The winning streak of Wiener Austria in the Bundesliga lasted four games. A bitter 2: 5 swatter against the SKN St. Pölten in the Generali Arena at home brings the Viennese back to the ground (match report >>>>).
At the beginning, everything looked like an Austria victory that had almost become normal. Gates by Benedikt Pichler and Christoph Monschein put the “Violets” in front twice twice in half one before the complete break-in followed in the second round.
Austria head coach Christian Ilzer was not fooled by the performance of his team despite the two-time lead of his team. According to the 42-year-old, the worm was inside right from the start.
“I felt right from the start that we weren’t gripping enough. So we caught the two goals in half one. We actually only got two strange goals,” said Ilzer after the game against “Sky “.
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Ilzer: “Were only poor escort protection”
Ilzer doesn’t want to talk himself out of a bad second half alone. “I think it was the entire performance. If I have to analyze it, it’s relatively easy. We defended very badly. We weren’t on point, we were poor, if at all, poor companion protection. So you just can’t defend yourself. We gave way too many rooms. “
“We constantly tried to correct something tactically, but today we simply lacked the basics – the readiness to run, the physical component, the duel quality. We simply weren’t ready for that today. We didn’t bring the basics today it is not enough if you score two goals. Of course that annoys me enormously, “continues Ilzer.
“You saw how we switched, how St. Pölten switched. We weren’t on point today, St. Pölten was much more on point,” said Ilzer.
Dominik Prokop blamed the two quick SKN goals in half two for the defeat. “In the second half we had to be countered twice, it shouldn’t happen that way. I think after the double strike you could see that the air was a bit outside. It hit us deeply, of course. It was forgotten. “
Victory for SKN “vital for survival”
In the SKN St. Pölten camp, people are happy about the clear victory, but the three important points in the relegation battle are more important for the Lower Austrians. “5: 2 is more than we hoped for. If you can see how the other pairings ended, it was essential for survival today,” said SKN head coach Robert Ibertsberger.
“High praise to the team, we won 5-2 at Austria. I don’t want to talk bad about it now, but it would probably have been more inside,” said the former Austria coach. Especially in half one you got in your way. “Austria didn’t really have any chances to score until then, we actually scored the goals ourselves.”
Daniel Schütz is also proud of his team and wants to emphasize after the game how much work had to be done to win. “It was hard work today, even if it may have looked easy. I think you have to put the win on our cap and not because Austria was so bad.”
Two days before the end of the qualification group, the SKN St. Pölten is now four points ahead of the bottom of the WSG Tirol. The relegation is not yet fixed, but if you continue to perform as you do today, in St. Pölten you are certain that you can fix the relegation at Admira on Tuesday.
The SKN no longer thinks of an impending relegation. “In terms of performance and the team, it won’t happen if we act like we do today,” says Schütz. Head coach Ibertsberger, however, warns of the last games: “We mustn’t be afraid, if you go in with fear, everything will go wrong anyway.”
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