Three goals from Biereth
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SK Sturm Graz rolled over Red Bull Salzburg 5:0 in what was supposed to be the top match of the round. The Styrians showed no mercy against weak "Bulls". Mika Biereth contributed three goals. While the reigning champions were able to get the Champions League frustration off their chest, Salzburg put in another desolate performance. The pressure on coach Pepijn Lijnders continues to mount.
Sturm Graz go into the international break at the top of the Bundesliga table. The defending champions put on a show of strength on Sunday at the end of the 9th round and won the battle against former champions Red Bull Salzburg 5:0 (2:0) at the Merkur Arena. The outstanding player was 21-year-old Dane Mika Biereth, who took the lead in the league scoring charts with seven goals for the season after scoring a treble (30th, 50th, 62nd).
Malick Yalcouyé had opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Emanuel Aiwu (76) provided the final goal. The hosts thus managed a remarkable reaction after their second defeat in their second Champions League match, the 0:1 against Brugge in Klagenfurt on Wednesday. Salzburg, on the other hand, were disappointing on all levels, lacking ideas in attack and defensively overwhelmed by Graz's offensive power. The result was the highest league defeat since the 0:7 against Rapid on Easter Sunday 2008.
Salzburg deep in crisis
A few days after the CL-0:4 against Stade Brest, even more goals were conceded. The former league dominators have only won two of their last eight competitive matches, one of which was the must-win cup tie against regional league side Wiener Viktoria. They have lost four times. Coach Pepijn Lijnders, who only arrived in the summer, therefore faces an uncomfortable international break.
His team, which also saw Leandro Morgalla and Amar Dedic leave the pitch early with injuries, dropped to fifth place, six points behind Graz, who have, however, played two games more. Sturm have one point more than runners-up Rapid. On October 19, the next match will be the Graz derby against GAK, with Salzburg hosting Altach.
Sturm get off to a furious start
Salzburg sporting director Bernhard Seonbuchner did not want to know anything about a bad mood at Salzburg or a small crisis before the game. On the pitch, however, the impression was quite different. They only managed one harmless shot on goal in the first 45 minutes. Graz dominated proceedings at will thanks to their aggression, strong pressing and enthusiasm.
As early as the seventh minute, a close offside by Seedy Jatta saved Salzburg from going behind early on. Salzburg captain Janis Blaswich, who had once again been preferred to Alexander Schlager, was lucky as his shot from an acute angle into the short corner would have been saved. That was not the case in the 15th minute when Yalcouyé, after Samson Baidoo had attempted to clear a header, took full risk and shot left-footed from just outside the penalty area to make it 1-0.
Four minutes later, the German goalkeeper intercepted a cross from the powerful Jatta at the near corner (19). A header from Tochi Chukwuani did not find its way into the goal (25'). However, the 2:0 was only saved for a short time. After a cross from Dimitri Lavalee, Biereth headed powerfully onto the inside of the bar, the ball bounced unhappily onto Blaswich, who could only deflect it into his own goal. By then at the latest, Salzburg seemed to be counted out, unsettled and lucky not to fall further behind.
In the 38th minute, Blaswich saved his team from conceding goal number three with good saves from Lavalée and Jatta. Jatta clearly missed the target from a good position (45.+1). Lijnders tried to provide more stability in defense by bringing on Kamil Piatkowski for Hendry Blank. However, the move did not work. The Pole initiated the 0:3 with a misplaced pass to Chukwuani, the ball quickly ended up with Biereth, who scored into the corner from outside the penalty area.
The Dane had not had enough in front of just over 15,000 spectators, and only had to finish from point-blank range after Böving's ideal cross. Böving also initiated the fifth goal, his corner finding the head of Aiwu. Blaswich was able to steer the ball onto the crossbar, from where it landed behind the line. Salzburg remained without a goal chance in the second 45 minutes. On the Sturm side, it could have been a magnificent farewell performance under sporting director Andreas Schicker, whose move to German Bundesliga club 1899 Hoffenheim is said to be imminent.
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