2023-11-22 05:11:49
The international year ended with a bang for the Austrian national football team: Captain David Alaba and Co. celebrated a 2-0 win against Germany after an outstanding performance and are now looking optimistically towards the 2024 European Championship.
“It was something special, we wanted to give the fans a win, deliver a convincing performance that will stay in their minds. If you look at the 90 minutes, it was absolutely deserved, the game can also end higher,” celebrated Marcel Sabitzer, who gave the ÖFB team the lead in the first half. From minute one, Austria was clearly the better team against the four-time world champions. While the DFB team showed another disappointing performance, Austria was able to shine from minute one. At the back, captain David Alaba and Co. destroyed the opponent’s offensive efforts without much effort, while at the front the ÖFB offensive forces proved to be happy to play.
Praise from team boss Ralf Rangnick
“The team played really well against the ball and didn’t let anything happen. We also did a lot of good things with the ball. Overall, it was a game like we imagined. If we win against a team like Germany, deserve to win, then “It’s always something special,” said ÖFB team boss Ralf Rangnick after the prestigious win against his home country. While his former protégé Julian Nagelsmann is already being criticized at home after the second defeat in his fourth game as DFB team boss, Rangnick has the Austrian public at his feet. And the coaching fox is optimistic about the 2024 European Championship in Germany: “When we play like this in a tournament, it’s not easy to play against us. It was still just a test match, things will get really serious in June. We still have the benchmark once set higher today.”
A bang after successful European Championship qualification
The international year couldn’t have ended better for Xaver Schlager: “That was a great end to the year. We couldn’t have imagined it better. The final impression of us is now good. It was a great performance. For next year “It doesn’t mean anything, we’ll start from scratch again. But today we’re going to enjoy the day.” The next highlight is on the agenda for the kickers and fans on December 2nd: the groups for the European Championship will be drawn in Hamburg. In its current state, the ÖFB team does not need to fear any opponent. But it is also a fact that it will take all the top players to be able to play a strong final round. Only when the top performers Alaba, Alexander Schlager, Konard Laimer, Marcel Sabitzer and Christoph Baumgartner are in full possession of their strength will it be possible to challenge Europe’s top nations.
Cat misery in Germany
“There are things where we have to start. It’s all about extremely hard work and German virtues, that’s a fact. We can’t die beautifully. We won’t become defensive monsters in the summer either. The team is not liberated. We “We’re not the same unit that we are outside of the pitch. We’re not brimming with self-confidence, that’s just a fact. That’s obvious when you look at the last few years,” analyzed team boss Nagelsmann, who only has seven months left To get the team back in shape for the home European Championships. In the current situation, even surviving the group stage is in serious danger.
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