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The FB national team celebrated a narrow but well deserved 1-0 victory in Pristina in the last qualifying match against Kosovo. The winner of the match was Ried-Strmer Marco Grll, who arrived as the “joker” with his goal in the 86th minute. Werner Gregoritsch was able to encourage his return to the coaches’ bench.
The 62-year-old had missed his two most recent defeats against Albania (1: 5) and England (1: 2) due to a minor heart attack. The Austrians celebrated their fifth win in their eighth game, but due to three losses it doesn’t look too good for a ticket to the European Championship. Because in addition to the nine group winners, only the five best runners-up make it to the two-part final.
Before the duels in Turkey (November 13 at Samsun) and against Andorra (November 17 at Ried), the first place in Group 3 was close to four points, but the English played one game less in addition to their advantage. .
Gregoritsch made four changes compared to the home game against England. New to the team were David Schnegg, returning Kevin Danso, Lukas Malicsek and Rapid Rough Diamond Yusuf Demir. It was also Demir who was able to put some accents in the first half. The most dangerous was a volley shot that went just over the gate (11th). Furthermore, only LASK forward Marko Raguz came close to scoring (43).
The selection of FB was difficult, because despite being clearly overweight in terms of participation in the game, the necessary speed was lacking in the game. Often the last pass was missing. The Kosovars were well controlled, apart from a rightly denied offside goal (42nd), there was nothing to do with the home side’s offense.
That didn’t really change even after the break. The FB proteges pushed the advantage, Demir closed after a good action next to the goal, Hannes Wolf from Gladbach claimed a penalty after a duel in the area in vain (67th) and the “Joker” Kelvin Arase crashed the ball after a Demir’s failed chance at the bar (74).
Two minutes later, the locals nearly turned the game over, with Muharrem Jashari aiming past the far corner. In the end, the guests were able to celebrate at the Stadiumi Fadil Vokrri. In a combination of two alternates, Grll met after work Alexander Schmidt. The action was initiated by strong Demir.
In contrast to the 4-0 at home on November 15, 2019, they had much more trouble. With the loss of LASK player Dominik Reiter there was also a disappointment, the 22-year-old was taken off the pitch after just under half an hour. .
