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The Serbian national team comes to Vienna to solve the ticket for the World Cup in Russia! With a victory against Austria, the “eagles” could no longer be caught by any other team and would be allowed to travel to Russia. The team drawn from pot three into group D was the big unknown at the beginning of the qualification. The teams of Austria, Ireland and Wales have been rated by many experts as favorites for the group win. However, it soon became clear that the Serbian national team was a serious opponent. The coach Slavoljub Muslin formed a functioning team, packed with numerous top players from the largest leagues of Europe. After eight games in group D, the Serbs are only one step ahead of the fixed participation in the World Cup in Russia.
The first duel between the two teams in Belgrade ended with a 3: 2 victory for the Serbs. The hosts showed the Austrians their limits and finally went as a deserved winner from the court.
Now the penultimate game is at the door. For the Austrian national team, nothing is planned at the moment. After the team’s dismissal, it was announced that Austria would be separated by coach Marcel Koller. For the last two games of the qualifying, Koller will still sit at the side line. In addition there are numerous failures in the team. The Austrian team can only put on the home advantage to a limited extent, as the “Ernst Happel Stadium” is likely to cheer the Serbian team around half of all spectators. Since the Serbs are the largest foreign community in Vienna (about 100,000) and it was already announced in advance that thousands of fans from Serbia will arrive, it can be expected that it will be very loud in the guest sector.
Austria :
As just mentioned, the Austrian national team is currently struggling with great problems. Above all, there is the failed qualification for Russia 2018. In the previous two games, the last hopes of a participation were destroyed. The men of Marcel Koller had to be beaten 1: 0 against Wales, and after that, Alaba and Co. made a flattering 1: 1 win against Georgia. With this draw, the last theoretical possibility was to travel to Russia. As a result of this departure, the Presidium decided to release Marcel Koller, the successful trainer from the past years. However, the Swiss will be the last two qualifying matches against Serbia and Moldova still sit on the coach bench.
The actual personnel situation of the Austrian national team can be described as catastrophic. So recently, four very important pillars for the upcoming games were held. Above all, the superstar David Alaba will not be available to the coach. He has problems with his ankle and is using the national pause to be fit again for the upcoming tasks with Bayern Munich. Also missing are Martin Hinteregger (Augsburg), Marcel Sabitzer (RB Leipzig) and Martin Harnik (Hannover 96). Even during the announcement of the squad, Sebastion Prödl (Watford), Kevin Wimmer (Stoke), Alessandro Schöpf (Schalke) and Zlatko Junuzovic (Bremen) were not considered due to injuries. Important players from past years like captain Julian Baumgartlinger, Aleksandar Dragovic (Leicester City) and Marc Janko (Sparta Prague) are hardly used by their clubs and are therefore not in shape. After a protracted injury, Valentino Lazaro (Hertha Berlin) denied a mandatory match for his club. Apart from Marko Arnautovic (West Ham), all the players who played for Austria in the European Championship in 2016 are missing from their clubs.
Serbia :
Serbia are close to qualifying for the 2018 World Cup. A single victory against Austria is missing to reach the big goal. Currently the “Adler” with 18 points at the top of the table, followed by Wales (14) and Ireland (13). If Serbia does not win in Vienna, the last match will still be at home against Georgia in order to fulfill the great dream.
The team of Slavoljub Muslin is in very good condition. None of the previous eight qualifying games have been lost. With five wins and three draws, the Serbs are right in position one. Lastly, Moldova were defeated 3-0 and with a 1-0 win over Ireland, the Serbian team outpoured a direct rival in the first place.
Personnel has no complaints to Muslin. All service providers are available to the team. The topstars team is able to travel to Austria with full strength. Nemanja Matic (Manchester United), Aleksandar Kolarov (AS Roma), Branislav Ivanovic (Zenit St. Petersburg) and Co. are already slowly planning for Russia.
Austria vs Serbia head to head matches
09.10.16 WC Serbia Austria 3 : 2
06.06.09 WC Serbia Austria 1 : 0
15.10.08 WC Austria Serbia 1 : 3