Hütteldorfer rejoice

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SK Rapid celebrated an important three points in the 31st round of the Austrian Bundesliga. The Hütteldorfer beat Austria Klagenfurt 1:0 to secure fourth place in the table.

Rapid will finish the current Bundesliga season in fourth place. The Hütteldorfer celebrated a 1-0 away win against Austria Klagenfurt in the penultimate Champions Group round on Sunday thanks to a goal from Fally Mayulu (46') and can therefore no longer be displaced from the position that means entry into the second qualifying round of the Europa League.

Sixth-placed Klagenfurt would still reach fifth place and thus the European Cup play-off if they win at championship contenders Sturm Graz in a week's time and TSV Hartberg lose at Rapid at the same time.

Two strikers at Rapid
Klagenfurt were missing top scorer Sinan Karweina, who was suspended. As in the previous week's win against Salzburg, Rapid coach Robert Klauß opted for three central defenders as well as Guido Burgstaller and Mayulu up front. The opening phase belonged to the home side - shots from Aaron Schwarz (6th) and Andy Irving (7th) just missed the target.

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Rapid then got into the game better in front of 4,562 spectators, with Klagenfurt goalkeeper Philipp Menzel saving a Burgstaller header (12') and attempts from Matthias Seidl (20') and Marco Grüll (41'). The decisive situation followed a few seconds after the restart: Grüll played Mayuku free and the Frenchman beat Menzel with a shot between the legs.

Klagenfurt responded with a shot off the bar from Irving (64') and also put Rapid under pressure in other situations, but without really creating any compelling opportunities. The Viennese thus managed a small reconciliation with the stadium on Lake Wörthersee, where they had lost the Cup final against Sturm just a week and a half ago.