Coach Stephen Helm made only a small rotation compared to the win against WSG Troll. As always in the cup it started with a goal, Mirko Kos. Lucas Calvao Returning to central defense, he began co-opting Alexander Dragovic And Tin Plavotik. Formed a defensive midfield Philip Maybach And Abu Bakr BariA 3-4-3 formation resulted. The current captain occupied the sides Reinhold Ranftl And Mateo Perez Winloff. Marco Ragus Celebrated his opening eleven debut with him Nick BrelegBehind both Dominic Fitz.
SV Horn, 13th in the Second Division, suffered a 2-4 defeat against SKN St Bolton on Sunday. Coach Philipp Riederer tried to stir things up with six changes.
1-0 to Violet at half time
As expected, the Viennese dominated the game early on. A pass from Ragus was brought down by Barry in the penalty area. No whistle, protests limited (6th). Horn got a rare try from Amir Abdijanovic with a free kick, but Mirko Kos was alert when he shot into the near corner (10th). After a pass from Matteo Pérez Vinlöf, Nik Prelec gets a shot but it goes wide of the goal (18′). A shot by Raguž is deflected for a corner (28′). After 35 minutes, the Violets’ patience paid off as Lucas Calvao opened the move with a forward, Brelek’s header and a shot blocked from Ranft. Ranftl tries again and the ball deflects off Calvao – 1-0 to the Violets.
Austria continued to dominate the game after the goal, but did not create any major chances. In stoppage time Din Blavodic headed over the bar and the team went into the break with a narrow lead.
It was like that, one more round of violets
We’re into the second half Manfred Fischer And Andreas Gruber New forces arrive for Abubakar Bari and Marco Ragus. They both immediately posed the biggest danger after Dominic Fitz’s cross. Fischer heads it to Gruber, who puts the ball just wide (52′). It came after that Marvin Boatsman For the mighty Philippe Maybach, Fischer crossed the finish line (54th). Shojiang Liu, a shot by Fitz in the Lower Austria goal, Pérez Winlöf narrowly misses the top corner (58th, 61st).
Maurice Malone Nick Brelec was replaced by a quarter of an hour. A Fitz shot was blocked on the line, and Perez Winloff’s follow-up shot just wide of the goal (89′). At the other end, Mirko Kos had a bit of trouble with Erion Aliji’s shot, and Horn was safe (90th).
In the end, Austria beat Horn 1-0 and are in the quarter-finals of the UNIQA ÖFB Cup.
SV Horn – Austria Wien 0:1 (0:1)
horn: Liu; Cobra, Sihre, Metu, Wimhofer; Lipczinski (83. Hinterleitner), Bauernfeind, Velecky (67. Velimirovic), Barlov (67. Aliji); Aptijanovic, Karch Jr. (46. Ismailcebioglu)
Austria: the basket; Dragovic, Blavodic, Galvao; Runftl, Barry (46. Fischer), Maybach (53. Boatsman), Perez Winloff; Fitz; Raguž (46. Gruber), Prelec (74. Malone)
Tor: Ranftl (35.)
Yellow Cards: Ismailcebioglu (53.), Hinterleitner (86.); Calvao (10.), Barry (27.), Ragus (27.), Fischer (47.), Maybach (50.)
Sparkasse Horn Arena, referee Markus Hameter, 3,425 spectators
