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Each team chief can only expect a large squad with experienced players on the international stage, especially in turbulent times of pandemic. Seen like this, Wednesday night’s test in Luxembourg, which was less important from a sporting point of view and which gave the ÖFB-Elf a slightly high 3-0 victory, was extremely revealing, because the squad, which had already been stretched in the fall, was successfully expanded again. In particular, two LASK players who had already demonstrated their international maturity at the European Cup received special praise from Franco Foda. Also for its objectives.
Defenders Philipp Wiesinger (with a very well marked long-distance shot / 93rd) and Gernot Trauner (header / 61st) scored their main goals for the national team in their first and second international matches. “Gernot had a good anticipation in the last three, he caught good balls. He played a good game regardless of his goal,” Foda said. Wiesinger also “did well” in his first international match on the unknown left wing. With Reinhold Ranftl and second rookie Husein Balic, two other LASK players entered after the break, with whom Foda was satisfied: “They fitted in well. So the friendly match served its purpose. It was important for them to be here to present at our circle “.
For the two Linz scorers, something like a childhood dream came true: “It is an indescribable feeling to score a goal for the national team,” Trauner said. “Overjoyed” was also Wiesinger, who only found out about his subsequent nomination on the Playstation couch Monday night, and was quickly used throughout the distance.
Foda was also pleased with Adrian Grbic, who scored his second goal in the fifth international match in the 83rd minute. However, the German long criticized the slow performance, for which “there should be no excuses”. On Sunday in Vienna against Northern Ireland, he should be able to draw on more regular forces.(may)
