LASK is celebrating three points in Hartberg thanks to a last-minute goal deep in stoppage time.
The Linzers won 2-1 against the East Styrians in the 29th round of the ADMIRAL Bundesliga and took another step towards third place.
The Linz team came out of the locker room with a lot of momentum and took command right from the start. Usor (13th) and Taoui (15th) missed the first good chances for the guests.
Hartberg in front out of nowhere
In the 20th minute, the Hartbergers cheered almost out of nowhere. After a nice move, Entrup serves the run-in Fillafer in the center, who only has to push the ball over the line from a very short distance.
The sudden goal clearly shocked the Linzers, who then had problems breaking through the well-organized defensive construct of the East Styrians.
When everything looks like a 1-0 half-time score for the home team, the guests from Linz strike. Heil clears a sharp cross from Taoui to the feet of Flecker, who scores the equalizer against his former club from around eleven meters. With this 1:1 we go into the break.
LASK initially pressed unsuccessfully
The second half starts evenly with good chances on both sides. Avdijaj is the best on the home side. After a nice combination, Sangare passes the ball perfectly to the 27-year-old, but he only hits the bar from around eight meters (59th).
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As the second half continued, LASK took command and pushed for the lead. In the 64th minute, Ljubicic missed a huge chance to take the lead. Taoui is sent deep and brings the ball perfectly into the center just before the goal line, where Ljubicic can finish freely from five meters. The Croatian pushes the ball past the goal from a central position.
Just a few minutes later, Ljubicic missed the next top chance. This time he shoots over the goal in front of Sallinger (71′). Bello failed around four minutes later after a great solo effort at the bar (75′).
Ziereis becomes the match winner in stoppage time
LASK continues to throw everything forward, but fails again. After a corner, Andrade climbs to the top, but Sallinger saves Hartberger with a brilliant save.
In the third and final minute of injury time, the guests were awarded another free kick. This is dangerously kicked into the penalty area by Berisha. There, Ziereis luckily fakes the ball over the line for the much-celebrated Lucky Punch.
This means that LASK is taking a big step towards third place and is expanding the gap to its first pursuers to five points – but Rapid is still playing. Hartberg slipped to sixth place after Austria Klagenfurt’s surprising win against Salzburg
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