Hartberg celebrates a historic win in Salzburg. The team of coach Manfred Schmid won 3:1 against the favorite. The win was the first for Hartberg in Salzburg against the Red Bull team. Defender Paul Komposch returned to the starting lineup after a break of over ten months. Hartberg started weakly, but after a change of pace, Fabian Wilfinger scored the leading goal. After a mistake by Tim Drexler, Wilfinger was shot from a short distance and the ball bounced off his leg into the goal. The Salzburg team was dominant in the initial phase, but Hartberg acted more consistently. The substituted Damjan Kovacevic decided the game and the final score in the finish. Daniel Beichler, the coach of Salzburg, had been heavily criticized lately and is likely to be replaced in the summer as part of a larger upheaval at the former league dominant team. Hartberg had never scored a point in Salzburg against the Red Bull team before this season. After a 0:0 draw in early March, they managed to do so for the second time. The departing coach Manfred Schmid bid farewell with a win, the second in the championship group, after three consecutive defeats. The defeat was the fifth for Salzburg in the championship group. Kerim Alajbegovic shot just wide of the goal and the substituted Edmund Baidoo scored a goal from an individual action. The Bosnian bid farewell with his ninth league goal back to Bayer Leverkusen.
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Hartberg Celebrates Historic Win in Salzburg
Hartberg secures a surprising 3:1 win against Salzburg - the first defeat for the 'Bulls' in the 22nd league match. Read the details of the game
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