#Rapid #Selfinflicted #Defeat #Sturm
In the 28th round of the ADMIRAL Bundesliga, SK Sturm played in the floodlights in Hütteldorf. After the narrow 0-1 defeat in Graz last Friday, our Green-Whites actually wanted to take their chance today and take revenge, but unfortunately the plan didn’t work out. Looking at the personnel situation, Roman Kerschbaum (suspended) and Lukas Grgić (sickened) were also missing compared to the last duel, but Nikolas Sattlberger returned to the starting eleven after his yellow card suspension. Dennis Kaygin’s debut in the starting 11 as well as the squad comeback of Nenad Cvetković, who was finally fit for the professionals again after his long injury, were also very pleasing. But unfortunately that was the only positive thing about today…
As expected, both teams started the game with a lot of pace, Fally Mayulu had a free shot after just under five minutes, but only hit the side netting (5th). Unfortunately, everything went right with Graz’s first dangerous action, which gave them an early lead, 0-1 (8th). We looked for the answer, after a corner the ball landed in the Graz defense before Isak Jansson hammered the ball over the goal from the second row (15th). But then the time had come: After a perfect cross from Jonas Auer, Fally Mayulu rose up at exactly the right moment and scored the equalizer with his head, 1:1 (18th)! But the joy didn’t last long, as the Graz team used a direct free kick to take the lead again, 1:2 (29th). Our green-whites kept coming forward quickly, but the decisive chances fizzled out before the celebrations. Shortly before the break things got even worse, with the Graz team increasing the score to 1:3 with their next opportunity (44′). With the clear and painful deficit we went to the changing rooms.
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