Rapid Vienna stumbles again: Linz celebrates surprising away win!

In the key game of the Bundesliga, SK Rapid Vienna had to accept a narrow 0-1 defeat against FC Blau-Weiß Linz on Sunday. The crucial goal fell in the 60th minute through Ronivaldo, who used a perfect preparatory work by Simon Seidl. The Hütteldorfer conceded their first defeat in the 13th mandatory home game of the season and the deficit to the leader Sturm Graz is now six points, such as vienna.at reported.

rapid coach Robert Klauß, who set up his team on his 40th birthday, decided to change. These changes did not seem to be fruitful, since the hosts showed little punch in the first half and limited themselves to just a few half chances. The Blau-Weiß team acted more aggressively and had several great opportunities: Simon Seidl initially hit the bar and only seconds later Thomas Goiginger failed on the crossbar (13th). Also in the second half, Rapid had his best phase when Dion Beljo and Lukas Grgic found good chances, but Blau-Weiß-Torwart Radek Vitek proved to be insurmountable.

crucial minutes and missing points

Although the Viennese pressed strongly until the final whistle to achieve the equalization, they were unsuccessful. The Linzer defended cleverly and no longer let Rapid come to clear goal opportunities, such as Weltfussball.at . In the last minutes of the game there was hopes for a point win, but the creation of a mandatory goal was difficult. This means that Rapid has been without victory for three competitive games and has only celebrated two successes in the last eight application parties.