Rapid sheds Neftci after a weak idea

Rapid needs to tremble after a very first leg loss to Neftci Baku to relocate right into the play-off of the Conference League qualification. The leaders of the Bundesliga were defeated on Thursday evening in the 3rd qualifying round at the Azerbaijani runner-up with 1: 2 (0: 1) as well as hence missed the targeted good starting position for the second leg next Thursday (8.30 p.m.) in Vienna.

Leadership Thanks to an eleventh hour goal by striker Guido Burgstaller (95th), the Rapidler can remain to expect the climb. In the 44th minute, Ataa Jaber brought Neftci in the lead with a long-range shot, which was deflected by Rapid's defender Kevin Wimmer. After an hour, Kenneth Saief enhanced for the Lauren? IU Reghecampf, which had previously been eliminated Aris Limassol from Cyprus after a 0-2 personal bankruptcy in the first leg.

Konyaspor and Vaduz possible play-off challengers

The last obstacle waits for the champions from the duel in between Konyaspor and Vaduz if the Hütteldorfer succeeds in a week in a week. Rapid train Ferdinand Feldhofer transformed his beginning eleven contrasted to the 1-0 in the organization near Austria Klagenfurt. Guido Burgstaller, Marco Grüll, Aleksa Pejic, Moritz Oswald and Wimmer were enabled to begin once again, the battered Patrick Greil was substituted after an hour.

In Baku there was no central protector Emanuel Aiwu, who will relocate to the Italian Series A promoted Us Cremonese. According to the media, the Hütteldorfer can eagerly anticipate a transfer cost of 3.5 million euros, which might raise by bonuses by 500,000 euros. It might be that the implementation will certainly be reported in the coming days, said sporting activities director Zoran Barisic on ORF.

busy preliminary phase

In the rapid video game, even more and even more inaccuracies sneaked in while Neftci pushed. The rapid protection gave one more goal: In a completely disorderly attempt by an orderly video game framework, the Greil, who instantly replaced, overlooked the approaching Saief, which hedl transformed over and accommodated the round in between the legs of the heranging wimmer in the goal.

In the 44th minute, Ataa Jaber brought Neftci in the lead with a long-range shot, which was dispersed by Rapid's defender Kevin Wimmer. IU Reghecampf, which had previously been eliminated Aris Limassol from Cyprus after a 0-2 insolvency in the first leg.

In the case of finish conditions around 30 degrees, the Feldhofer group caught virtually a false beginning in front of around 10,000 viewers in the Bakcell Sector. The video game was played exactly 2 minutes when the Ghanaian Neftci demonstrator Godsway Donyoh required Niklas Hedl to a ceremony from ten meters of 10 meters. In a quick initial stage, the Viennese quickly came close to the opposing goal, an autumn back by Bernhard Zimmermann looked great, yet was safe (fifth).

Rapid instructor Ferdinand Feldhofer changed his starting eleven compared to the 1-0 in the league near Austria Klagenfurt. In the rapid video game, even more and also more inaccuracies crept in while Neftci pushed. The rapid defense gave another goal: In an entirely disorderly effort by an orderly game structure, the Greil, that promptly substituted, ignored the coming close to Saief, which hedl turned over and accommodated the round in between the legs of the heranging wimmer in the objective.

Soon afterwards, Stake Bajic was missing out on the necessary accuracy (10th) from an appealing placement at a Stanglpass to Burgstaller, along with a solid spacer shot from concerning 18 meters, which landed on the cappucino (17th). In the battle for the rebound, Marco Grüll was brought off his legs by Neftci-Goalie Ivan Brkic, but the pipe of the Croatian umpire Dario Bel remained quiet.

In the final phase, the green-whites were in likelihoods of Nicolas Kühn (65th, 80th, 91st) and also Greil (92.) in the misfortune. A few seconds prior to the end, Rene Kriwak expanded a large sphere with a perfect on Burgstaller, that racked up ice cold in the far edge for redemption.

Grün-Weiß constantly came precariously in front of the NEFTCI objective in the offending game due to frequent relocations, but the last strike was missing. In addition, the protective frequently acted indispose by the rapid counterattacks of the hosts.

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