Gloukh brace gets us a win

FC Red Bull Salzburg

·29 September 2024

Gloukh brace gets us a win

2-0 success against Austria Vienna

We were finally back after a month since our last appearance at the Red Bull Arena - and took a 2-0 win against Austria Vienna in the 8th ADMIRAL Bundesliga matchday. The opponents coached by Stephan Helm tested our side in the first half, but we deservedly took all three points after Gloukh converted a penalty and drove home in the final phase.

Match summary

It wasn't such a ferocious start from our boys, but it soon sparked into life. We brought the ball into the Austria Vienna box and the hosts' Abubakr Barry brought down Dorgeles Nene. Oscar Gloukh stepped up to convert the penalty clinically – sending the goalkeeper the wrong way and sending us 1-0 up (10').

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Could we press on from netting the opener? We did look for a second with renewed confidence, but there was no easy way through the packed Austria Vienna defence - even if we were well in control of the play. Austria looked to strike back on the break, and did threaten us from time to time, but our defence held firm. Maurice Malone sneaked behind our backline only for Janis Blaswich to save us (38').

We were well on course for the points after ending the first period with the 1-0 lead, but we could not take anything for granted.

We had the visitors' attacking efforts well under control after the restart, while our attacking livewire Adam Daghim (50') and his strike partner Karim Konate (55') could have made it 2-0. We needed to be patient as the chances dried up a little. There was virtually nothing to deal with in front of our target, however, with close to 70 percent possession in the second half leaving us well on top. The best of the opportunities all came our way in this phase with a Blank header and Konate volley going over (84').

Just when it looked like we had to contend ourselves with the single-goal win, our Israeli midfield maestro struck again! Gloukh bounded forward with the ball and took aim from 20 metres out. The 20-year-old's effort came off the inside of the post and over the line to crown our home comeback (88')!

That's just the way we wanted to set things up for our home UEFA Champions League opener on Tuesday 1 October. Stade Brest are the opposition (kick-off at 18:45 CEST) as we want to count on your support again. Individual tickets as well as four-match packages are available on our online ticket shop.

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Views

We were extremely dominant for parts of the second half, and we only had to worry a bit about their counter-attacks in the first half. What I really liked is that we stepped up our own play. The better we press up front, the more often we have the ball and the more chances we can create. You can't expect that every attack ends in a top chance. The important thing is that we kept things tight at the back to give us the freedom we needed going forward. Good things take time, and we are developing step by step.

Pepijn Lijnders

We have definitely taken a step forward. Our aggressive pressing worked better again today after not going so well in recent games. We never gave up after losing the ball, which was very important. We are very pleased to take a 2-0 win, of course! Keeping a third clean sheet in a row is a great feeling too - both for me as a goalkeeper and for the entire team.

Janis Blaswich

Line-up

Substitutions

Gourna-Douath for Bajcetic, Bidstrup for Morgalla, Clark for Nene (all 68'), Gadou for Piatkowski (90+1'), Yeo for Daghim (90+1')

Yellow cards

None

Injury news

Not available were S. Baidoo (calf), Fernando (thigh), Daouda Guindo (metatarsal), Takumu Kawamura (knee), Maurits Kjaergaard (ankle) and Aleksa Terzic (thigh).