GAK goes into the winter break with a bitter defeat: coach calls for reinforcements!

In an exciting Styrian derby, Grazer AK had no luck on Sunday and suffered a bitter 3-0 defeat against TSV Hartberg in the Merkur Arena. This result not only means another setback for the team, which is now stuck at the bottom of the table, but also that GAK goes into the winter break with two defeats in a row. Coach Rene Poms expressed disappointment about his team's poor performance: "It's a shame that they performed like that in the last game. There can't be another performance like that," as on steiermark.orf.at is reported.

Hartberg, on the other hand, could cheer. Coach Manfred Schmid's team not only secured victory with goals from Patrik Mijic, Dominik Prokop and Avdijaj, but also had good prospects of participating in the championship group again. Mijic took the lead from a corner in the 36th minute. Prokop made it 2-0 in the 60th minute and Avdijaj crowned the strong team performance with a header to make it 3-0 in the 84th minute. With this victory, Hartberg has now reduced the gap to the top places in the table and is heading into the winter break optimistically, while the GAK has to prepare for a critical phase kicker.de determines.

Winter break with challenges

The GAK situation is serious. Players like Daniel Maderner, who aptly described the situation as “extremely bitter”, emphasize the need for changes in the squad. “Some things didn’t go right,” said Maderner, while coach Poms is calling for at least two or three new additions in the second half of the season in order to increase the quality of the team. Training starts again on January 3rd and time is running out to keep the league.