Late shock leaves us empty-handed at Rapid

TL;DR

A late goal from Ercan Kara led to a 0-1 defeat for us against SK Rapid in Vienna. This loss marks a setback in the final stretch of the ADMIRAL Bundesliga season.

Key points

Team lost 0-1 to SK Rapid in Vienna
Ercan Kara scored the late goal
The defeat is a setback in the Bundesliga season
Next match is against SK Sturm at home

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Late shock leaves us empty-handed at Rapid

0-1 defeat in Vienna

What looked destined to be a goalless draw ended in a 0-1 defeat. We lost away to SK Rapid on matchday 29 of the ADMIRAL Bundesliga due to a late goal from Ercan Kara, in a game when we offered too little in attack.

It's a setback in the final stretch of the season, and a particularly bitter one at that. We have a chance though to redeem ourselves next Sunday at home against SK Sturm.

Match summary

In beautiful spring weather at Hütteldorf's Allianz Stadium, our Red Bulls faced a Vienna side for a third time in a row, this time SK Rapid. While the hosts went into the match with a 0-2 defeat against Hartberg, we were able to draw on two victories against Austria Vienna. Coach Daniel Beichler (unsurprisingly) fielded his usual line-up, with only Stefan Lainer returning to the starting eleven after serving his yellow card suspension.

It began well as our lads took control right from the start and aggressively probed the Vienna penalty area. The first clear chance didn't take long to arrive: in the sixth minute, Jannik Schuster played a long ball directly into the path of Karim Konate, but the Ivorian didn't connect cleanly with the bouncing ball and shot well over the bar.