vinlöf, Barry, Fischer, Fitz and Gazibegovic respectively
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