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Hopefully this performance will not jeopardize Werner Gregoritsch’s recovery. The U21 team boss was represented by Peter Schöttel after his heart attack. The return of the ÖFB sporting director to the coaches’ bench ended, however, with one of the biggest embarrassments among the youngsters: against Albania in qualifying for the European Under-21 Championship in the ghost game in Ried at 1: 5.
A year ago there was a 4-0 away win.
Self-fallen
This means that the chances of being in the top five runners-up of the group have diminished to participate again in the final (after the European Under-21 Championship in Italy 2019). In addition to the host countries Hungary and Slovenia, in addition to the nine group winners, the top five runners-up qualify for the tournament. The ÖFB team had won four of their five matches in 2019 qualifying, but group favorites England had already lost 5-1.
The 4-0 victory in Albania on September 9 last year, although the match went well, made the home team a clear favorite this time. Schöttel called up five debutants.
The 0: 1 came off a free kick from about 20 meters by captain Sherif Kallaku, ten minutes later Indrit Tuci increased to 0: 2 after a quick attack game. Ernest Muci’s 0: 3 fell from a counterattack after a chance from Raguz (63rd).
Short hope
Joker Marco Grüll took a penalty after replacing 17-year-old debutant Yusuf Demir from Rapid, who was used by Wolf (83). But again Muci (87th) and Adolf Selmani (89th) scored twice for the guests.
