ÖFB-Cup: LASK and Rapid are in the quarter-finals

Rapid were already in the lead 2-0 after 25 minutes. Ercan Kara (13th) and after a nice action over several stations – but also after an unpunished foul by Rapidler – Taxiarchis Fountas (26th) were the goalscorers in the Ertl-Glas-Stadion. Amstetten was in the game at all times and also found opportunities. Rapid goalie Paul Gartler proved to be a sure source of support.

In the Viennese team, Emanuel Aiwu represented Leo Greiml, who was incapacitated with a cruciate ligament, in the central defense. Jonas Auer came back to the left, Thorsten Schick as the right defender. The captain’s bow was carried by Srdjan Grahovac, who unpacked his talent as a free-kick taker in the 55th minute and curled the ball under the crossbar to make it 3-0. After that, Rapid managed the result. “The performance was okay, I would say. We scored the goals at good times, ”said coach Dietmar Kühbauer.

LASK lays the foundation stone in half one

In Pasching, Sascha Horvath hammered the ball into the Kreuzeck from just inside the penalty area after a major mistake by WSG defender Maxime Awoudja in the 31st minute. Peter Michorl increased a little later from a similar position with his strong left foot to 2-0. The weakened, but courageous Linz players could have been higher in the lead after the first half.

During the break, WSG coach Thomas Silberberger made four changes, which also changed the Tyrolean appearance. In the 49th minute, Giacomo Vrioni pulled up and away and completed the 1: 2 goal. Despite the stronger guests, the LASK retained control, even if there were no compelling chances in the front. In stoppage time, LASK goalie Alexander Schlager saved his team’s ascent with a parade.

Brief assignment of Gruber at comeback

At LASK, Andreas Gruber made his comeback in the Raiffeisen Arena after several months in which he had been condemned to watch because of a torn cruciate ligament. In stoppage time he was replaced again because of a shoulder injury. “Of course that doesn’t make the situation any easier,” said coach Andreas Wieland, who saw his team as having a “very appealing first half.”

In addition to last year’s finalists LASK and Rapid, defending champions Salzburg, Ried, Wolfsberg, Austria Klagenfurt and the second division FAC are in the quarter-finals. The match between Blau Weiß Linz and TSV Hartberg, which was canceled on Wednesday due to a medical emergency with Linz player Raphael Dwamena, will be played again on Tuesday (6 p.m.).