Salzburg hosts Rapid in the final of the OFB Cup. The match will be played on Wednesday, May 1st at Wörthersee Stadion (Klagenfurt)
Red Bull Salzburg will almost certainly become the champion of Austria. Actually, it is no wonder. Nevertheless, this team can be sympathized with, because they move in accordance with the vector chosen by Red Bull for this club: Salzburg does not buy ready-made stars, but raise them.
Relatively recently, this team achieved very good results even in European competitions- it played in the semi-final of last year's draw of the Europa League. Here it is worth remembering that Salzburg fully deserved the final, but a small flaw of the referee panel headed by Sergey Karasev helped Marseille to score - the corner kick that led to the goal was awarded mistakenly.
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On the other hand, Rapid, which used to be the main force in Austrian football, has quite disgraced itself in this season: yes, they still haunt Russian clubs in European competitions, but following the results of the first part of the season, the team somehow found itself not in the championship group but in the playoffs for the right to remain in Austrian Tipico Bundesliga.
Yes, this fact is more likely to be symbolic (lately, Rapid has scored 26 points, while Wolfsberger, which is the third - only 25), so it is important for Rapid to play in the Austrian Cup final at a decent level.
But, no matter how Rapid dreamed of a trophy, we need to be realists: almost no one doubts that Salzburg will manage to win an Austrian trophy once again. Surely, Rapid wants to somehow save this season for itself, and they can bestir themselves for this match, but Salzburg simply has more resources; the team is much cooler, even if they have a lot of young players. And that’s why I give such a prediction - the victory of Salzburg.
Prediction for the match: Salzburg to win
