Two goals in the closing minutes
Crazy! LASK knocks Salzburg out in the 95th minute
What a crazy stoppage time! Red Bull Salzburg tied the game in the 91st minute of their home match against LASK but ultimately lost 2-3 because a late substitution by Didi Kühbauer paid off.
LASK has dealt Salzburg another major blow in the Bundesliga title race and has moved up to second place. The Linz-based team prevailed 3-2 on the road on Friday after a wild finish and are now just one point behind leader Sturm Graz, who host Hartberg on Sunday. Salzburg is now fourth, four points behind Sturm. Maurits Kjaergaard equalized late for the Bulls (91'), but Xavier Mbuyamba struck again (95').
For Salzburg, Anrie Chase replaced Joane Gadou—who had made errors in build-up play during the recent hard-fought 2-1 win at Hartberg—in central defense. Additionally, Stefan Lainer and young star Kerim Alajbegovic returned to the starting lineup. Captain Mads Bidstrup acted as the deepest player in a diamond midfield in front of the defense. Winger Clement Bischoff was absent from the roster for the third consecutive match; head coach Daniel Beichler declined to comment before kickoff on reports of the Dane’s suspension following an incident in training.
LASK’s lead a repeat of last week
LASK coach Dietmar Kühbauer fielded the same starting lineup in front of 8,737 spectators as in the 4-1 win at Wiener Austria—and was able to celebrate the same opening goal scorer. Just as against the Viennese, Modou Keba Cisse was left unmarked to head the ball in following a quickly taken corner kick. This time, the cross came not from Moses Usor but from Sascha Horvath, and Cisse sent it into the far corner off the inside post (8th minute).
Salzburg had significantly more possession, but they didn’t create any real chances until the 28th minute. Then Chase caught the LASK defense off guard with a long ball. Frans Krätzig played a first-time pass to Karim Konate, who scored his fifth goal in his tenth league appearance of the season. LASK defender Joao Tornich tested ÖFB national team goalkeeper Alexander Schlager (32'), while at the other end, Cisse cleared a header from Jannik Schuster off the line and denied Konate, who was ready to shoot (41').
After the break, LASK came back—led primarily by Samuel Adeniran. The American hit the side netting with a header (49th) and had another good chance with his foot (56th). Then he set up the 2-1 goal: Adeniran beat Chase on the sideline, outran Bidstrup, and found Sasa Kalajdzic in the back post. The ÖFB national team striker, who had already scored against Austria the previous week, finished confidently and celebrated in basketball style (61').
Turbulent final minutes
Konate missed a header from Chase (68'), and Alajbegovic hit the post with a free kick (79'). The equalizer came, of all people, from substitute Kjaergaard, who had recently been shuttling back and forth between the bench and the stands. The Dane scored with a bouncing shot from just outside the penalty area into the right corner. At the other end, however, Krätzig fumbled the ball in his own five-meter box. “Joker” Mbuyamba was on hand and fired LASK to victory with his first league goal.
Salzburg did manage to score their first home goals under Beichler on their fourth attempt. However, in their eighth game under the new coach, they suffered their fourth defeat—with just two wins and two draws. LASK celebrated their second win in the current championship group, their first in their seventh away game under Kühbauer in this league phase. The first two matches of the season had gone decisively to the Bulls, with scores of 3-0 and 5-1 during Beichler’s Salzburg debut in Linz at the end of February.
FC Red Bull Salzburg – LASK 2-3 (1-1)
Wals-Siezenheim, Red Bull Arena
8,737 spectators, Referee Ciochirca
Goals:
0-1 (8') Cisse
1:1 (28') Krätzig
1-2 (61') Kalajdzic
2–2 (91') Kjaergaard
2-3 (95') Mbuyamba
Salzburg: Schlager – Lainer, Chase, Schuster (86. Onisiwo), Terzic (68. Kjaergaard) – Bidstrup – Alajbegovic, Kitano, Krätzig – Konate, Vertessen (68. Baidoo)
LASK: Jungwirth – Cisse, Tornich, Andrade – Jörgensen (94. Flecker), Coulibaly (90. Mbuyamba), Horvath, Bogarde – Kalajdzic (81. Entrup) – Usor, Adeniran (81. Lang)
Yellow cards: none, or Coulibaly
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