A penalty converted by Karim Adeyemi in the 79th minute destroyed Rapid coach Dietmar Kühbauer’s bricklaying tactics and put an end to the guests’ hopes for a point. Brenden Aaronson’s second goal in the fourth minute of stoppage time had only statistical value. In the end, it was the third consecutive competitive defeat for the Hütteldorfer, who are only ninth in the table with 16 points behind Salzburg. With eight points after eight rounds, Rapid had their worst start since the 2006/07 season. At that time you were even in last place after the first half of the season.
The defending champion, on the other hand, has won all eight league matches so far, with which Matthias Jaissle set a record. The German won his first eight games as the first coach in the Austrian House of Lords. In addition, his team set a record – Salzburg always scored at least one goal in the last 41 home games in the Austrian House of Lords, which previously only Rapid had achieved from 1983 to 1986.
Salzburg defeats Rapid
Series champion Red Bull Salzburg also won the eighth game of the season in the Admiral Bundesliga. The leader of the table won the hit game against Rapid in front of a sold out house in Wals-Siezenheim with 2-0 (0-0).
Frustration with Adeyemi’s “Rittberger”
The “cops” almost went away empty-handed this time, but then came the situation that annoyed Rapid coach Kühbauer. Kevin Wimmer realized too late that Adeyemi had moved to the ball behind his back and met the German trying to clarify. It took minutes until referee Markus Hameter decided on a penalty after VAR intervention. The referee justified this procedure with the fact that neither he nor his assistant had perceived the contact.
Kühbauer then suggested saving the costs for the VAR. “We could donate the money to social projects.” The penalty decision was “more than tough”. “Because then in the future only one player needs to fly into the other”, was a statement from the Burgenlander. Kühbauer felt reminded of figure skating by the German’s action: “Adeyemi fell easily, he almost made a double Rittberger. He doesn’t need to because he’s an incredibly good footballer. But he doesn’t make a lot of friends with something like that. “
Decisive days for Kühbauer
The Rapid coach was deprived of the fruits of his labor due to the penalty decision. The former team player had prescribed extremely defensive tactics for his team. “You can’t play against Salzburg with an open visor, that’s impossible. We don’t have the Salzburg squad and we can’t possibly keep up with their pace. If so, then you die in beauty and drive home without points, ”said Kühbauer, who is feeling more and more headwinds due to the recent bankruptcies.
A trend-setting game for the coach of the Hütteldorfer is already on the program on Thursday in the ÖFB Uniqa Cup. Rapid has to go to FC Flyeralarm Admira, against whom they only lost a home last week. After that, the formally strong Second Sturm Graz is waiting at home on Sunday, who sent WSG Tirol home with a 5-0 package to Innsbruck on Sunday and then the Europa League match at West Ham United on Thursday.
Should these games not go as desired, it could get really uncomfortable for Kühbauer, even if club boss Martin Bruckner only expressed his confidence in him before Thursday’s defeat against Genk. “I don’t think it’s any different now after these two games. But the pressure is there, it’s important that we keep calm, ”said the 50-year-old. Kühbauer sees himself in a position to turn things around. “If I couldn’t move anything anymore, it wouldn’t make any sense. But that’s not the case, the team showed that today, ”said the coach and promised:“ We’ll do everything we can to get back on track. ”
Salzburg is having a hard time
Kühbauer’s speech about the double Rittberger only made the target of criticism, Adeyemi, smile. “I don’t skate, but I like to ski,” said the German team player, who won three penalties in the Champions League at Sevilla FC on Tuesday and awarded one of them, and shortly afterwards said a little more seriously: “I can only say there was contact in the penalty area. ”Salzburg coach Jaissle also found it difficult to understand the Hütteldorfer’s excitement about the penalty. “From my point of view, you can definitely give the 911,” said the 33-year-old.
Jaissle was much more surprised by the orientation of the guests. “In terms of emotion and intensity it was the expected game, but I didn’t expect Rapid to be so defensive.” Once again it became clear that Salzburg have problems with extremely low opponents. “We have to work meticulously on it over the next few weeks. Against such teams we need a higher ball speed ”, demanded the“ bull ”coach, who probably has to complain about another long-term failure. Center-back Oumar Solet is believed to have suffered a serious knee injury and an exact diagnosis has not yet been made.
Admiral Bundesliga, eighth round
Sunday:
Salzburg – Rapid 2:0 (0:0)
Wals-Siezenheim, Red Bull Arena, 17,218 spectators, SR Hameter
Goal sequence:
1:0 Adeyemi (79./Elfmeter)
2:0 Aaronson (94.)
Salzburg: Köhn – Kristensen, Piatkowski, Solet (21./Onguene), Ulmer – Sucic, Camara, Aaronson, Capaldo (64./Seiwald) – Adamu (64./Sesko), Adeyemi (90./Okafor)
Rapid: Gartler – Schick (90./Arase), Stojkovic, Greiml, Wimmer, Ullmann – Knasmüllner (65./Kitagawa), Petrovic, Aiwu, Grüll – Kara
Yellow cards: Onguene or Aiwu, Wimmer, Grüll
The best: Kristensen, Aaronson, Camara, Adeyemi or Greiml, Grüll
