Salzburg celebrates championship title, Rapid has to go to the play-off
A championship party in a quickly full house – in recent years this was not possible in the Bundesliga due to the pandemic. On Saturday, series champion Red Bull Salzburg celebrated the double in the Red Bull Arena with 15,800 spectators.
At 7:14 p.m., the great “Bullen” captain Andreas Ulmer once again lifted the 11.5-kilogram, 65-centimetre Bundesliga champion’s plate to the obligatory “Queen” anthem “We Are The Champions”.
1,000 liters of free beer
The 36-year-old received the showpiece from Bundesliga board member Christian Ebenbauer, who had also previously distributed the championship medals to Salzburg. Laps of honor were then shot through the stadium with the ÖFB Cup and championship plate. The fact that the last game of the season against Austria Klagenfurt was only a meager 1-1 did not dampen the spirits of fans and players alike. At the subsequent championship celebration in front of the casino in Schloss Klessheim, 1,000 liters of free beer were available to celebrate the ninth championship in a row in a befitting manner.
“The boys deserve it, they can now really let it all out. It’s been an amazing season, I’m incredibly proud of the team,” said coach Matthias Jaissle in the Sky interview, who will also be the coach in the coming season. destiny in Wals-Siezenheim. For the German it was the first championship with Salzburg. In addition to the cup win, he can also look back on the market place of the Champions League round of 16 and look back on the “Bulls”’ most successful season ever.
Austria is third
Wiener Austria finished last season in third place ahead of WAC, Rapid is only fifth. In the last round in the upper tableau, the violets won at home against runner-up Sturm Graz 4:2 (2:1), WAC defeated Rapid 2:1 (0:1). Champion Salzburg and Sixth Austria Klagenfurt parted ways in the Red Bull Arena after a goal by “Bullen” striker Sekou Koita in the 93rd minute 1-1 (0-0).
Eric Martel (21st), Manfred Fischer (29th) and the two jokers Dominik Fitz (72nd) as well as Can Keles (85th) with their goals became the much acclaimed match winners for the “Violets”. Jakob Jantscher (27′) managed to equalize for Sturm Graz in the meantime, Manprit Sarkaria (89′) scored the final point. Austria will therefore be in the play-off for the UEFA Europa League, and if they are eliminated, the Viennese are eligible to start in the Conference League group phase.
Rapid in the playoff
A home and away game against the winner from WSG Tirol – LASK for participation in the second round of the Conference League qualification is waiting for Rapid in fifth place. Marco Grüll had given the Viennese the lead in the 35th minute, WAC managed to turn things around with a double strike from Tai Baribo (74th) and Adis Jasic (75th). The Carinthians got in fourth in the third qualifying round of the Conference League.