Austria Vienna celebrates the return to the winning road against GAK!

Austria Vienna celebrates the return to the winning road against GAK!

An exciting duel in the Admiral Bundesliga took place on matchday 20 when FK Austria Vienna competed against the GAK and returned to the winning road with a narrow 2-1 win. The game began with an early time for the guests: the supposed lead goal of Barry in the 16th minute was revoked after a Var check due to offside. Immediately after this decision, the game developed more balanced, but the GAK had difficulties with a few miners, Totz of creative and combative performance. Whether the hosts, despite a substitute weakened line-up, missed a good opportunity in the first half by the 22-year-old Bundesliga debutant Schiestl, Austria's team developed more dominant after the break.

no luck for the Graz

After a mixed first half, the Viennese won the game in the second half. In the 55th minute, Dominik Fitz grabbed the ball after a handball by Rosenberger and safely converted the penalty into the upper corner. Just seven minutes later, Maurice Malone used a fatal mistake in GAK defense and increased to 2: 0. The Graz coach, René Poms, had to deal with seven failures, including goalkeeper Wiegele and two other key players, which clouded the hope of the fans. Nevertheless, Cipot ensured an exciting final offensive in added time by scoring the connection goal. But it was already too late for a turning point in the game, and the GAK stays on 11th with 18 points, while the Viennese are tied with the league leader Sturm, who still played one game less.

The appearances of the GAK and in particular the problems in the squad due to illness and injuries were a central theme of the game, while Austria, after a defeat against Salzburg, came back impressively. The different performance strength of both teams was clearly felt, and the Grazer showed great fighting spirit despite the adverse circumstances, but did not quite meet the expectations of their supporters. The violets, on the other hand, take new hope and strengthen their place in the upper part of the table, while the challenges for the GAK are increasingly growing and have to free themselves from the lower table region, such as laola1.at reported and Kurier added .