As part of the opening of a new sports facility in Pischelsdorf, our Red Bulls played a friendly match there against FC Blau-Weiß Linz. The clash with the 2. Liga leaders ended in a narrow 1–2 defeat.

Early on, Edmund Baidoo headed our boys into the lead following a fine assist by Konate. The Ghanaian also hit the crossbar shortly afterwards, while Dominik Schmid and Stefan Lainer failed to convert good chances. Linz captain Manuel Maranda equalized with a header just before the break. Shortly after the restart, the Linz side turned the match around, scoring in the 47th minute to seal a 2–1 win.

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We wrapped up a good week of training with a genuinely good friendly match, even if the final result wasn't what we wanted. That’s a bit frustrating. However, we were able to implement much of what we had planned and handled many situations well, especially in possession. We also created enough chances to win the game. Now we have two days off before we can fully prepare for the next block of important matches.

Danny Röhl

OTHER THINGS TO NOTE:

The following 10 international players were unavailable today: Abubakr Barry, Kevin Boma, Aboubacar Camara, Filip Matijasevic, Bartosz Mazurek, John Mellberg, Leandro Morgalla, Nikola Sarcevic, Haris Tabakovic and Valentin Zabransky.
Missing due to injury were Enrique Aguilar (thigh), Soumaila Diabate (thigh), Johannes Moser (adductor), Justin Omoregie (ankle), Damir Redzic (ankle), Nikolas Veratschnig (knee) and Christian Zawieschitzky (adductor).
On the positive side, Gaoussou Diakite returned to action after a long injury lay-off.
FC Liefering youngsters Filip Aleksic, Teo Hupfauf, Julian Hussauf, Ilia Ivanschitz, Riquelme, Lassina Traore and Jakob Zangerl were also included in the squad for the friendly match.
The team has the weekend off from training before preparations begin on Monday for the upcoming ADMIRAL Bundesliga match against GAK.

Friendly defeat in the international break