2023-05-15 03:12:28
For Dominik Fitz he is a “machine”, Michael Wimmer even located the supernatural. “I heard that the fans and the team call him Jesus,” said the Austria coach with a smile. One thing is certain: Haris Tabakovic has immortalized himself in the history books with his triple pack in Austria’s 3-1 win in an entertaining Viennese football derby against Rapid. Six derby goals in one season have not been achieved before the Swiss in Bundesliga history.
For Tabakovic himself it was just “awesome”. The Swiss took the match ball home with him. “The ball will find its place next to the trophy for the top scorer in the second division,” said the 28-year-old. Goals 13 to 15 (23rd, 27th, 96th) were scored by Tabakovic in the spring, and he now has 17 goals in total this season. Austria’s center forward is now two goals short of Burgstaller, who is the top scorer in the top scorer list and who had brought Rapid close to 1:2 (36 th ). “I can’t say that as a striker I don’t look at it. But Burgstaller also scores goals all the time,” the Austrian commented. It is more important anyway to achieve the goals with the team.
In any case, the hit by the Italian singer Gala (“Freed from Desire”) has now also caught the eye in Vienna favorites. “Haris on fire” echoed several times over the violet fan grandstand. The fact that a striker, who was sometimes labeled a bad buy in autumn, is now exploding to such an extent, had to be questioned again. “The coach didn’t do anything with Haris, it’s not our fault as supervisors. He works hard in training and everyone knows what self-confidence is,” Wimmer noted. Tabakovic also knows what he has in his teammates. An Andreas Gruber or Dominik Fitz is currently excellent at using the Storm Tank. “He’s a machine. If he has such a run, he won’t be around much longer,” said Fitz, who was also strong on Sunday.
Thanks to their third win against their arch-rivals this season, Austria moved up to fourth place in the table, which entitles them to start qualifying for the Conference League. The “violets” don’t want to give up the goal, which is also important from a financial point of view, in the remaining three rounds. The first success in the master group – equivalent to the 2-0 win against Rapid at the end of the regular season – should be followed by number two on Sunday in Klagenfurt. “Hopefully we’ll take the confidence with us now,” said Wimmer. He saw the derby come at the right time after three defeats. “The energy was there. We won’t let go, we’ll keep our foot on the accelerator.” Wimmer reported “happy faces” in the dressing room.
In that of the guests one looked in vain for this probability bordering on certainty. The 3: 3 against Austria a month ago remained the highest derby feeling this season. Even then, the Violets were the better team. “Now we’ve played four times against Austria, lost three times, and deserve that,” Guido Burgstaller admitted to Sky. Goalkeeper Niklas Hedl – Rapid’s best on Sunday – found the view of the derby record simply “terrible”.
Zoran Barisic was also served. While his opponent Wimmer raved about the “power and energy” of his team from the first minute, Rapid’s coach had to explain the sometimes anxious performance of his team. Barisic identified “the problem that we don’t manage to bring consistency into our game”. Important players would have been missing against Austria injured. In addition, Barisic again criticized the duel: “You have to give the last shirt for the team and the club. That’s how you have to appear. We have to demand more from ourselves, every single one.” An analysis that supported Burgstaller’s statement. “We played well for a few minutes, but that’s far too little,” said the veteran.
Rapid is still in the championship group with just one win, the 3-1 win over Klagenfurt over a month ago. In between, the cup final was also lost. The quite solid appearances against Salzburg (1: 1, 1: 2) seem to be forgotten again. Hütteldorfer’s record against the series champions, Sturm Graz and Austria is disastrous. In total, these three teams have gone 40 competitive games without a win (19 Salzburg, 11 Austria, 10 Sturm). Next Sunday it’s at home against third-placed LASK. Barisic looked ahead to a difficult game, but presented himself as an optimist. “We’re playing at home, so I’m assuming that we can extend our home strength,” said the coach.
Barisic did not want to look ahead to the end of the season. In any case, Grünweiß runs the risk of being sixth without a place in the European Cup. Austria Klagenfurt is two points behind, the Carinthians also have Rapid am Wörthersee as guests in addition to Austria. The fifth has to go to the European Cup play-off for the last international starting place. Barisic looked tense ahead of the crucial laps. “Every game is very close, it’s the little things that count,” he said. “It’s tough, it’s the same for all teams.”
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