Austria cheers over the Derby victory: Rapid remains without points!

In the exciting Viennese derby on Sunday, Austria set a strong sign against Rapid and celebrated a 2-1 home win, which underlined the current dominance of the club in the league. With this success, Austria has remained unbeaten for twelve competitive games and has now even found a connection to the leaders Sturm Graz. Rapid, on the other hand, remains under pressure with a deficit of nine points on the arch-rivals in the league and was unable to secure points in the second game in a row in a row, such as reported.

A special highlight of the game was Dominik Fitz, who scored the goals for Austria with a penalty and a precise free kick. He himself described the victory as the result of a "brutal mentality and morality" of the team, which despite the setbacks did not give up - something that Captain Manfred Fischer also described as a "stroke of genius". Rapid had first been in the lead through a spectacular goal from Mamadou Sangare, but missed expanding the lead. The trainer of Rapid, Robert Klauß, criticized his own performance after the game and noted that his team had given up the game himself after a strong initial phase, as well as Kurier noted.

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The first half offered intensive duels and some good options on both sides. While Rapid shone with a successful counterattack and Sangare’s hit, Austria initially had difficulty having to go dangerously in front of the opposing goal. The turn came shortly before the break when Fitz could transform a penalty. Just a few minutes after the restart, it was Fitz again who secured victory for the violets with a free kick. Despite the efforts of Rapid, including an unmistakably good chance to compensate, they finally had to drive home without points. Klauss asked his players to concentrate more so as not to continue to lose such games.