Ried was not afraid of the duel with Salzburg
After three defeats in a row, SV Ried was able to take something countable with them in the 1-1 in the Upper Austria derby against LASK and narrowly missed out on a surprise win. Leader Red Bull Salzburg is now waiting for the Upper Austrians, who are courageously looking forward to the upcoming duel.
Christian Heinle sees his team on the right track.
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There was a 1-1 draw in the Upper Austria derby against LASK SV Ried after three defeats in a row, a strong sign of life and could have taken a win against the rival with a little efficiency in front of the opposing goal. The important point win gives Christian Heinle’s team a boost of motivation, which Mann can really use before the upcoming duel against leaders Red Bull Salzburg. “We’ve shown morale twice recently and come back from behind. Against Salzburg we will try to keep the zero as long as possible, keep putting needles in and finally force luck into the game,” said head coach Heinle before the game.
Against LASK they even played outnumbered for a long time, had more shares in the game, but still had to concede a goal and missed scoring a goal themselves for a long time. “We should have won because of the chances we had, but you can’t be dissatisfied with a draw with the league leaders,” Heinle summed up the game with Linz, against whom they remained undefeated for the third time in a row. Also Oliver Kraglwho celebrated his return to the Bundesliga against the athletes is still missing the last punch on the offensive: “We have to be more focused in front of goal, we still lack the killer instinct.”
Ried without fear of Salzburg
They want to bring that up again for the home game against Salzburg, even if the task couldn’t be any harder. The Mozart city-dwellers were able to win their six previous seven league games and also drew a respectable 1-1 against the Italian champions AC Milan at the start of the Champions League group stage. “Salzburg is a top team. But we know what football is like. Anyone can beat anyone, otherwise Bayern would win every game 5-0 with their team,” Kragl calculates possible chances against Matthias Jaissle’s young squad . “We have to concentrate on ourselves and implement what the coach asks. We certainly won’t wet our pants just because the opponent is called Salzburg.”
Although coach Heinle emphasized that “in the Austrian Bundesliga you are always the blatant outsider against Salzburg”, but the offensive efforts of his team give him courage: “In the statistics we are in the top six in terms of goal chances and shots on goal. Despite this, we scored the fewest goals. That has to change, we have to force that.” At the last meeting in October 2021, Rieder drew 2-2 against Salzburg, a result that would probably be repeated this year.