Football: Ried Inflicts Historic Defeat on Rapid

It happened in the 44th game. For the first time in the Football Bundesliga, Rapid had to concede defeat to SV Ried in their own stadium. On Saturday, the Hütteldorf team lost 1-2 (1-1) against the promoted team in the 16th round, but remained in fourth place in the standings for the time being. The lead through Louis Schaub (32nd minute) was not enough. Oliver Steurer (40th minute) and Philipp Pomer (54th minute/penalty) turned the game around, and Ried successfully defended the lead.

Third Consecutive Defeat for Rapid

In the second game under interim coach Stefan Kulovits, the dominant but ineffective Hütteldorf team in the second half suffered their third consecutive league defeat. Ried moved up to seventh place, at least until Sunday, with their second consecutive win, just one point behind Rapid.

At Rapid, Jonas Auer replaced the injured Jannes Horn, and in the offense, Louis Schaub and Claudy Mbuyi moved into the starting lineup for Marco Tillio and Janis Antiste. However, Auer's appearance ended after just over ten minutes following a collision with Mario Sollbauer, and the full-back, wearing a head bandage, had to be replaced by season debutant Amin Gröller.

Rapid Takes the Lead Through Schaub

The guests, trying their luck without the injured top scorer Kingstone Mutandwa, initially left the hosts without a chance in a duel full of tackles and tested goalkeeper Paul Gartler with a header from Peter Kiedl (27th minute). As isolated whistles could already be heard due to the green-white offensive drought, Mbuyi headed a cross from Matthias Seidl just wide of the goal (29th minute), signaling a new beginning.

Just two minutes later, Tobias Gulliksen served Petter Nosa Dahl, whose pass to the center found Schaub - and he skillfully sent the ball from 13 meters into the top left corner. However, Ried struck back before the break after a throw-in and, with a bit of luck in the penalty area, combined to equalize through Steurer. The starting point was again one of the numerous Ried set pieces.

Penalty Puts Ried in the Lead

Rapid came out of the locker room with a lot of energy and had a great chance to take the lead again through Schaub. However, the direct shot went over the goal (49.), which would soon come back to haunt them. Instead of kicking the ball out, Nenad Cvetkovic tried to keep the ball in play. Substitute Joris Bogou reacted quickly and was fouled by Gartler during the shot, Pomer coolly converted the resulting penalty.

Rapid intensified their efforts. Romeo Amane hit the post (58.), Schaub poorly struck the ball in a promising position (60.), and Seidl's attempt posed no problem for Ried goalkeeper Andreas Leitner (70.). Rapid remained in control, despite the now constant whistling concert, Ried was pushed far back.

Out of nowhere, Gartler and Fortuna prevented the decision towards the end. The goalkeeper saved Kiedl's attempt, Jonas Mayer sent the rebound over the goal (83.). On the other side, Leitner had to intervene against Antiste once more (85.), but even a desperate finish brought nothing more for Rapid.

(APA/Red)

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