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Franco Foda announced, however, that his team would not play for a draw, but for victory. “We always want to have the will and the mentality to win from the first minute,” said the APA team boss. “We don’t count and we want to play for the win,” captain Julian Baumgartlinger said, but he also restricted the fact that one should not enter the game “headless”: “We don’t need to take unnecessary risks.”
According to Foda, some improvements are needed compared to the 3-2 home loss to the Romanians a month ago for the three-point plan to be implemented. “We have to focus on defense, like against Greece and Northern Ireland, and we have to seize our opportunities,” said the 54-year-old.
Nations League: Austria v Romania in the favorite role
Austria’s soccer team is the favorite in Wednesday’s Nations League game against Romania, because the Romanians are in crisis after two defeats in a row. But you don’t want to underestimate the team.
Foda does not care about the problems of Romania
As the ÖFB team traveled to Romania with victories over Greece (2: 1 / Test) and Northern Ireland (1: 0 / Nations League), the hosts had to suffer bitter defeats in the semi-final play-off of the Championship of Europe against Iceland (1: 2) and summary in Nations Leaue against Norway (0: 4). What consequences these low blows have for the world ranking 34. Foda did not dare to prophesy.
“I don’t know the state of the Romanian players and there is no point in speculating about anything. It is essential that we demonstrate a unified team effort, ”said the coach. Romanians should not be underestimated, Foda warned. “They are a very strong team, they showed it at the beginning against Norway and Iceland. We have to pressure them and not let them come into play. “
UEFA Nations League
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Romania – Austria
Ploiesti, Ilie Oana Stadium, SR Stefanski (POL)
possible configurations:
Romania: Tatarusanu – Manea, Burca, Balasa, Camora – Maxim, Cretu, Stanciu – Deac, Alibec, Mitrita
Austria: Pervan – Lainer, Dragovic, Hinteregger, Alaba – Grillitsch, Baumgartlinger – Trimmel, X. Schlager, Baumgartner – Gregoritsch
Probably changes in midfield
The team boss naturally left open which lineup he should be successful with and only revealed that Pavao Pervan will be in goal as in the last two games. Furthermore, Foda reported on the idea of ”changing something in one or two positions” compared to the Northern Ireland game. No current injury concerns, the entire team was in action at the final training session on Tuesday night.
While there could be changes to the defensive and offensive midfield, the back four seem ready. So again with David Alaba as a left back. The Bayern legionnaire showed his qualities against Northern Ireland in this position. “He was very positive and active, and very vocal from minute one. You can tell how he’s pushing the left side and we don’t need to talk about his quality anyway, ”Baumgartlinger said.
Confidence speaks for Austria
The captain is optimistic that the third consecutive victory can be achieved. “Based on the strength we showed against Northern Ireland and knowing that we were the best team against Romania in Klagenfurt, we can have respect, but don’t be afraid,” said the Leverkusen legionnaire. Baumgartlinger said they played a “decent game” in the first game with the Romanians. “But we were too careless with the goals.”
The current self-confidence speaks clearly in favor of Austria. “Of course, it’s much better to start a game with two wins than with two losses,” Baumgartlinger said. The midfielder suspected that the European Championship play-off tie in particular should have hit the Romanians hard. “That was definitely a big goal of yours. It’s good for us, because we don’t have a real away game at the Bucharest European Championship. ” The Romanians would have been Austria’s rivals in the group if they had prevailed in the play-offs.
