SC Kittsee send UFC Tadten home with just a single point in the snow

It was a tough fall season for SC Kittsee with just two wins and 8 points sharing the bottom of the standings with Apetlon, positiond for relegation. The spring season has started off much better with a 1-1 tie with top tier SV Wimpassing on 26 March followed by 5-0 drubbing of fellow cellar-dweller Apetlon on Wednesday 30 March. On Saturday night, March 30, SC Kittsee earned another point, tying a lively mid-standings Tadten team, 1-1. That’s three games with one win and two ties in a week. Saturday night was very cold and ended in a snow storm. Here’s some photos.

Skerlan battles Richnavský for jump ball. Denis Richnavský learns about the dangers of flying too high near Sebastian Skerlan

Richnavský attempts to break free. Tadten dominated the early going with a brisk attack and good possession

Pickler breaks free and scores for Tadten. Neither Jaroslav Machovec nor Jakub Kudlicka can catch Sebastian Pichler despite their best efforts

Machovec chases loose ball in front of Tadten net. Tadten’s defensive line was solid until Jozef Sombat joined the fray in the second half

Rastislav Kruzliak fires on Kittsee goal. Tadten had plenty of chances in the first half. Manuel Schiszler did well to give up just one goal and keep Kittsee in the game.

Skerlan battles Sebastian Pichler for a long forward pass. Sebastian Skerlan made sure that passing through midfield was always a slog for Tadten

Maximilian Mikula American football tackles Daniel Klinkhammer. There was quite a bit of grabbing and holding on both sides

Klinkhammer kicks ball away from Mikula. The tripping and grabbing went both ways. Both Mikula and Klinkhammer broke the rules here, but this time Mikula started it with his grab.

Kittsee’s Michal Andrasik shoots just wide of Tadten goal.

SC Kittsee wins the yellow card competition again 4-2

Unstoppable header from Machovec. Jaroslav Machovec takes SC Kittsee to tie game

Machovec reacts to his goal. Tadten keeper Adam Klekner was incensed most of the second half, watching the hopes of UFC Tadten to join the mid-tier II Liga Nord teams go up in smoke to relegation candidate SC Kittsee.

SC Kittsee attackers celebrate goal. Jozef Sombat, Tobias Wisak, Christoph Drobela, Juraj Fuska congratulate Jaroslav Machovec on his timely goal

Christoph Drobela fights to head a crossing pass past Adam Klekner. Jaroslav Machovec’s goal was one of several good Kittsee chances in the second half. Jozef Sombat’s presence put Tadten on their back foot and ended their early dominance.

Extended injury timeout. I believe it’s Tadten’s Hannes Wilkovits who was injured. On a very cold April night, bravo to the Kittsee fans who braved the cold and snow to support SC Kittsee.

Machovec almost scores again. The crossing pass just slipped past the outside post. Tadten keeper Adam Klekner suffered under intense pressure from Jaroslav Machovec.

Machovec slows Tadten breakout. Jaroslav Machovec kept persistent pressure on Tadten keeper Adam Klekner, disrupting their game.

Snowy wall. Tadten had a very good chance on a penalty shot by David Valek but the Kittsee wall of Juraj Fuska, Christoph Drobela, Thomas Bastian and Michal Andrasik held solid.

Jakub Kudlicka drives on Tadten goal. Kudlicka outran
Tadten’s Michael Pelzmann down the sideline under the snow

Juraj Fuska outbattles Richnavský for the ball. Both teams fought hard until the end

End of game snow storm — Kittsee sektionsleiter Markus Roth heads to the locker during the end of game snow storm.

Tadten team posted an excellent write-up of the game play in German. Here’s a quick translation:

After the draw at home against UFC Pama, a “tricky” away game awaited us in Kittsee.

From the beginning, we were well in the game against the somewhat unsettled home side. We were clearly in control and dominated the game.

We also had some good chances, but often we were not precise enough or we did not get the last pass or we missed the right time to play the better positioned team mate.

So we missed some good chances to take the lead, although we were still dominating the game. Initially, the home side did not score much or even anything.

But after half an hour, Sebastian Pichler scored the well-deserved 1:0 for our team after a (dream) pass from Dominik Christ.

Shortly before the break, the home side had their only real chance to score: After a misunderstanding in our defence, Adam Klekner made a great save. We go into the break with a 1:0 lead.

Immediately after the break, we concede an “avoidable” goal after a standard situation.

After that, the game was even in difficult conditions (snow flurries). We are no longer as dominant as before the break, the home side is now a bit better in the game. There are no big goals on either side until the end. So it remains 1:1.

Conclusion: Before the break we could have or should have decided the game for us. Unfortunately, we failed to take advantage of the many good opportunities. After the break, we couldn’t generate as much pressure and therefore had to be content with the 1:1 in the end. Now full focus on the upcoming derby against Wallern!!!! Gemma boys!!! Vuigas!!!!

Tadten frustration after their strong first half is understandable.