Rapid Vienna in the crisis: renewed defeat despite catching up!

Rapid Vienna experiences the low point of his 51-year-old Bundesliga history with a catastrophic start to the new football year. In a heated duel against the LASK, the Hütteldorfer had to accept another defeat on Sunday, the third in a row, and lost 1: 2. This bankruptcy means that Rapid not only lost the first three league games of one year, but also only stands on a place in the master group with a lean four-point pad. The LASK, on ​​the other hand, pushed in sixth after this important victory and keeps its hopes alive for the master group, as well as Ligaportal reported.

The game in front of 14,980 spectators started at a high pace, but the first major chances failed to materialize until the 31st minute. Here Christoph Lang, an ex-Rapidler, used a fatal mistake in the rapid defense and scored the first goal for the LASK. With a 1-0, the Linzers went into the half -time break. The second half remained exciting, Rapid pushed for the equalization, but more possession of the ball did not automatically mean more goal. Despite several good opportunities, it was George Bello who took 2-0 with a magnificent shot in the 78th minute. It was only in added time that Rapid was able to shorten Andrija Radulovic to 1-2 by a goal from newcomer - too late to be able to tear something.

a shadow of the former strength

The current form shows that Rapid has only collected two points in the league for six rounds and is very disappointed. The mood was already tense in front of the bankruptcies against the LASK, the derby at Austria and the home game against the WAC. The LASK was able to celebrate its first victory in the new year through this success and remains undefeated against Rapid in the last eight league fights and seven home games.