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Heartbeat finale holds SV Guntamatic Ried in the promotion race

REED. This game would have deserved a full stadium: In a high-class game with a nerve-wracking final phase, SV Guntamatic Ried defeated FC Wacker Innsbruck 4: 3 (1: 1) and thus saved the chance of promotion.

The halves were similar until shortly before the end: The SVR fell behind early (0: 1 Meusberger, 2 .; 1: 2 Faleye, 48.), then with a bit of luck and good saves from goalkeeper Dimitrovic had a phase with numerous, partly Survive top-class chances of the Innsbruckers, and then came more or less deserved to equalize (1: 1 Wießmeier, 23 .; 2: 2 Gschweidl, 81.).

Wild final phase

The last ten minutes were tough – a full stadium would have literally exploded during this game.

Shortly after the 2: 2 equalizer, Innsbruck’s Behounek drove a Stangl pass from Kerhe to 3: 2 in their own goal in the 85th minute – Ried seemed to have turned the game.

However, the guests did not dream of giving up. Their final offensive brought the Rieder to a swim and culminated in the 93rd minute in a 3: 3 equalizer by Meusburger – again after a dormant ball. The cheers among the Innsbruckers seemed limitless, for the horrified Rieder everyone seemed in the third minute of stoppage time Hope for advancement to be destroyed.

At the last second

But things turned out differently: In the first action after the equalization, Ziegl hit a long pass forward, Reiner extended his head into the penalty area to replace Gschweidl. He prevailed in the air against two Innsbruckers and in the 95th minute, also by head, scored the decisive 4: 3 with his second goal in the game.

This time the Rieder cheered, whose chance of advancement remains. However, they have to catch up three points in two games and hope for at least one defeat of the recently very strong Klagenfurt.

“A hard piece of work”

SVR head coach Gerald Baumgartner admitted after the game: “It was hard work. We started both halves with a deficit and gave up the game partially. The boys really wanted to win and ran until the last second. The morale was right. We also had the luck of the hard-working today that we didn’t have recently. ”

In the fight for promotion, nothing was decided yet, said Baumgartner: “We now have to hope that the opponent gives points. That is also a nerve issue – and today our nerves held up. ”With a grin, he added:“ Today we strained the nerves of the audience very much. But that’s part of it. “

Season finale

The SVR will play in Horn on Friday, July 24th and at the end of the season on July 31st against the FAC. Competitor Klagenfurt still has to go to Amstetten and receives Wacker Innsbruck on the last matchday.

Video

A video of the matchday is available on tips.at and on TV on TV1.

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