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The first appearance of the Austrian national soccer team after the nine-month break was extremely promising. The Foda-Elf deservedly won 2-1 in Norway and now hopes to be able to add to the second duel on Monday evening. Austria wants to fix the perfect Nations League start against Romania in the Wörthersee Stadium in Klagenfurt.
At the same time as the Austrian success, the Eastern Europeans were also in action and had to be content with a 1-1 draw in the home game against Northern Ireland. This means that the red-white-red selection is also the first table leader in Group 1 of Nations League B.
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Austria:
The omens for the performance in Oslo were not particularly good. In addition to the long break from competition and the different fitness levels of the players, Franco Foda had to improvise vigorously in his 23rd international match as Austria’s national coach. Almost half of the regular formation was missing for various reasons.
Nevertheless, the newly formed ÖFB-Elf presented itself wide awake from the beginning and dictated the game. Despite the guest role, Austria had much more possession of the ball, but initially failed to convert this superiority into goals. An artistic contribution from Augsburg attacker Gregoritsch deservedly brought Austria into the lead, Sabitzer increased after the break after a controversial penalty decision.
There was no sign of Norway, which was feared especially on the offensive. Austria had Haaland well under control and kept the BVB striker far away from the danger zone. Norway only got stronger after Sörloth came on and came through with Haaland’s first goal. 60% possession of the ball and a shot ratio of 9: 3 count as key data for a well-deserved success.
Austria’s performance was surprisingly strong and also attracted great praise from ÖFB President Leo Windtner. Austria now has an enormous number of legionnaires who are part of the permanent staff in absolute top leagues and can easily compensate for failures. Against Romania it is now time to continue there, hope is the fact that the ÖFB-Elf can be described as strong at home for years.
A look at the statistics makes this clear, because only two of the last 18 home games (against Brazil and Poland) were lost, with Austria recently celebrating four home wins in a row.
In terms of personnel, changes in the core formation are to be expected. Martin Hinteregger had to be replaced in a bad condition, and there are also strong players in the form of Grillitsch, Leinhart, Trimmel or Grbic who are also eager to play.
Romania :
With Christoph Daum, a foreign trainer was supposed to bring know-how to Eastern Europe and bring the national team into shape between July 2016 and September 2017. However, the experiment was ended after ten games and Cosmin Contra took over the selection of his homeland. After a disappointing European Championship qualification (fourth place behind Spain, Sweden, Norway), however, he too was history.
The previous coach of the U21 team, Mirel Radoi, was introduced as his successor. His big task will be to get the 2021 European Championship ticket through the Nations League back door. Despite finishing second in the first edition of the UEFA Nations League, the Romanians slipped into the semi-finals in play-off path A, because all the other teams with the exception of Iceland have already had their ticket to the European Championship. Romania could thus benefit from the complicated regulations in October and secure the right to start at the very last minute.
In the semifinals, the three-coloreds will visit Reykjavik and meet Iceland, in case of success, the winner will be waiting in the final between Bulgaria and Hungary. Iceland is now much weaker than it was four years ago and so the Radoi-Elf can expect a surprise. If the qualification actually succeeds, Austria and Romania will meet at the European Championships in Bucharest in 2021.
Before the dream of participating in the European Championship is pursued, the Nations League is the present. In the home game against Northern Ireland everything went according to plan for a long time. Striker George Puscas gave the favorites an early lead and after a yellow-red card against a Northern Irishman (39th) the way to victory was paved.
In the final phase, the Romanians received the bitter compensation despite the majority and thus missed their first win since October 2019.
Austria vs Romania head to head matches
05.06.12 FI Austria Romania 0 : 0
09.09.09 WC Romania Austria 1 : 1
01.04.09 WC Austria Romania 2 : 1
18.11.87 EUR Austria Romania 0 : 0
10.09.86 EUR Romania Austria 4 : 0