Naturns (in yellow and blue) celebrated a derby victory in Latsch. © Sarah Mitterer

In Latsch: Naturns turns the regional league derby around.

Naturns remains just seven points behind league leaders Bruneck in the Landesliga. The team from the lower Vinschgau region celebrated an important derby victory in Latsch on Sunday.

March 15, 2026

From: dl

After the last-minute victory against Natz, he celebrated Naturno A week later, they secured another narrow victory, winning the tricky away game against Latsch 2-1. The Black and Whites had deservedly taken the lead after just under half an hour: following a Mair corner, Philipp Traut rose high in the middle and headed the ball into the far corner to make it 1-0.

Just five minutes later, Naturns equalized when a low cross from Tobias Pichler landed at the feet of Kevin Buzi, who fired home from the edge of the penalty area. Top striker Thomas Mair then secured the victory just over an hour into the game with a powerful header from a Buzi cross. Overall, the large crowd in Latsch witnessed an open and exciting match. The home side remains in the lower half of the table after the defeat.

Several hundred spectators didn't want to miss the derby. © Sarah Mitterer

Olympia Merano Merano missed the opportunity to close the gap on Naturns and now trails second place by six points. They conceded a bitter equalizer against Voran Leifers late in the game, resulting in a 1-1 draw. Naz However, they halted Tscherms Marling's winning streak with a clear 3-0 home victory. Goalscorer Leo Tauber netted twice. Newly promoted Natz played

State league, 21th matchday

Latsch – Naturns 1:2
1:0 Traut (29th minute), 1:1 Buzi (33rd minute), 1:2 Mair (66th minute)

Natz – Tscherms Marling 3:0
1:0 Tauber (64th), 2:0 Tauber (66th), 3:0 Auer (90th minute)

Olimpia Meran – Voran Leifers 1:1
1:0 Skuka (77th minute), 1:1 Larentis (90th minute)


Already played on Saturday:
Gitschberg Jochtal – Weinstraße Süd 2-0
Goals: 1-0 Pasquazzo (53rd), 2-0 Lukas Hofer (87th)

Salurn – Gargazon 2:0
Goals: 1:0 Bertoldi (75th), 2:0 Bertoldi (87th)

Schenna – Brunico 0:4
Goals: 0-1 Pfeifer (12'), 0-2 Lorenzi (52'), 0-3 Gräber (71'), 0-4 Wachtler (90')

Lana – Freienfeld 2:1
Goals: 1:0 Brugger (1st), 1:1 Niederbrunner (10th), 2:1 Fumai (32nd)

Stegen – Terlan 0:1
Goal: 0:1 Sammah (81st minute)

The table