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Torkil Nielsen, who doesn’t know him? Yes, who does not know him, at least in the Faroe Islands. The rest of the world, even the soccer world, is certainly not familiar with this player’s name. With one exception: Austria.
While the current generation of national teams, born after 1990, only shake their heads out of ignorance, older people still remember very well the Warhol moment of the serious amateur kicker from the North Atlantic Sheep Islands. In a burst of energy and carefree, he exited the penalty area and threw team goalkeeper Michael Konsel in what was probably the bitterest goal of his entire career. And with it, the red-white-red kickers’ selection, which was hit anyway after the failed World Cup final in 1990, inflicted an embarrassment of the century: 0: 1 in qualifying for the European Championship. , in the first Faroese competition, and Torkil Nielsen was world famous for a moment. Like I said, in the Faroe Islands and in Austria at least.
Pointed Hat Horror
If the footage of this historic Landskrona bankruptcy is republished before the second World Cup qualifying match on Sunday evening (8:45 PM / ORF 1), pointy hat goalkeeper Jens Martin Knudsen will not be forgotten, then everything is just fake and smoke. that has long been forgotten and thank God we have overcome the era of football. The Faroe Islands have long stopped scaring Austrians, although the class gap is actually much smaller than 31 years ago. Because fishermen, sheep farmers, teachers and postal workers once played against highly paid stars like Toni Polster and Andreas Herzog, but now the professionals are working, mainly in Scandinavia. Following the Nations League group victory in Class D, the next success came on Thursday when the Faroe Islands in Moldova, where many other nations, including Austria, often struggle, scored 1-1.
But the red-white-red trauma has long been overcome; The best example is the most recent meeting between the two teams as part of qualifying for the World Cup in Brazil: just four days after the bitter qualification in Sweden, Marcel Koller’s youngsters had to make the difficult flight to Tórshavn. But while observers were already blaming the troops on the ground, David Alaba and company passed the character test with flying colors and won 3-0. This also applies to Koller, who soon after extended his contract.
The first leg in Vienna had already ended with a 6-0 victory. Overall, after Austria wins it is 4: 1 (goal difference: 16: 3). In 2008 they were separated, again 1: 1 in qualifying for the World Cup in Tórshavn, shattering South Africa’s hopes from the start. The game, which was completely confusing due to a storm and a glitch in the television picture, has not become as stark as that of September 12, 1990. And it is certainly clear to everyone in this country that they should not underestimate the kickers from afar. north, because the old stories of young players are still warmly presented. Storm flyer Sasa Kalajdzic (born 1997), after his famous Glasgow debut with a double, is much more concerned with Sunday’s tactic: “On the one hand, it can be a good match for a striker, on the other. Hand in hand, it can be felt by three The man is covered, ”said the former admiral with a view to the expected defensive tactics of the Faroe Islands.
It is quite possible that team boss Franco Foda will save the Stuttgart legionnaire in view of Wednesday’s likely directional home game against Denmark, because Kalajdzic was the best man on the pitch in the 2-2 win against Scotland. Which in particular demonstrated his header for a 2-1 lead in world-class fashion. The fact that in the end, despite taking the lead twice, it was not enough to win the first victory in Group F, was mainly due to defensive deficiencies. And that upset Foda enormously: “Football is a sport that makes mistakes, mistakes happen,” said the German dryly, who nevertheless spoke of two lost points.
He also attributed the defensive weaknesses to the lack of defensive boss Martin Hinteregger, who had recently been outstanding, but who also had to pass against the Faroe Islands and Denmark with thigh problems.
“Mandatory victory” against the Faroe Islands
Regarding the ticket for Qatar 2022, nothing is lost by much. On the contrary: “We scored a point against a competitor away from home. The Scots also have the ambition to qualify for the World Cup in, as do Israel, Denmark and us. It will continue to be exciting.” For Sunday, of course, there is nothing to work on, there must be three points. “We absolutely have to win the game. And then we will prepare for the next game.” Landskrona didn’t even touch Foda.
