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LASK squanders lead against Hartberg: "It's our own fault"

LASK squanders a lead twice in a 3-3 draw against Hartberg. After leading 2-0 at halftime and 3-1, the double winner still concedes. The players primarily blame their own mistakes for this.

LASK squanders lead against Hartberg: "It's our own fault" Photo: © GEPA
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Third game, third time in a row no win for LASK! Despite leading three times, LASK could not manage more than a 3-3 draw against TSV Hartberg (to the match report>>>).

After a 2-0 lead at halftime and a renewed 3-1 advantage in the second half, the double winner seemed to be on course for victory for a long time. In the end, however, the Linz side had to settle for one point. Captain Sascha Horvath and Andres Andrade primarily attribute the reasons for this to their own team.

Horvath: "It's our own fault"

"It's simply our own fault," Horvath said after the game on "Sky". LASK had actually been playing well with the lead, but brought themselves into difficulties through their own mistakes.

Especially defensively, the team had been too far from their opponents. "We are simply always too far away from our opponents," explains the captain. This allowed Hartberg to repeatedly get the opportunity to turn around and become dangerous.

The mistakes this time were too simple and were punished accordingly by the opponent. Horvath now wants to analyze the match during the three-week international break: "We have enough time to get this right again."

Andrade criticizes the team

Andres Andrade is even more explicit. The defender speaks of an intense game and a high workload in recent weeks.

Wir waren ein bisschen arrogant heute.

Andres Andrade

LASK played well in the first half, but then they let up.

"We were a bit arrogant today, and that gets punished in this league," says Andrade. After the clear lead, the team became too negligent twice.

He also speaks of individual mistakes that led to the conceded goals. These had already accumulated in recent weeks and were again decisive this time.

Kühbauer: "It was not good"

Kühbauer: "It was not good"
LASK-Coach Didi Kühbauer war nach Schlusspfiff kurz angebunden. Mit seinen Spielern gab es aber Redebedarf.
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Coach Dietmar Kühbauer's verdict is short and clear: "It simply wasn't good."

When asked what didn't work, the LASK coach answers: "A lot. A lot. Too many mistakes."

Kühbauer also shares a similar view on the mental fatigue and arrogance mentioned by Andrade. To the assessment that his players might have become too self-confident after the 2-0 lead, he reacts clearly: "Not far from it."

LASK must utilize the break

For the Linz side, the international break therefore comes at an opportune moment. The last victory for the Linz club dates back to early September. After the international break, the highlight matches against league leaders Rapid (Oct 11) and the Champions League duel at Anfield Road (Oct 14) follow.

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