The Styrians, who were in the majority after a red card for Manuel Thurnwald (29th), have a five-point lead over the relegation zone thanks to their first sense of achievement after the last three bankruptcies.
The first highlight of the game was only 57 seconds away – after a short corner, Youba Diarra hit the lower edge of the crossbar with a long-range shot. Dario Tadic found the next TSV chance, his volley just in front of Altach goalie Tino Casali flew well over the goal (8th). But the hosts also had their scenes: Hartberg’s keeper Rene Swete had to use all his skills when Gianluca Gaudino (5′, 24′) and Emanuel Schreiner (26′) shot.
Altach draws against Hartberg
The SCR Altach game against Hartberg ended in a draw despite the Vorarlbergers being outnumbered. For Hartberger’s new coach, Klaus Schmidt, this is a suboptimal debut.
Brief assignment for Thurnwald
The hosts got a cold shower in the 29th minute. Thurnwald, who had just come on for the injured Dominik Reiter, kicked Donis Avdijaj’s Achilles tendon and fibula without a chance of getting the ball, the video assistant referee (VAR) intervened and Thurnwald was ruled out.
After that, the game slowed down and it only became dangerous before the break in the 43rd minute when Hartberg’s Matija Horvat moved from a promising position.
Offside prevents Hartberg hits
Immediately after the change of sides, Noah Bischof failed at Swete’s five, practically in return, the Hartbergers cheered about the supposed lead. Tadic had successfully completed a counterattack, but assistant Jürgen Heil was offside, which is why the VAR refused to recognize the goal.
In the end, the Altachers withdrew more and more and were obviously trying to bring the first point win since October last year over time – which also succeeded because the Hartbergers didn’t know what to do with the ball possession. The Vorarlbergers, whose coach Ludovic Magnin was missing after kidney surgery, have been without a goal for 484 minutes. The Hartbergers have not scored a goal for 387 minutes.
votes on the game
Klaus Schmidt (Hartberg coach): “We have to live with 0-0. It’s disappointing because we were outnumbered for an hour. We didn’t create enough chances for that. We would have made it easier for ourselves if we had taken three points. Altach has shown that the team is far from dead. For us, 0-0 is a bit of a blow to the neck, but we still want to look up.”
Manu Hervas (Altach co-trainer): “The red card made it difficult for us, but the lads did an excellent job tactically and in terms of discipline. We knew that starting with Reiter might be a risk, but we made that choice. The point is confirmation that the team is on the right track.”
Admiral Bundesliga, 23rd round, qualifying group
Saturday:
Altach-Hartberg 0-0
Altach, Cashpoint-Arena, SR Grobelnik
Altach: Casali – Strauss, Zwischenbrugger, Nanizayamo (83./Aigner), Schreiner – Haudum, Nimaga (83./Nuhiu) – Reiter (16./Thurnwald), Gaudino, Bishop (70./Monschein) – Krizman (84./Ndiaye )
Hartberg: World – Farkas, Sonnleitner (83rd / Lemmerer), Gollner, Klem – Horvat (70th / Kainz), Diarra, Heil (83rd / Steinwender) – Niemann (62nd / Sturm), Tadic, Avdijaj
Red card: Thurnwald (29th/foul)
Yellow cards: Nimaga, Krizman, Strauss and Diarra
The best: Zwischenbrugger, Nimaga or Diarra, Heil
