Soccer Football - Austrian Cup Final - FC Red Bull Salzburg v Austria Lustenau - Woerthersee Stadium, Klagenfurt, Austria - May 29, 2020 FC Red Bull Salzburg players celebrate with the trophy after winning the final. Play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
Salzburg won the Austrian Cup with a ruthless 5-0 destruction of second tier Austria Lustenau in the final as the season resumed following the coronavirus stoppage on Friday.
In a match played without spectators at Klagenfurt's Woerthersee Stadium, the favourites took control of the match with two quickfire goals midway through the first half.
Dominik Szoboszlai put Salzburg ahead from a free kick in the 19th minute and Dominik Stumberger put through his own goal two minutes later as Lustenau, making their second final appearance, fell apart.
Soccer Football - Austrian Cup Final - FC Red Bull Salzburg v Austria Lustenau - Woerthersee Stadium, Klagenfurt, Austria - May 29, 2020 FC Red Bull Salzburg's Andre Ramalho in action as play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
Noah Okafor took advantage of poor marking to fire the third in the 53rd minute, Majeed Ashimeru drove in the fourth from the edge of the area in the 65th minute and Sekou Koita completed the rout when a clearance ricocheted off him and into the net.
It is the seventh time that Salzburg have won the competition, all of them in the last nine seasons. The league season is due to restart on Tuesday.
Soccer Football - Austrian Cup Final - FC Red Bull Salzburg v Austria Lustenau - Woerthersee Stadium, Klagenfurt, Austria - May 29, 2020 FC Red Bull Salzburg's Andre Ramalho in action with Austria Lustenau's Majeed Ashimeru as play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
(Writing by Brian Homewood; Editing by Toby Davis)
Soccer Football - Austrian Cup Final - FC Red Bull Salzburg v Austria Lustenau - Woerthersee Stadium, Klagenfurt, Austria - May 29, 2020 FC Red Bull Salzburg's Majeed Ashimeru celebrates after the match with the trophy. Play resumed behind closed doors following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) REUTERS/Leonhard FoegerSoccer Football - Austrian Cup Final - FC Red Bull Salzburg v Austria Lustenau - Woerthersee Stadium, Klagenfurt, Austria - May 29, 2020 FC Red Bull Salzburg's Hwang Hee-chan in action with Austria Lustenau's Christoph Freitag as play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) REUTERS/Leonhard FoegerSoccer Football - Austrian Cup Final - FC Red Bull Salzburg v Austria Lustenau - Woerthersee Stadium, Klagenfurt, Austria - May 29, 2020 FC Red Bull Salzburg's Majeed Ashimeru in action with Austria Lustenau's Obina as play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) REUTERS/Leonhard FoegerSoccer Football - Austrian Cup Final - FC Red Bull Salzburg v Austria Lustenau - Woerthersee Stadium, Klagenfurt, Austria - May 29, 2020 FC Red Bull Salzburg's Noah Okafor scores their third goal, as play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
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