Red Bull Salzburg 4–1 Bahrain (H/T: 1-0). Bulls goals: Pitak, Carboni, Lokvenc and Vujic
Red Bull Salzburg emerged triumphant from the first friendly of their Irdning training camp after thumping Bahrain 4-1 (H/T: 1-0). Around 500 spectators witnessed goals from Pitak (10 mins), Carboni (58 mins), Lokvenc (78 mins) and Vujic (84 mins) as Salzburg at times exhibited some flashy, free-flowing football.
Red Bull Salzburg kicked-off against the team ranked 101st in the world by FIFA in the following formation: Ochs; Steinhöfer, Miyamoto, Meyer, Alex; Pitak, Lindlbauer, Carboni, Jezek; Leitgeb; Zickler.
Despite the rain lashing down on the Irdning pitch the friendly proved to be a lively affair with plenty of action at either goalmouth.
The Bulls got their first opportunity in the sixth minute: Jezek rifles a volley just over after being supplied by Zickler.
10 minutes: Red Bull Salzburg take the lead! Alex is brought down giving new recruit Christoph Leitgeb the chance to take a free-kick in his first game for the Bulls. The Austrian chips the ball into the middle where Pitak is placed perfectly to head home for a 1-0 lead!
Ten minutes later, Salzburg have their next good move. Pitak receives the ball from Carboni via Steinhöfer but can only find Ibrahimi, the Bahrain goalkeeper, from short range.
25 minutes: Ali should equalise for Bahrain and despairingly sees his shot come agonisingly close.
33 minutes: Leitgeb is given another chance to demonstrate his set-piece ability and successfully picks out Pitak again from a free-kick. This time the Czech is standing unchallenged on the six-yard line, makes contact with his head again but sends the ball over.
Leitgeb then creates yet another chance from a free-kick, with Zickler heading at the goalkeeper this time. It has been a fantastic debut so far for the young Austrian.
The Bulls head down the tunnel with a narrow but deserved 1-0 half-time lead. Özcan replaces Ochs in the Salzburg goal as Pitak gains another chance shortly after the break: A Jezek free-kick from the right is met by the Czech and sent crashing over the Bahrain goal.
56 minutes: An unexpected equaliser as Ismael fires a tasty shot from a good 20 yards out over Özcan and into the back of the net.
Red Bull Salzburg hit back and race back into the lead two minutes later: Jezek's corner bounces out to Carboni who takes aim yards outside the penalty area and places the ball into the far corner with delicious precision: 2-1 after 58 minutes!
65 minutes: Giovanni Trapattoni makes a mass substitution. Steinhöfer, Pitak, Leitgeb, Jezek and Zickler all leave the field to be replaced by Sonko Pa, Vonlanthen, Lokvenc, Vujic and new signing Sasa Ilic, who a few seconds later is inches away from getting a goal with his first ever touch as a Bulls' player!
78 minutes: 3-1 to Red Bull Salzburg! Alex weaves ssome magic on the left side to surge through the defence and play the perfect centre to Lokvenc. The Czech applies a calm and collected finish from the inside left.
Immediately following the goal RBS make another substitution: Lindlbauer makes way for Obermair.
84 minutes: 4-1 to the Bulls! Vonlanthen departs on a fantastic run, leaving a number of opponents for dead. He then hoists the ball to Vujic who can head into the net from five yards!
Vonlanthen is forced to leave the field two minutes from time with a light strain and Salzburg must complete the 4-1 triumph with ten men.
Source:redbulls.com/
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