“Red Bull Salzburg seals victory with Joker Konaté’s late goal against Storm”

Storm lead before the break

In front of 17,218 spectators, which is considered a sell-out in Bundesliga home games, and the eyes of deserved ex-bulls like Konrad Laimer or Niko Kovač, a lively game developed in the first half in which both teams pushed forward. However, it wasn’t until the 30th minute that the penalty area ignited for the first time – and then it flared up. Storm attacker Emanuel Emegha first ran to Oumar Solet and then lobbed over goalkeeper Philipp Köhn with a lot of feeling. In the end, the only thing that got in the way of the 1:0 was the pole. The ball landed in the Salzburg goal ten minutes later – via a header from Jon Gorenc Stankovič, who was criminally left alone after a Sarkaria free-kick and hit the far post. The stadium boiled over for the first time because the 2,000 Sturm fans who had traveled with them were already celebrating a kind of championship party.

Joker Konaté brought the decision

But there were still 45 minutes to play and that belonged to Red Bull Salzburg alone. Right-back Amar Dedić equalized to make it 1-1 in the 49th minute, after the offensively unlucky Junior Adamu had failed completely free-standing against the brilliantly reacting storm keeper Arthur Okonkwo and the rebound landed via David Affengruber directly in front of the oncoming Dedić’s legs was. This time, a masterly cheer echoed through the stadium from the Salzburg fan sector.

But it wasn’t that far yet: although the Bulls brought considerably more power onto the field than their title rivals, it was not until the 88th minute before Joker Konaté scored the decisive 2:1. With a six-point lead and the asterisk behind the 45 points in the Bundesliga table, Salzburg can no longer be relegated from first place in the remaining two rounds of the season.

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