Bundesliga: Salzburg secures its 13th championship title with Gala
Salzburg made things clear in the first half with goals from Noah Okafor (2′), Karim Adeyemi (18′) and Luka Sucic (28′). After the exclusion of Austria player Marvin Martins (53rd), Brenden Aaronson (54th/penalty) and Mohamed Camara (85th/penalty) ensured a clear victory.
For Salzburg it is the ninth championship title in a row. After the third defeat in a row, Austria remains fourth, equal on points with fifth-placed RZ Pellets Wolfsberg and two points ahead of Austria Klagenfurt, bottom of the championship group.
While Austria coach Manfred Schmid relied on the same team as in the narrow 2-1 home defeat against Salzburg a week earlier, Matthias Jaissle made three changes. He brought on Oumar Solet in central defence, while Aaronson, who was fit again, was involved in attack, as was Noah Okafor.
Okafor initiates a rifle festival
With this set of ones, the master played cat and mouse with the Viennese from the start, who showed courage with the 3-4-3 formation, but had nothing to counter the offensive power of the opponent and repeatedly offered wide spaces. Okafor opened the round after Mohamed Camara had tanked up to the penalty spot and provided the assist with his blocked shot. Adeyemi should have made it 2-0 a little later, but was denied by Patrick Pentz (9th).
Nine minutes later the time had come, with his 17th goal of the season, the German, who is said to already be in agreement with Borussia Dortmund, but also from the failed rescue operation of Eric Martel, who deflected the shot into his own goal for Pentz. After that, Sucic was there before the half-hour mark, and he was able to present himself to Rasmus Kristensen for winning the ball. Then it was lightning fast again via Nicolas Seiwald. Shortly thereafter, Okafor failed to Pentz (31st).
The second half offered a uniform picture in front of 15,496 spectators in the not fully occupied arena. Austria, who had only had three half-chances before the break, practically did not play offensively and now switched to a defensive back four. It half only a little. Soon after the restart, Martins was sent off for his save on Sucic. Referee Walter Altmann also imposed a penalty after studying the video, which Aaronson confidently converted.
Pentz then prevented worse things from happening against Seiwald (62′) and Junior Adamu (65′) and also deflected a shot from Benjamin Seskos to the crossbar (67′). In the finish it was Camara who made the final score again from the penalty spot. The action was preceded by a foul by Lucas Galvao on Adamu.
Comments on the game:
Matthias Jaissle (Salzburg coach): “I have pure emotion, a really cool feeling. There’s a bit of relief in me. I put some pressure on myself. Today we were rewarded for a brutally high effort throughout the season. It’s not a given given what happened over the summer. Not all of us believed that. So we are very, very happy. We were present from the first minute today, the team did everything they set out to do. One day you have to stand up to Austria like you do today. We wanted to rock that thing and get it clear in front of our own fans. That’s how the team performed for 90 minutes.”
Nicolas Seiwald (Salzburg midfielder): “It’s different for me (compared to last season, ed.) because I played my part. Everything happened very quickly for me, although I knew that I had the quality to do it. Now it’s time to celebrate, but with measure and purpose.”
Andreas Ulmer (Salzburg captain): “An absolutely deserved victory, a great day to fix the title with the fans at home today. It has distinguished us this season over the many games that we went in really well from the head, were very, very professional and hardly let up. That is not a matter of course for the team, which had a major upheaval in the summer. We’ll celebrate a bit, but not too much, because we also want to hit the cup final next weekend.”
Karim Adeyemi (Salzburg goalscorer): “When it comes to partying, I’m the boss, definitely. Rasmus (Kristensen, note) is also at the forefront.” On the move to Dortmund: “I think the media know more than I do. I don’t know how long it (the negotiations, note) will go.”
Admiral Bundesliga, 28th round
Sunday:
Salzburg – Austria Vienna 5: 0 (3: 0)
Wals-Siezenheim, Red Bull Arena, 15,500 spectators, SR Altmann
Consequence:
1-0 Okafor (2′)
2-0 Adeyemi (18′)
3-0 success (28th)
4-0 Aaronson (54’/foul penalty)
5: 0 Camara (85th / foul penalty)
Salzburg: Köhn – Kristensen, Wöber (73rd / Bernardo), Solet, Ulmer – Sucic, Camara, Aaronson (64th / Kjaergaard), N. Seiwald (73rd / Junuzovic) – Adeyemi (64th / Sesko), Okafor (64th /Adamu)
Austria: Pentz – Martel (68th / Grünwald), Mühl, Galvao – Martins, Braunöder (46th / Fitz), Fischer, Suttner – Keles (86th / Ohio), Vucic (46th / Djuricin), Jukic (55th / Demaku )
Yellow-Red: Martins (53rd/Austria/repeated foul play)
Yellow cards: Camara and Fitz
The best: Aaronson, Okafor, Sucic, Seiwald and Pentz