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This has never happened to the Austrian soccer team in decades: the team’s charter plane takes off this morning for Luxembourg. At 8.30 pm, he fulfills the duty of the international friendly match against Luxembourg, with a team that will probably never be on the field again in this combination. There are a total of 15 excursions.
The five legionaries David Alaba, Marcel Sabitzer, Xaver Schlager, Christoph Baumgartner and Stefan Lainer, who are particularly stressed by the triple exposure in Germany, were saved. Salzburg Cican Stankovic and Andreas Ulmer were nominated after their negative crown tests contrary to the original announcement by FB sporting director Peter Schttel. However, only for the Nations League against Northern Ireland (Sunday) and Norway (Wednesday). Then there are the four injured Alessandro Schpf, Florian Kainz, Konrad Laimer and Stefan Posch, as well as Marko Arnautovic (in China) and Florian Grillitsch (personal reasons).
Philipp Wiesinger
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Wiesinger later nominated
Due to missing Maximilian Ullmann (precautionary measure after a positive group test in Rapid) and Marco Friedl (travel restrictions) in addition to Alaba and Ulmer, team boss Franco Foda does not have a left wing defender in the team. The LASK player Reinhold Ranftl may have to switch sides. Foda nominated Philipp Wiesinger as an alternative: The 26-year-old was called up for the first time and is the fifth athlete on the team’s current roster.
As a team manager, Foda, of course, shouldn’t wonder if today’s game makes sense. “There are no meaningless games. We can still try something regarding the Nations League.” The list will only be arranged in the afternoon. “You just have to improvise a lot and be flexible right now. We also have to wait and see what unfolds over the course of the day. We are at times where things can change by the hour. The last two days have already been more turbulent. than expected “. Martin Hinteregger will lead the FB team as captain today. “For players like me who are not in the European Cup, three international matches in a row are not a problem.”
Luxembourg on the rise
Luxembourg’s opponent is also on the rise thanks to some naturalizations. Leandro Barreiro, a FSV Mainz player with Portuguese roots, has a market value of four million euros. Today though, team boss Luc Holtz will present a B-Elf because the Luxembourgers could celebrate a special Nations League success next week. In Group C you are the group leader with Montenegro, Azerbaijan and Cyprus in the two decisive group matches. If you were promoted, you would play in group B at a level like Austria today.
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Harald bartl
Deputy Director of the Sports Department
