Kühbauer: Bitter defeat against Austria - Take title dreams sway!

Kühbauer: Bitter defeat against Austria - Take title dreams sway!

WAC coach Didi Kühbauer expressed disappointed after the 1-2 defeat against Viennese Austria. This defeat has significantly reduced the chances of the WAC to achieve the first championship title in the club's history. Kühbauer criticized both the performance of his team and the referee team. He was particularly annoyed by the second goal of Austria, in which he saw a foul on Simon Piesinger and described this as a "clear wrong decision". Piesinger injured himself in this scene and had to leave the field. Captain Dominik Baumgartner was also able to end the game prematurely due to injury problems.

Kühbauer noticed that his team was not aggressive enough on the game, even though the WAC was still 1-0 at half -time thanks to a free kick by Dejan Zukić. In a decisive phase of the game, Thierno Ballo missed a top chance for the possible 2: 0, which significantly influenced the course. After the compensation of the Viennese Austria, followed by a red card for Nicolas Wimmer, the WAC came under pressure and ultimately could not stop the opponents' superiority.

criticism of referee decisions

Kühbauer also expressed doubts about the referee performance and ironicized the ambiguity in the decisions. He wishes that such decisions will be better explained to create transparency and improve the quality of the games. "We weren't in the game and hardly got into duels," he complained. Dominik Baumgartner confirmed the performance of Austria, which was more superior in the second half of the game, while the WAC decreased significantly in the course of the game.

The disappointment about the defeat is great, because the chance of the title is now on the brink. However, Kühbauer emphasized that everything is possible in football, and the team will try to win against Sturm Graz in the next game and hope for a slip of Austria to still reach the double. "Little happened in the first half," continued Kühbauer, who still recognized the victory of Austria as deserved.

Marc Janko, Sky expert, found that the WAC occurred disappointing and too passively, especially compared to the earlier games in which the WAC had played much more aggressively. This criticism will probably have to serve as an incentive for the team to increase in the upcoming encounters.

After the match, the Austria Wien-Coach Helm also expressed its relief over the 3-1 victory over the WAC, which is an important progress for him and his team.

The referee statistics generally show the challenges with which officials are confronted. Further information is available on kicker.de where the services and statistics of arbitrators are treated in detail.

The next games will show whether the WAC can learn from this defeat and will be back in the championship.