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Red Bull Salzburg demolishes FC BW Linz in a dominant performance
Wals-Siezenheim, Austria. Red Bull Salzburg convincingly defeated FC BW Linz in the second round of the Austrian Bundesliga, with a final score of 5-1. The game, played at the Red Bull Arena, was marked by the dominance of the home team, who controlled every aspect of the game.
Salzburg opened the scoring in the 12th minute through C. Noss, assisted by K. Dobras. However, Linz quickly equalized in the 15th minute with a goal from O. Gloukh, who received a pass from A. Dedic.
Linz’s joy was short-lived. Gloukh scored again in the 34th minute, this time with an assist from P. Ratkov, to make it 2-1. In the 62nd minute, Gloukh completed his hat-trick with a pass from M. K. Yeo, and in the 73rd minute, Yeo returned the favor to Gloukh with an assist goal.
Salzburg’s dominance was complete with M. Bidstrup‘s goal in the 78th minute, leaving the final score at 5-1.
Statistics:
Red Bull Salzburg: 78% possession, 29 shots (9 on target, 9 off target), 5 corners, 4 fouls, 1 yellow card, 0 red cards
FC BW Linz: 22% possession, 3 shots (1 on target, 1 off target), 1 corner, 8 fouls, 2 yellow cards, 0 red cards
Match events:
* 3′: FC BW Linz – Yellow card for M. Maranda
* 12′: FC BW Linz – Goal by C. Noss, assist by K. Dobras
* 15′: Red Bull Salzburg – Goal by O. Gloukh, assist by A. Dedic
* 20′: FC BW Linz – Goal disallowed to C. Noss for offside
* 32′: Red Bull Salzburg – Yellow card for K. Piatkowski
* 34′: Red Bull Salzburg – Goal by O. Gloukh, assist by P. Ratkov
* 62′: Red Bull Salzburg – Goal by O. Gloukh, assist by M. K. Yeo
* 73′: Red Bull Salzburg – Goal by M. K. Yeo, assist by M. Kjaergaard
* 78′: Red Bull Salzburg – Goal by M. Bidstrup, assist by M. Kjaergaard
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Substitutions fc bw linz: at minute 46 T. Goiginger came in and K. Dobras went out., at minute 46 S. Seidl came in and L. Ibertsberger went out., at minute 46 S. Pirkl came in and L. Dantas went out., at minute 63 A. Schmidt came in and A. Pasic went out., at minute 71 J. Golles came in and Ronivaldo went out.
Substitutions red bull salzburg: at minute 64 M. Kjaergaard came in and N. Capaldo went out., at minute 64 A. Terzic came in and J. Mellberg went out., at minute 64 D. Nene came in and P. Ratkov went out., at minute 74 M. Bidstrup came in and O. Gloukh went out., at minute 77 L. Gourna-Douath came in and M. K. Yeo went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Red Bull Salzburg
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