In the regional league

Austria takes another step towards the title

The Violets celebrated a 5:1 victory.(Bild: Andreas Tröster)

The matchday in the Regionalliga West could not have gone better for Salzburg's Austria. While the Violets clearly won 5:1 in Rankweil, title rivals Hohenems and FC Pinzgau fell flat. The other Salzburg teams all scored.

Austria celebrated a 5:1 win at Rankweil without any problems - Nico Schiedermeier was the match winner with three goals. Co-coach Jilmaz Özel was in charge this time as coach Christian Schaider was absent for personal reasons. Team coach Daniel Burgstaller said happily: "The team played with real control." The Maxglans also had reason to be happy when they looked at the results of the competition. Because both Hohenems (0:1 against Altach Juniors) and FC Pinzgau (0:3 at Silz/Mötz) lost, they are now nine points clear at the top of the table.

Grünau successful

Grünau returned to winning ways after their first defeat under coach Christoph Knaus last week. The outstanding man in the 5:1 win against Wolfurt was Petrit Nika with a hat-trick. "I'm extremely happy for him. He works so hard and was ice-cold in front of goal," said the coach. Thomas Schnöll could not say the same about his team on his debut as Bischofshofen coach. "We missed several high-caliber chances," he sighed. Nevertheless, they drew 1-1 against Reichenau. 

St. Johann coach Ernst Lottermoser, meanwhile, was satisfied with the 1-1 draw at Röthis. "We were missing nine players. I'm proud of my squad's performance."