Landescup: surprises and big wins in round three

In yesterday’s third round of the Salzburg State Cup, the regional league teams entered the competition for the first time. The strongest exclamation point was Altenmarkt on Tuesday evening. The Pongauer Salzburgligist kicked St. Johann clearly 4-0 out of the home arena.

Strong Altenmarkters turn to St. Johann

With a compact defensive game and a perfect shift game, the crew of coach Thomas Eder pulled the tooth of the favorite. After just 18 minutes, Christoph Quehenberger and Branko Bozic, who prepared the first goal in an exemplary manner from the right, made it a comfortable 2-0 lead. When Quehenberger scored the 3-0 before the break, the hard-fought duel was decided. “The team worked it out collectively and honestly deserved the win,” Eder explained in an interview with SALZBURG24.

End of the line at the desired goalie

While the offensive showed coolness and was in a baller mood, Altenmarkt could also rely on keeper Fritz Kühleitner. In four tight situations he remained calm and held the zero. No wonder that St. Johann was also last interested in the goalkeeper. “Fritz showed a great performance and was one of the guarantors of success,” emphasized the coach.

“Hellish” pain for regional league players

“We had more of the game, but Altenmarkt countered us classically and punished us coldly,” said St. Johann trainer Ernst Lottermoser, who sees room for improvement, especially in the defensive switch game and in the remaining defense. “If the match schedule is not followed, it can hurt like hell. We will learn our lessons from it,” said Lottermoser.

Hallwang beats Seekirchen in the Landescup

Also with Hallwang, a Salzburg league team showed a “big one” the limits. Against the B-Elf von Seekirchen, the Schöberl-Elf beat the regional league representative with “their own weapons”, as chairman Toni Feldinger describes on S24 request.

Hallwang cracked the Seekirchen code with high balls and could rely on top striker Julian Pagitsch in the attack. That Pagitsch, who came from Seekirchen of all places, paved the way for a sensation with a double pack (5th, 25th). The rotation of coach Mario Lapkalo backfired completely. Seekirchen missed basic virtues such as aggressiveness and speed and, with the exception of David Ogunlade’s “Thousand” (before the 0: 1), rarely came dangerous in front of the goal. “We had big problems. Unfortunately, some new players didn’t take their chances. I’m very disappointed, but I have to compliment Hallwang on the deserved promotion,” explained Lapkalo.

Pagitsch in the focus of the ex-club

The hits from Alexander Wahre (28th) and Felix Eliasch (89th) were ultimately too few. In this duel Seekirchen was missing a clipper in the format of Pagitsch, who once again aroused the interest of the ex-club with his performances. “The doors for Julian Pagitsch are always open with us. He has a lot of potential and we will keep in touch,” said Chairman Feldinger, who does not rule out a return.

Grödig with trembling victory in Hallein

The match between UFC Hallein and Grödig has shown that in such knock-out matches between teams from the Salzburg and regional leagues there is often not much difference in quality. The ex-Bundesliga team dominated the game for much of the first half and was able to take a 2-0 lead after a dream free kick by Felix Hebesberger (34th) and Danijel Vucanovic (43rd), got a 3-2 triumph in the However, this still leads to major problems.

Mayr puts together a double pack

Before and after Eyüp Erdogang’s 3-1 goal (62nd), Christopher Mayr (61st, 72nd) brought the Tennengauers back close to the penalty shoot-out with a brace with a double. To the great annoyance of Hallein, referee Stefan Eder whistled unnecessarily with some questionable decisions. The red exclusion of Adil Alic (66th), who didn’t even hit his opponent in a tackle and will be missing in the league against Hallwang, let the barrel overflow. A heated final phase developed in which Hallein sniffed the balance, but was not rewarded for the effort.

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Victory succeeds even without Pfeifenberger

Thomas Pfeilstöcker, who together with Daniel Buhacek represented head coach Heimo Pfeifenberger, summed up the close duel as follows: “It was a real cup match in which both teams each had one half more from the game. For us, the only important thing is progress. How you can see that other regional league teams have also had a hard time. “

Anif with a runaway victory

Meanwhile, Grödig’s league competitor Anif had no problems. Bernhard Kletzl’s troops shot Hof 6-1 from their own pitch. Justin Mühlbauer and Simon Schilchegger put together a double pack. Kuchl also rose on lap four. The Tennengau team won 4-2 against the Salzburgligist Bürmoos. For the regional league representative, two veterans got the coals out of the fire. Robert Strobl (2nd) with a penalty and Christoph Hübl (57th, 59th) with a brace, like Elvin Pargan (22nd), entered the shooting list.

Another eight games are on the agenda on Wednesday. Among other things, FC Pinzgau has to deal with Bad Hofgastein. And Austria Salzburg also meets an unpleasant opponent in the duel with Thalgau. Wals-Grünau has to play in Scheffau, while Bischofshofen is challenged against Puch.

Results of the 4th round of the Landescup so far

• Koppl : Pfarrwerfen 1:0 (1:0)
• Hallein: Grödig 2:3 (0:2)
• Lenzing : Eugendorf 0:1 (0:1)
• Bürmoos : Kuchl 2:4 (0:2)
• Altenmarkt : St. Johann 4:0 (3:0)
• Hof : Anif 1:6 (0:2)
• Hallwang : Seekirchen 3:2 (2:1)
• Bad Gastein: ASV Salzburg 0:3 (0:1)

(Source: SALZBURG24)