Redemption for the Styrians

TSV Hartberg v WSG Tirol, live from 18:30

Hartberg can finally celebrate their first win of the season.

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TSV Hartberg beat WSG Tirol 1:0 in the supplementary match of the sixth round of the domestic Bundesliga. After an intense opening phase, both teams lacked ideas for a long time. It was not until the 89th minute that Maximilian Fillafer scored the redemptive goal. It was the first win of the season for the Styrians.

Manfred Schmid celebrated his debut as coach of TSV Hartberg with a 1:0 (0:0) victory in the late duel with WSG Tirol. Thanks to a last-minute goal from Maximilian Fillafer (89'), the Styrians celebrated a seemingly unlikely first treble of the season in the supplementary match of the 6th round of the Bundesliga on Thursday, which allowed TSV to move one point ahead of the six-game winless Tyroleans in tenth place in the table.

The new Hartberg coach Manfred Schmid

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Schmid, who succeeded interim coach Markus Karner at the start of the week and takes over from Markus Schopp, ordered his team onto the pitch in a 4-3-3. With midfielder Tobias Kainz and striker Patrik Mijic, two "newcomers" were given their chance. The latter had the first top opportunity right at the start, but chased the ball over the goal from a few meters after a chain of mistakes by WSG. The fact that Justin Omoregie only hit the outside of the net instead of the goal a little later (9') and Dominik Prokop also missed the target from a promising position (9') was ultimately not to take its revenge.

WSG goal does not count
Although it was WSG who were the first to rejoice, their line-up unchanged from the sacrificial fight in the 0-0 draw against Salzburg four days earlier. However, the Tyrolean jubilation after Bror Blume's goal following a corner was short-lived. The goal was disallowed by VAR due to a previous handball by captain Valentino Müller (13'). The game then flattened out until the break and did not spoil the spectators with non-stop attacking action after the restart.

Although the visitors were rarely conspicuous going forward, they had the best chances for a long time thanks to Lukas Hinterseer (55'), who slipped a Stangl pass by the skin of his teeth, and David Gugganig's header (65' / Raphael Sallinger saved). Joker Fillafer then rewarded Hartberg's seemingly greater will to win in the final stages. He gilded the home side's first noteworthy shooting opportunity in the second half after a fluid combination in the five-man box to score the winner.