Red Bull Salzburg are unstoppable on their way to their ninth straight title. The Bulls clearly won 6-0 to Klagenfurt’s ten.
Red Bull Salzburg is marching inexorably towards a ninth straight title. Luka Sucic with two goals (42′, 55′), Maximilian Wöber (68′), Maurits Kjaergaard (70′), Karim Adeyemi (79’/no penalty) and Benjamin Sesko (81′) hit the “bulls”. in the 26th round of the Bundesliga for a 6-0 (1-0) rout of the last and group champion Austria Klagenfurt.
Before the evening’s match between Sturm Graz and Austria Vienna, Salzburg’s lead over Styria was already 15 points. For Salzburg it was a highly successful rematch against the Carinthia, who were decimated in the 30th minute (red for Turgay Gemicibasi) by 1:2 at Wörthersee on 27 November of the previous year. Klagenfurt is two points behind WAC after the third defeat in the fourth phase of the championship (1 draw) and is the last in the table.
Adeyemi again just on the bench
Salzburg appeared with the same starting eleven as in their recent 2-1 win over Rapid. Playmaker Adeyemi, who was courted by Dortmund, was only on the bench again at the start, with Junior Adamu looking to replace him.
As was to be expected, Salzburg started well against a low opponent, initially with a harmless Adamu-Köpfler, which goalkeeper Phillip Menzel easily tamed (5′) and Nicolas Capaldo’s long-range shot over the goal (8′) ). Christopher Cvetko’s blocked shot following a stab in the penalty area (9th) triggered the purple need for safety, and Austria now appeared a little more aggressive.
In the 30th minute, it was a little too aggressive, Gemicibasi was fouled in Capaldo’s midfield so unnecessarily so brutally and was red for it. For the third time this season (twice red, once yellow-red) the German had to leave the place. . However, the occasional Klagenfurt needle prick was inevitable, for example Wöber and Oumar Solet had to clean up Florian Jaritz in dire need (36th).
Bulls celebrate their 21st win of the season
Of course, Salzburg’s rule cannot be shaken. A minute later, Adamu got around Menzel after an unsuccessful return pass from Michael Blauensteiner, but it only hit the side net. Previously, Blauensteiner had already deflected an attempt by Adamu on his own pole (26th). Just before the break, however, the time and the necessary precision arrived: Sucic kicked from a few meters to make it 1-0 after a beautiful preliminary work by Nicolas Seiwald.
As expected, the favorites did not let their 21st win of the season be taken away after the change of sides. Markus Pink forced Salzburg goalkeeper Philipp Köhn to make a save (49′), but that was it. After a shot to the post by Adeyemi, Sucic stole from a few meters and scored the preliminary decision with his first double of the championship.
But Salzburg weren’t content with that: Wöber effortlessly drove Sucic’s free-kick widened by Adeyemi into goal and made it 3-0, just about two minutes later “Joker” Kjaergaard headed in. In the middle, Adeyemi was unlucky with a roll from the inside out, the ball returned to the field. On the finish, Adeyemi took a penalty after Ivan Saravanja’s handball with his first second goal in 2022 and Sesko secured the victory.